[NittanyLion]

I think it will be very important for Romney to pick someone with significant and proven executive experience. He needs to hammer home the message that he and his running mate have demonstrated ability in making the hard decisions that will get the country back on track, while Obama prefers playing golf and taking vacations to actually governing.

In McCain's case, he needed to make a "splash", but picking someone with minimal experience diluted any ability to attack Obama's inexperience. No matter who he picked he wasn't about to win. Hard to criticize the decision too harshly...

[uncbob]

No matter who he picked he wasn't about to win

McCain/Palin were ahead in the polls until the Financial Meltdown hit

[Windflier]

In McCain's case, he needed to make a "splash", but picking someone with minimal experience diluted any ability to attack Obama's inexperience.

"Minimal experience"?

It's amazing how much staying power that liberal lie has, and how many conservatives actually bought into it.

If you had ever done the barest amount of research into Palin's record, you'd know that she had twenty years of service in Alaskan state government when she ran for VP. Not only that, of the four opponents in that race, she was the ONLY one with any real executive experience.

The other three were all legislators, which is poor preparation to become the nation's chief executive.

[itsahoot]

I think it will be very important for Romney to pick someone with significant and proven executive experience.

The real issue is whether or not the pick comes from the political elite class or not.

Easier to understand when we acknowledge that there are basically two classes of people in this country; The political elite, (and there is an uber elite within that group as well) and the rest of us. Palin was an insult to them, as are we.