McCain an insider with 25 years experience picks governor with very little experiece

Plus this just adds salt to a wound for the Hilary supporters who are so mad than Obama dig not pick Hilary a woman for his VP.  

For those voters who were more than likely tune in the morning after to get a sense of Obama's speech, all they're hearing is Palin, Palin, Palin.

Secondly, the "curiosity" factor just skyrocketed for McCain's campaign.  

Whereas before voters had the chance to go and see a historic candidate on the Democratic side, they now have even more reason to go out and see another historic pick on the Republican side.

And what will they see on the campaign stump will be far from the Bush II ogre Obama and the Dems will be painting him as.  Had McCain made a more conventional pick, the crowds would not have been as great or as interested.

Obama's campaign has been messing up a lot lately. Apparently they are trying to turn it around.

Your comment that this takes the "ready to lead" argument out of play is irrelevant.  You assume that the GOP needs logic to make an argument.  They'll say she has executive experience, while Obama does not.

Biden will have to tread carefully with her in the debates (in a way that he would not with Huckabee, Mittens or Pawlenty).

She's got a real cute kid that will give Sasha a run for her money.

She can't be less qualified than Obama.  If you read some of the articles about Obama's years in Chicago, it was more about positioning himself for bigger political life, no real achievements on a legislative level that has improved the lives of people in Chicago or Illinois.

Palin changes the dynamic, to be sure, and may ultimately end up being an albatross.  But I think it's far too early to know what the impact of her selection will be.

That is SO not the way to get rural, blue collar votes.

The reason Clinton/Obama was a dream ticket was it would shatter two ceilings, plus put a young and promising leader in the understudy position to one of the most accomplished political leaders on the planet.

Obama/Clinton would've been the next best thing, as it would represent the diversity of the party's various voting blocs and truly represent them working together.

Now, we have a Democratic ticket with less experience on top and a person in the understudy position who will likely never be elevated to the top spot, versus a Republican ticket with experience up top and a young and promising leader that will also shatter a ceiling.

This election was not supposed to be close.  It was not supposed to be debatable which ticket to root for.  It was supposed to be the difference between black and white, not midnight blue and navy blue.

Then again, I never thought I'd be turning on the television and hearing a Republican candidate celebrating a woman after a primary where the Democrat defeated one with the knowing assistance of misogny.

I'm also stunned that so many Democrats know so little about Sarah Palin! It shows how limited Dems are in the way they see women in politics (hint: they are only Democrats).

I'm a feminist. This is the lens in which I most often view progress in our world, for reasons that are too numerous and intellectual to go into here.

McCain's naming of Palin is gutsy. It shows his maverick streak. It is a great day for women because it shows that on some level he understands that women are and will be a major part of the political landscape.

You don't have to agree with or like her conservative positions to understand and appreciate that this is a terrific day for women and for change.

I see it as the GOP looked for the prettiest woman they could find in the party  to siphon bitter Hillary supporters.

Ray Charles could see that and he is blind and dead.

I think McCain over-estimates the number of Democrat women who will just blindly support McCain based on Palin being a woman.

Palin is no Hillary and Palin supports nothing Hillary is for.

In Jan, after the Nov loss, he will resign the Senate and join the Obama administration.

Second, she is emeshed in a scandal and there is no way to know how it will turn out at this point.  its amazing to me that he would pick someone with this kind of baggage and makes me wonder how well vetted she is.

She's no Hillary.

With all due respect again to Governor Kaine, he's been a governor for three years

Of course Kaine has been governor of Virginia (population 7,500,000) for 3 years,  versus Palin Governor of Alaska (population 670,000) for half as long.

I don't think people could really name a big, important thing that he's done. He was mayor of the 105th largest city in America.

Of course he means Kaine was mayor of Richmond Virginia (population 200,000) vs. Palin who was mayor of a Wasilla (population 6,000).