Palin was literally PUSHED out of the mainstream. McCain picked her because her views were very like his. But she had the job of pointing out how radical Obama is, and so the media shot the messenger.
No.
No, he picked her to bring the Conservative base on board, which up until that point, had abandoned him, and also to try and pick up the seriously pissed off PUMAs from the debris of Hillary's campaign after Obama's goons had wrecked it.
Palin is taking back the mainstream from those who falsely define it. There is nothing mainstream about liberalism, the media or SNL morons. Sarah Palin IS Middle America!!!