Palin the VP or Diva?

With Election Day nearing closer and closer, now only 8 days away, the scrutiny on Barack Obama, John McCain, Joe Biden, and Sarah Palin has never been higher. Because of this, you would hope that your party's two candidates would be functioning better than ever together, convincing the country that their tandem would be most likely to bring success to America.

Taking that information into account, the Republican party must feel like they are on a roller coaster trying to follow the relationship between Senator McCain and Governor Palin's camps. Despite McCain and Palin's public denials of any problems, the news coming from behind the scenes begs to differ. The more news I read, the more I hear about Palin's "mavericky" behavior turning into "rogue" behavior. One McCain aide recently said stated this about Palin, "She is a Diva. She takes no advice from anyone."

If you broach this subject with any staunch supporter of McCain-Palin, they will connect these reports with media bias against Palin. However, I not only think these reports are true, but that they are a very scary omen of what may happen if McCain and Palin are elected. Keeping policies aside, I think it would be terribly destructive for America if the Vice-President had a completely different agenda than the President. If Palin truly has no relationships or trust with McCain's aides, can we really expect them to team together to help save America?

I struggle to envision McCain and Palin bringing the stability that America desperately needs in our current economic disaster. It feels as though in recent weeks all the attention on McCain and Palin has focused on their parties inability to get along, Palin's supposed excessive spending on clothes and trips from Alaska for her children, and McCain's negative campaigning, as opposed to the different policies he supports.

Playing the what-if game is always difficult, but what if McCain had not selected Palin, would his party be better off now? Would America be focusing on his merits as a Presidential candidate instead of his relationship with Palin? Could the selection of Palin over other candidates end up costing McCain the presidency? We will learn the answers to some of these questions one week from tomorrow, but until then America will be left to ponder if our two highest profile "mavericks" can co-exist.