Regarding Palin:
1) Clearly it's a Machiavellian pick. Except our modern politicians seem to be pretty poor students of him, excepting maybe Clinton.
2) Anytime you pick a person based on race, sex, etc first, and that's what was done here, it's not right, and often a very bad idea.
3) Obama, the "agent for change" picked a "safe" VP - an experienced white male. He didn't shake anything up. The R's had a lot of freedom for their VP pick thanks to that, and they went and decided to throw a "hail mary"?
4) Obama, no experience, so pick an R VP with almost no experience? She's less experienced than BHO.
5) McCain is 72. He could drop dead in a year or two. Can this lady actually step in as president?
6) I think McCain can hold his own against BHO in the debates, but Biden is gonna have a field day, isn't he?
I don't know this lady, haven't heard her speak, or anything. Guess we'll see, but those are my initial reactions.