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You wrote:

“She may not know it yet, but unless her plan is to “farm out” that baby, her life, the life of her husband and those or her other children have been profoundly changed by this birth...for the better I might add.”

Her husband and daughters do much of the child care I believe. I wouldn’t be surprised if they bring in a fulltime nanny if they don’t have one already. It’s not the best situation, but it can be managed. Also, I think it is clear that she will be running everywhere the next two months, but after the election (and a McCain vistory I hope) she will settle down, travel much, much less and probably focus on getting major reforms through the Senate. McCain and his staff must have realized all of these considerations ahead of time of course, so I think looked at her natural limitation (her child’s needs) as something they could work around. At the same time, knowing the child’s needs means they must be envisioning more of a “stay in Washington” VP career for Palin.

It will be busy and tough and require sacrifice on the part of the whole family, but this can be done and done well.

I haven’t walked a mile in your shoes, however.

I’m just waiting for the Democrat rhetoric to go from “She shouldn’t be running if she has that baby to take care of,” to “She should have had an abortion.”

I heard a coworker comment, "The fact that she has 5 kids tells me that womens' rights are going to be out the window."

It was a stunning comment. Apparently the abortion litmus test now means the candidate actually has to get an abortion before a liberal will vote for them. All those living children from one woman just drives the feminists batty.

I’m just waiting for the Democrat rhetoric to go from “She shouldn’t be running if she has that baby to take care of,” to “She should have had an abortion.”

The Republican Party is no less Pro-abortionist then the Democrats (where the majority of the Catholics are). This is something newly created. The Evangelical make up only a portion of the Republican Party, and last time I checked McCain is no Evangelical (except when he needs to be).

He voted for stem-cell research, and in an interview in February of this years, he states his usual mumbo-jumbo rhetoric, correcting himself as he goes along:

""I have stated time after time after time that Roe v Wade was a bad decision, that I support a woman — the rights of the unborn — that I have fought for human rights and human dignity throughout my entire political career," McCain said. "To me, it's an issue of human rights and human dignity."

How can you support a woman and the rights of the unborn? And what does that mean "support the rights?" Some people support aboriton in cases of rape and incest. Others are against any abortion.

Let's not forget that a large segment of the Republican Party is pro-choice, and that any attempt to make the Party platform fully pro-life will alienate a numbe rof Liberal Republicans.

So, I wouldn't be so sure about McCain's success this Fall. If anything, I would read his biography first.