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Sen. John McCain announced today—to much surpise—that he has chosen Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate.
The 44-year-old first-time governor and University of Idaho grad reinforces two of McCain’s most touted characterizations: She’s a reformer and a maverick. Oh, and also a member of the National Rifle Association—essentially, she’s a 3-in-one for going after Westerner voters.
But her lack of experience - and the fact that she was so obviously chosen not for her overall merits but for her appeal to women and social conservatives - make her a risky choice for McCain.
Palin hasn’t been on McCain’s short list for long, just recently her name has been thrown around as a possible pick. From the Anchorage Daily News:
Palin’s selection shocked numerous Republican officials and her own staff. [Spokesman Bill] McAllister said Kris Perry, a longtime friend of Palin’s and head of the governor’s office in Anchorage, may have been the only person who knew this was in the works. He’s not sure if others knew, but “not many.” The news comes as a surprise to nearly everyone in the governor’s office, he said.
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I can certainly see why people like Barack so much. He is a fantastic speaker, and brings a verve to his delivery that is lacking in just about everyone else’s stage rap these days. He has a knack for making a person actually believe that hey, maybe this guy is legitimate, and that all the changes he speaks of are possible. All in all, though, I came away from the speech, and the convention as a whole, feeling about like I expected to: pretty underwhelmed, fairly disgusted, and not particularly hopeful. I’ll vote for the guy, but I don’t know that I’ll put a bumper sticker on my car for him, and certainly won’t do the yard sign thing. I don’t feel strong enough about him, or the Democrats as a party, to really proclaim my allegiance.
