Instead of going with a “safe” pick like Gov. Pawlenty or Gov Ridge, McCain went with a pick that has given real enthusiasm to the conservative base. A safe pick is much like playing safe in the playoffs and usually results in an early exit.

She has deep roots in the Energy as Alaska produces 20% of US energy. Strong in pro-life stance with her own child and supporting her teenage daughter’s pregnancy. She is pro-military, pro-American and true ethics reformer. She also has more executive experience than both Obama and Biden combined.

They say she has less foriegn policy experience than Biden. (Still trying to find Obama’s experience on anything…) Anyway, Biden’s experience in foriegn policy has been consistently wrong on every issue concerning the Cold War, Iraq and Afghanistan. How is this an advantage?

McCain has been the right decisions over the past 2 months and I am much more optimistic about November.

That’s all I asked of you, Johnny Mac. I’m impressed you came thru like that.

If “Hillary supporters” are now cheering for a MaCain/Palin ticket,
doesn’t that demonstrate an alliance to “Vaginas, By any means necessary!!!!”

I like her. The wife likes her.

And you’re right… Obama doesn’t want that can of worms open. But guess what? It’s opened.

In all of the pictures and vids I’ve seen of McCain and Palin so far, he looks pretty pleased.

He better be; this is the best move he’s made in the whole damn campaign.

Fortunately, for the first time in this electoral cycle, the Republicans have done the right thing. This changes the equation around literally overnight. Before today, I figured Obama would slip in with a 1-2% edge over McCain. Now, I don’t think there’s any way that Obama/Biden will win (my prediction is +3-4% for McCain/Palin). Ditto for Hillary in 2012. A couple of further points I’d like to add (yes, this post is rather lengthy):

I believe that McCain is looking at this several ways. He now has a candidate (a perfectly capable one, I might add) that will probably make a considerable difference for women voters. He has also picked someone who’s a darling of the political right. Finally, he’s got an eye on posterity. My belief is that she will make history as the first female president, and he will be remembered for setting the situation up. I know a lot of people have talked about McCain being a one-term president because of his age (and it’s possible), but what if he ends up having health problems and has to leave early? It is possible that he could go a second term and leave part of it to Palin (who would have plenty of executive experience after the first term). With two elections, we could wind up having Palin as president for a full decade (or more). How cool would that be?

The Democratic Party is shattering. This Obama/Clinton rift will send shockwaves through the party long after this election. In fact, that’s one reason why I think Hillary will lose in 2012 (I can only assume she’ll get the nomination). There’s an awful lot of bad blood between these two factions and the fact that many Hillary supporters are openly siding with McCain will have serious repercussions in the future (i.e. Obama supporters sitting out the 2012 election). Something to keep in mind when looking at the long term. Sure, there are some gripes within the Republican party, but nowhere near what is happening on the other side. You also have Bobby Jindal coming up soon as well (possible VP with Palin?). Cripes, you could wind up having Republican presidents for two decades or so.

Finally, I really believe John Edwards was Obama’s original VP pick (not that it would have much impact on McCain’s choice). The Edwards affair pretty much deep-sixed that idea and the Obama camp had to scramble for an alternative. Biden is probably the worst choice the Democrats could have picked, since he’s old (mid-60′s), a leftist, has had rotten luck trying to be president (has been trying since the 80′s) and is a loose cannon with the mouth. And he doesn’t even bring any significant electoral votes (both Delaware and Alaska both bring 3). However, I think Palin will resonate with far more voters overall than Biden. Overall, excellent news for conservatives.

McCain is going to be too old to run in four years, if he survives it(his father died at 70), but the “Barracuda” reformer, Sarah, will just be hitting her stride.