Given that the media needed a controversy narrative for this past weeks DNC; they poured everything they had into making a "drama" where none really existed. The point though, was to posit "questions" so that they could at least pretend to report on something....
   
By Tues Evening Sen. Clinton effectively trumped their ongoing narrative with a full-on endorsement of Sen. Obama and (I think) a heartfelt plea to consider the Real Issues of the Campaign more than her gender. The only question left was the CiC "endorsement test - which left some hanging on into Wed, and then Bill Clinton effectively Ended Any and All Questions on that score with an effective speech and validation of the Ticket Up and Down.
   
(I do wish the Clinton's had been good enough sports to stay for Obama's Acceptance Speech - as including them together in the visuals would have set the their speeches in stone as enthused supporters - their absence says a Lot about them as politicians and as people - why I didn't go for Hillary in the First Place)
    
Now with the GOP coming Up in two days the controversy narrative will need something to fill up a lot of otherwise Dead Air. I think the Palin nomination will provide precisely that extra question-drama for the media to pontificate about and leaves the GOP in a bind they'll have a very  hard time dealing with...
   
Given the Question: Is McCain a continuation of the Bush Legacy? They can't answer with a Yes or No as either reply is fraught with risks; so they'll dither, slither and hem and haw. So it is now with Palin - the controversy created by her on the ticket beggars the question Will she attract women to the ticket? Was she really the best available choice for McCain to make? Both of these questions present the classic double-bind as they bring up both reproductive rights issues and conjure up in the public imagination such classic GOP "picks" as Thomas for the High Court, Gonzales for DOJ, Meyers at White House Counsel etc.
   
Honestly, I can see all the possible Independents and Moderate Republicans scratching their collective heads at all of this as the GOP tries to sell Snake Oil in the Twin Cities next week.
   
I don't think it will work.