Sarah Palin Needs To Step Aside

Doug Newman / Freely Speaking:
I commend Bristol Palin on deciding to go through with her pregnancy and her plans to marry Levi Johnston. I also commend Sarah Palin for not rushing her daughter off to an abortionist because a pregnant, unwed 17-year-old daughter might tarnish her political image. That said, Sarah Palin needs to step aside and let someone else be John McCain's vice presidential nominee. In a constitutional world, vice presidents would have a simple job with just two duties: break ties in the Senate and hope and pray that the president doesn't meet an untimely demise. We do not live in such a world. The vice presidency, like every other aspect of the federal government, has grown grotesquely out of control. Indeed, you can safely say that George HW Bush ran the show for Reagan and Dick Cheney has done likewise for Dubya.

Posted by Editor at September 10, 2008 05:11 AM