What Palin needs to do tonight Posted by Max Bergmann

There is a lot riding on Palin's speech tonight. It is not simply good enough for Palin to give a good speech that further develops her bio. Nor is it good enough for her to deliver campaign one-liners on various issues. Since we know very little about her views on the crucial issues confronting this nation, she needs to do more. She needs to lay out what her positions are on a number of policy areas, specifically on foreign policy - the area of biggest concern.

• What are her views on Iraq? Does she still believe that we need an exit strategy, or does she agree with John McCain's calls to stay indefinitely?
• Will she mention Afghanistan? There is a war there too, which is increasingly going badly. Does she believe that troops must be taken from Iraq and sent to Afghanistan?
• What are her views on global warming? She said she didn't think that global warming was impacted by human activity - a position that McCain disagrees with. How will she address this difference?
• What about Russia? This is the one country that conservatives claim she has some knowledge about. What does she think about the current crisis?
• What about Iran? Does she think that war with Iran may be inevitable or does she think we should attempt to negotiations?

This are important questions that in today's world any nominee for vice president must address.

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I'd be happy if she knew the difference between Sunnis and shi'a-by that fact alone she has a better wrap of the ME than the Republican Nominee.

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She needs to lay out what her positions are on a number of policy areas, specifically on foreign policy - the area of biggest concern.

With due respect Max, I really don't think that's her main challenge at all. I assume they wrote her a decent enough speech that tows the McCain line while tastefully throwing in a few special Palin concerns and issues. And I assume it's been puffed up with lots of big foreign policy words and insights, maybe even the vaunted Shia-Sunni difference that would impress Shadi. Hey, maybe she can even talk about Druze, Alawites and Zoroastrians, and then we'll know she's a real genius!

It's a speech, not a press conference. So the content of the speech means little, other than what it says about the policy agenda of the McCain campaign. For Palin, it's all about what is conveyed by other means. Here's what people will be looking for:

Does she look like she actually understands the words she is using?

Does she look like a deer caught in the headlights, or does she look confident?

Does she look like someone who can really make important decisions, or just like someone who can pleasantly and attractively articulate pre-written opinions?

Does her woman-of-the-people background translate into an impression of a hard-headed, canny and practical common sense grounded in an understanding of ordinary life? Or does she just come off as a rube, in way over her head?

Does she look like someone who can command the armed forces, and deal forcefully and effectively with foreign leaders?

Does she come off like a real working woman? Or is she just Working Girl Barbie, putting her hair up and donning some glasses to play a role?

Does she come off as honest, or as a liar?

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I doubt she's going to confront any of those topics. Her speech will be declared a resounding success because she will be preaching to a choir. My guess is there will be a lot of slamming the media, a lot about abortion and a lot of b.s. about facing down and conquering corruption.

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We really know only a little about Palin's views on the crucial issues confronting this nation, she needs to do more.

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Nice article..What are her views on Iraq? Does she still believe that we need an exit strategy, or does she agree with John McCain's calls to stay indefinitely?

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This is the one country that conservatives claim she has some knowledge about. What does she think about the current crisis?

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John McCain is a prisoner again. He allowed himself to be imprisoned by the radical right and now has to do what his captors say. He can never be himself again. So, forget the maverick stuff, it won't happen. If he tried to escape from the web of Sarah and the far right he loses too many far right and pretend-re­ligious votes.