[nathanbedford]

Of course McCain is rolling the dice with this pick. A safe and conservative pick might have been Romney or even Pawlenty. McCain quite deliberately chose to roll the dice.

And roll the dice is exactly what he must do because, despite our recent good polling performance, McCain knows that eventually the whole array of obstacles bearing down on him must eventually tell and, barring a catastrophic mistake by Obama or a revelation out of his past, this is the Democrats' year.

I have been posting for months and months that the Republican candidates and now McCain are doomed to lose this election unless they can change the rules of the game and kick over the table and make this a whole new election on their terms. This is precisely what McCain is trying to do with this selection. Make no mistake, he is rolling the dice, but at last we have someone who looks like he is playing to win instead of sleepwalking toward execution.

[raygunfan]

you dont explain how this is a roll of the dice, other than to repeat it..

she bring the core values of a true reagan conservative to the ticket....

how is that a roll of the dice?

[null and void]

I have been posting for months and months that the Republican candidates and now McCain are doomed to lose this election unless they can change the rules of the game and kick over the table

Canada Bill Smith's law: Smith and Wesson beats four aces.

Alaska Sarah Palin's Law: M-4 beats two Ace-holes...