McCain chooses Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin for V.P. - Yahoo! News

I was hoping to see Romney in there, but to be 100% honest I think this is a Screwball that could make a difference here.

Well it would seem that even with her record she's still a she. With HIlary dropping out I thought there wouldn't be a woman in the white house. Now there's still a chance. I lol'd.


But I really think this could change the tide a bit. Nothing like a cinderblock in a lake type ripple effect.

Thats kinda what I was thinking. In a sense now McCain has that ace in the hole to play. Either we'll have our First Female VP or our First non-White President.

Also I loved the timing. This pick pretty much trumped whatever it was that Obama said last night that everyone had been anticipating before. All yesterday all I saw in the news was in anticipation of Obama's big speech. Now today I havent heard how it went... instead the news is buzzing over McCains VP choice.

Whoever McCains campaign advisor is... I think he's earning his cut so far.

Very clever.

Obama picked Biden to make up for what were his perceived weaknesses - lack of experience, and poor foreign policy. However, people can attack him, saying he basically admits that those are his weaknesses, and because Biden publicly criticized Obama's foreign policy before, it seems like Obama may be starting to flip-flop like Kerry did.

McCain is doing much the same thing. He's picking someone who makes up for some of his perceived weaknesses. However, McCain can cite Palin's experience with the military as a reason that he can have her as VP, yet not be hypocritical for his attacks on Obama (plus the fact that an inexperienced VP is not as much of a problem as an inexperienced president). Additionally, he'll probably gain some of the votes that Hillary had just because she's a woman.

I am probably more familiar with Palin than anyone else here. Here are some quick points:
-Her first act as gov was to sell the Governor's jet on ebay and vow to fly commercial.
-She has 5 children. Her last child was born this year and has downs.
-Very much pro-life.
-Captain of State basketball team.
-Very pro ANWR.
-She fought and passed legislation to give every man, woman and child $1200 energy rebate from the state surplus. This is on top of the $2000 we will receive for the permanent fund.
-She is involved in a dispute with the State Troopers over the firing of her ex-brother in law.
-Her husband runs the Iron Dog which is the Ididarod on snow machines.
-She's a surprisingly good debater. Very quick wit.
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I have never seen a campaign run so well. I would have bet money this would be a 10 point Obama lead by this point.

Nice. For the most part, I'm glad to hear it. To me, pro-life is the most important thing.

Her being the type of person who would sell the jet and fly commercial sounds good. I'm unsure about what I think about ANWR. The dispute with the State Troopers sounds a bit bad, but I looked it up, and her side of the story sounds reasonable.

After the news last night that Huckabee told supporters he wasn't the guy I was also hoping to see Romney. Then after the news today I was surprised at first but I have to say it was a pleasant surprise. If McCain had chosen Romney the news would have simply said "Well McCain chose Romney". Instead, now the news will be covering Sarah Palin for some time now.

Talk about snubbing the DNC media coverage too. Perfect timing for the McCain campaign and so far from what I've seen and heard Palin should give Biden a run for his money in the upcoming VP debates.

This is a knock out punch.

"She's inexperieced."
So is Obama and he is running for the President.

Conservatives are going to love Palin. Particularly the religious Conservatives. The women that were supporting Hillary b/c she's a woman will love her.

From a stategy perspective this is brillant. I am amazed JohnyMac did it.

Dont forget she's a lifetime member of the NRA! hahaha that'll make Pro2A happy.

..wasn't she the one who presided over some sort of incredibly gay victory in Alaska for same- sex couples with children, or something? I heard some talk about "horrible precedent", so I assume it was extremely principled and consistent as well as logical under the law. Involving ideas like "people have rights, and do not have to be upgraded to humans by legislature in case they happen to be: women, gay, stupid, red, blue, yellow, don't own a store, etc.

Anyway - wow. A woman. Who doesn't seem to be brainwashed, and at least has some sort of grasp of constitutional law and federal issues. And so probably won't accept the idea that some things should be done, just because the president suggests it in a speech. I wonder if they can live with that..

..I know - it's a way to make the sexually confused conservatives channel all their Coulter worship over to an actual woman. So no matter what she says, they'll just embrace her anyway. Got to be it. God knows (he really does, you know) selecting a woman for high office is not going to fly well with the base otherwise. Because you know - it's not right, even if it's the way the times are. "So is this the progress the republican party is entertaining? Grand Old Party? It's going to be just for /show/... /now/.. ".

No, I don't know what the campaign is thinking this time. But wow. A woman. Like Hitlery Clinton. One of those... "women".

Just wait for it people - the noise about utterly and completely unrelated issues are going to be industrious. Then, when chips are down, the woman(Palin) is going to be treated like dog- crap on an expensive carpet. *shakes head*