John McCain's tightrope act
source: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/09/06/INMP12MN2G.DTL&type=politics
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To hear Sen. John McCain's acceptance speech was to wonder if he was paying attention to the tone of his own convention or the message of his vice presidential pick. On the final night, McCain deplored the "constant partisan rancor" that stands in the way of progress in Washington. Yet preceding him was a drumbeat of "us versus them" speeches that cast Sen. Barack Obama and Democrats as elitists who have celebrity friends, questionable resolve and a contempt for small-town values.
This play to the nation's geographical and cultural divisions also was particularly evident in McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin picked up on the theme with her suggestion that Obama would express empathy for people in small towns, then "talk about us one way in Scranton (Pa.) and another way in San Francisco." It was a reference to Obama's comment, caught on tape by a blogger at a San Francisco fundraiser, that rural Americans were bitter and clinging to guns and religion.
This play to the nation's geographical and cultural divisions also was particularly evident in McCain's selection of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. Palin picked up on the theme with her suggestion that Obama would express empathy for people in small towns, then "talk about us one way in Scranton (Pa.) and another way in San Francisco." It was a reference to Obama's comment, caught on tape by a blogger at a San Francisco fundraiser, that rural Americans were bitter and clinging to guns and religion.
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