Darcy Olsen for Vice President
So it turns out that in the long list of possible Republican Party hacks to choose to be Vice President, John McCain bypassed Goldwater Institute President & CEO Darcy Olsen to choose Sarah Palin, former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska (pop. during her tenure 1990s: 5,000)
Olsen, having run Republican think tank for the past six years, is clearly marginally better informed about public policy. In doubt? Just read Olsen’s bio wherein she proclaims herself an authority on everything from education policy to constitutional law. Palin, by contrast, ran a shitty little town in one of the smallest states in the union.
I suspect, however, that Olsen and McCain, both hailing from Arizona, wouldn’t have done much to bring in additional electoral votes.
More on Palin’s shenanigans as mayor of Wasilla.