Article: Gov. Palin may save face of McCain’s campaign (from the DA)
Analysis:
The argument appears to be that McCain's choice of Sarah Palin for his VP nominee was an effective way to re energize the conservative base, especially evangelicals. The article assumes (quite rightly) that this outcome is a desirable one, meaning that this is an article written mainly about Quality. While this particular article seems to take the tone of an expose of sorts, the position around which the article is centered seems to be two fold: (1) That McCain was in desperate need of an event that would put him back on the national radar after having flied so low during the waning days of the Democratic Nomination Process, and (2) the his choice of Sarah Palin as a running mate accomplished this end. Point one is take for granted and not much evidence if offered to sustain this premise, but it can be excused as, true or not, it was accepted as common knowledge by most mass media and therefore, in the framework of this article, admissible if only as a acquiesce to a previously stated premis, regardless of its authenticity. The article is not at all argumentative, and cites many reasons as to the the thesis being correct. Because of this, stasis is achieved almost immediately.
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1 comment:
There seems to be an interesting definitional argument here -- is the author defining Senator McCain's decision as a "face saving" move (as opposed to, say, defining it as some other type of move, as with candidates who have picked a VP candidate for specific geographical concerns (say, a Northereastern Democrat picking a Southern Democrat, as Kerry did in choosing Edwards in 2004).
I'm not sure that I follow your assertion at the end that "stasis is achieved almost immediately." By this statement do you mean that the public discussion about Senator McCain's selection of his VP candidate has already settled on the definitional question?
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