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In which I agree with Joe Klein
Rising Hegemon — Because I think is the real Achilles heel of McCain as demonstrated by the Palin choice: the Palin pick reflects the most dangerous tendencies in McCain's foriegn policy--the tendency to react, to overreact, to crises, without thinking it through. It also reflects a defiant, adolescent "screw you" attitude toward governance.

Another Huge Reason John McCain Is Not Qualified to Be President
J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All Eight Tentacles — ... Gunslinger - Swampland - TIME: I woke up this morning and realized that the most significant aspect of the Palin pick is... the process by which she was selected. McCain really doesn't know that much about Palin, either. He met her once in February. He interviewed her as part of the vetting process... and that's it. He never worked with her.... All this raises again--yet again--the question of whether McCain is temperamentally suited for the presidency.... [T]he Palin pick reflects the most dangerous tendencies in McCain's foriegn policy--the tendency to react, to overreact, to ...

David Frum and Joe Klein Agree: McCain is the Risky Choice
Angry Bear — Joe Klein sees the Palin problem less as a problem with Palin and more as a problem with respect to McCain’s (lack of) judgment: I woke up this morning and realized that the most significant aspect of the Palin pick isn't Palin--we really don't know all that much about her yet--but the process by which she was selected. McCain really doesn't know that much about Palin, either. He met her once in February. He interviewed her as part of the vetting process...and that's it ... All this raises again--yet again--the question of whether McCain is temperamentally ...

Big Picture
Talking Points Memo — ... below how Sarah Palin not only lacks the experience to be president but also the judgment and temperament for the job. Far more damaging for McCain, however, is that his choice of Palin provides tangible and now readily understandable evidence that John McCain lacks the judgment and temperament for the presidency. You're already seeing conservative commentators r ...

The Unsafe President
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan — Joe Klein knows McCain: ...the Palin pick reflects the most dangerous tendencies in McCain's foreign policy--the tendency to react, to overreact, to crises, without thinking it through. It also reflects a defiant, adolescent "screw you" attitude toward governance. I always thought McCain's best choice for vice president was Rob Portman--the former Congressman and Office of Management and Budget director from Ohio. Portman is smooth, attractive, extremely smart, reliably conservative, but he also knows how the federal ...

Eric Schmeltzer: For America, McCain Must Dump Hack n' Sack Sarah
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... Joe Klein is right, that this is the McCain temperament at its absolute worst. This is his shoot first, ask questions later personality, which ...