Who cares?

There was a jaw-dropping moment this morning on MSNBC when Time's Jay Carney noted that Palin gave a great speech but that the real test will be when she is asked questions about health care and foreign policy. McCain spokesperson Nicolle Wallace answered that Palin doesn't have to answer to the press.  She said, "Who cares if she can talk to Time magazine, she can talk to the American people." Check it out: 

So there you have it. There's the strategy. The McCain campaign has 60 days to try and pull this off. For 60 days, Palin has to be the approachable small-town mother of five who can stick it to the big guys. The hope is that for that amount of time, she can memorize enough talking points that it won't matter that she hasn't traveled outside the country more than once. She will be the Avon lady for two months. She will impress during her debate with Biden. And how dare anyone question her. The McCain campaign will play the victim card for 60 days. Who cares that she doesn't know anything about fixing the problems in America, she's driven her kids to hockey practice.

It's infuriating to think such a strategy could work. Consider what Michael Scherer at Swampland wrote about the appeal of Palin. He wrote that Palin is not on the ticket to appeal to Hillary voters. He then quoted a pollster who said, "Hillary got about 10 million women's votes. There are going to be about 62 million wimen voters in November." He then added, "The Palin stuff is not aimed at the Hillary 10, it's at the other 52."