I don’t know if the Palin pick was dumb luck, desperation, or divine providence, but I have gone from being less than lukewarm to being an enthusiastic, active supporter of the ticket. Since I am in Massachusetts, how I voted wouldn’t have mattered and so I had planned to vote for a third party as a protest although I guess I sorta hoped that McCain would beat Obama as Obama will be a disaster for our country but was not willing to lift a finger to prevent it - hoping that in four years we could start on the road to recovery although recognizing that the damage (SC justices, devastating homeland attacks, or lasting diplomatic distrust) will be so great that it may have taken decades to recover, but the blame would fall on the libs/Dems. But if McCain pulls this off (and it’s now come up to at least being a long shot), I think he may feel he owes the base enough to fulfill his SC justice picks promise as otherwise he was going down to defeat. So for that alone I can support him. Besides we will get Sarah in 4 or 8 years or even sooner.
They turned this election from McCain/Obama to Palin/Obama, and the result is that with a little sugar, the medicine will go down a lot easier.
At 72 with four bouts of malignant melanoma, my guess is that McCain will be a one term president.