$1000 dollars that Palin drops out due to medical reasons for her child and someone more

[Pisces]

competent steps in. I think this was all a publicity stunt to steal the headlines from Obama. She is going to step down due to her child and people will understand. This is way to fishy and unbelievable to be true.

[Speck Tater]

1. I mentioned this before, but...

my magic 8-ball still comes up Pawlenty, so I have to believe something is going to change in the near future.

[Left Is Write]

2. Maybe you're on to something. Compared to Palin, Pawlenty looks GOOD.

And perhaps that's what the McCain camp is counting on.

[K Gardner]

22. I don't believe for a minute she'll last. This may have been a stunt OR just a TRULY BAD

decision - whatever it was, it will backfire bigtime if/when she is replaced. McCain just flunked his first test.

[yourguide]

3. Yup, I suspect that as well.

[Pisces]

4. It is way too fishy. I am not buying this BS.

[Zenmaster]

5. Liberals will hammer the idea that she was forced out.

That would be (more) disaster for McCain, in my opinion. Even if most people believe that she left willingly, there will be some that will believe she was forced out.

[undeterred]

16. Liberals will?

[marlakay]

6. i was wondering if republicans won't vote for her

at the convention.

[RadicalTexan]

7. I've had that concern, too

They can't be this stupid...... can they?

They also can't rig the election when we're up by 8, 9, 10 percentage points.

Hmm.....

ETA: Although her withdrawal would make McCain appear even more confused and incompetent.

[kwolf68]

8. Yea maybe

Pawlenty is pro life big time, but he's not a nutbag like Palin and compared to Palin on the environment, Pawlenty looks like the maker himself, he's a pretty solid environmentalist from what I recall.

[RichGirl]

9. She may go away.

But the bad judgement he used to pick her will never go away.

[mnhtnbb]

10. I will not take that bet.

[Pisces]

11. Mark this post and watch what happens.

[Vinca]

12. In the end, it will be Lieberbush. I'm sticking by my original pick. nt

[DainBramaged]

13. I for one will not take the bet, but I may take the over/under

days till!

Almost like a Prez pool, yeah.

[Bucky]

14. delete

fucked up response. deleted

[quakerboy]

15. Nope. McCain more likely to drop

Either by choice or not.

[tinrobot]

17. Well, Tom Eagleton's drop out sure helped McGovern

I think Nixon took 48 or 49 states in that debacle.

[harun]

18. Completely agree, no way she's still in it on election day.

[nickgutierrez]

19. Another poster pointed out that she could follow the Harriet Miers example.

Remember, Miers was nominated for the Supreme Court, everybody hammered her for a couple of weeks, and she dropped out. Her name was replaced with Alito, as I recall.

[sniffa]

20. Like the Harriet Miers debacle?

He's just like Bush again.

[WeDidIt]

21. THat would be a reflection on the judgement of John McCain

IF anything would have worse consequences than the pick, it would be making a second pick.

[trashcanistanista]

23. Deep sixing her at this point would really make him look like

an idiot and call his judgement into question. I don't think he will do it.

[FVZA_Colonel]

24. Even if she does (for any reason), the experience card is still off the table.

McCain can't go back to saying Obama is unexperienced simply because a clearly unqualified person is no longer on the ticket; it will always be over his head that he thought she was good enough.