[pie_eater]

This pick:
1) Takes McCain’s age off the table
2) Takes “Change” off the table
3) Is a desperate, defensive pick meant to fill in the experience gap. It’s essentially the Cheney “gravitas” pick, but only with a condescending Delawarian instead of a person with actual experience like Cheney.
4) Adds nothing in terms of geography (goodbye South)
5) Two elitist Senators opens up the chance for McCain to pick a governor and run against Washington as an outsider.
6) I’d put money on Palin at this point. Palin would take over about 5% of the female Hillary electorate and that alone would put McCain over the top.

[SoCalPol]

Also Palin’s son is in the military

[Gondring]

4) Adds nothing in terms of geography (goodbye South)

You obviously missed good ol' Joe's speech about Delaware being Southern...a slave state and all...

;-)

[oiler]

“This pick:
1) Takes McCain’s age off the table
2) Takes “Change” off the table
3) Is a desperate, defensive pick meant to fill in the experience gap. It’s essentially the Cheney “gravitas” pick, but only with a condescending Delawarian instead of a person with actual experience like Cheney.
4) Adds nothing in terms of geography (goodbye South)
5) Two elitist Senators opens up the chance for McCain to pick a governor and run against Washington as an outsider.
6) I’d put money on Palin at this point. Palin would take over about 5% of the female Hillary electorate and that alone would put McCain over the top.”

You are correct on EVERY point. Did you see the picture of Palin holding the fish? This will go over well with the “people who cling to guns and Bibles”.

Didn’t Bambi want his VP to help him with the ECONOMY?? And how does the Dumbest Senator fit that criteria?