Well... I don’t know about this. I mean I think Palin was a great choice, but should I really be excited that McCain appeals to liberal lesbians? Maybe your neighbor likes his positions on global warming and immigration. I’ll be happier about a surge in support from conservatives and moderates than one from liberals. I don’t want McCain to feel any more beholden to them than he already does!
I understand your concern, but he has to win first. People of principle do not bend to pressure for political expediency.
McCain's getting a surge in support from conservatives, moderates AND liberals! That's how he'll win this election. I'm not worried that he'll become more beholden to libs, especially since his pick of Sarah shows he's beholden to Conservatives.
McCain took in a 7 million dollar haul Friday and Saturday, much of that from those like me who were not going to donate unless McCain picked a conservative veep. The Palin pick has united the GOP and brought excitement to the race. That is a pretty dang good surge from conservatives.
I know from people in my family and I work with, that a lot of democrats are far from liberal. They vote for democrats because their parents were democrats or because they don't pay enough attention to politics to hear anything more than the RAT talking points, which say that Republicans will take away their social security or let people die in the next hurricane. If they are forced to stop and defend a position, they will often find they don't really agree with the party positions.