Maybe it’s just me, but scheduling a big announcement like this on the day you reach an age that no other person who has been elected President has ever attained might not be such a good idea:
Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) plans to celebrate his 72nd birthday on Aug. 29 by naming his running mate at a huge rally in the battleground state of Ohio, Republican sources said.
That’s a week from Friday, and the day after his rival, Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois, accepts the Democratic nomination at a 70,000-person spectacular in a Denver stadium.
The campaign has begun building a crowd of 10,000 for Dayton, Ohio, according to an organizer. McCain is scheduled to appear with his running mate at a large-scale event in Pennsylvania shortly thereafter.
I can see the logic of making the announcement the day after the DNC Convention ends, but I don’t see the logic of making it on a day that just emphasizes the fact that John McCain is a really old dude.
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