Is this maybe why McCain waited until Friday?

[Drunken Irishman]

I could sorta understand Obama, since he was getting a ton of pub leading up to his pick of Biden.

However, McCain could have announced at the Republican Convention, or last week, or even this week before Obama's speech. Yet he waited until Friday? Maybe he felt there was a big risk of blowback and wanted it off the front pages as soon as possible.

[phantom power]

1. He announced today for one reason: to steal Obama's thunder.

That's really the long and short of it. Worked pretty well too. A hell of a lot more people are talking about McCain's "WTF" VP pick than Obama's fantastic speech.

[tridim]

2. I don't think it worked at all. All Obama's thunder is still there, lingering in the air.

Nobody is going to forget what they witnessed last night.

[phantom power]

6. I'm thinking of the 75% of people who didn't witness it directly...

But would have heard the MSM talking heads discussing it.

McCain's little play didn't make Obama's speech like it never happened, but there is significantly less coverage of it today, which is a critical time window, than would otherwise have happened.

Like, for instance, I did not see Obama's speech. And I woke up this morning, got on the inter-tubes, and literally did not see a single mention of Obama's speech until I hunted around a little bit. What I saw was a trillion posts about Palin. Picture how that affected the big bloc of low-information voters.

It was only a tactical victory, not strategic. But as far as it went, it worked.

[NYC_SKP]

3. Oh, hell yes, and it worked 100%......dammit.

Yesterday's event would have been all the news all day long.

Now it's number 3 or 4....

[kestrel91316]

5. Not to worry. People are gonna be talking about Obama's speech

for the next hundred years, my friend. Palin is a flash in the pan.

[NYC_SKP]

8. true. nt

[ChimpersMcSmirkers]

4. I think you're right, the blowback is already beginning...

[goldcanyonaz]

7. He got the media off Obamas historic speech. Everything is Palin now.