Two senior campaign officials disclosed Mccain's decision a few hours before the Republican presidential nominee-to-be and his newly-minted running mate appeared at a rally in swing-state Ohio.
Palin is a self-styled hockey mom and political reformer who has been governor of her state less than two years.
Palin's selection shocked numerous Republican officials.
In making his pick, Mccain passed over several more prominent prospects who had figured in speculation for months — Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge among them.
This could be a good/bad thing. First off, McCain's got to know that people are clamoring for "change", whether it's on the Republican or Democratic sides. People are tired of hearing about the same old bullshit, can't do anything government.
So, in choosing Mrs. Palin, McCain is trying to gather up fence sitting voters, especially ones who were hoping for a Hillary candidate. This should help out tremendously, as a lot of people are voting for a candidate strictly based upon how they look.
For example, many people fully admitted that they were going to vote for Hillary and Obama simply because they were a woman and a black person respectively.
While it's a sad thing to see people doing that, you can't change their minds about it.
However, McCain's going to get some flack about the whole "experience" bit in that people are going to attack her for McCain's comments. However, if they were smart, when Obama starts mentioning experience, throw it back in his face that if he's good enough to run for President with his experience, she's good enough to run for Vice President with hers.
As a side note, she's kinda cute. :)
Travis
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