>>>It's a pretty thin resume, isn't it? Governor for two years of a remote state with a population of 1 million.
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>>Experience as a Mayor as well. As governor, she has already achieved more than Obama. She balanced the budge of Alaska, fought special interest groups, leads the national guard of the state, improved the economy of the state, and brought corrupt politicians to justice. Have to give her credit for that.
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>>What shouldn't surprise me, but does, is that I'm listening to her speech and the party brought partriotism and military service and fear into it...
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>>More - brought her son going to Iraq into it and how important Alaska is as an energy state (the most important), and then women's suffrage of course and how the Dem party failed to meet the challenge.
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>>Not only has McCain beat Obama on 'change,' but I think she is more qualified to be President than Obama is...
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>>Too bad I disagree with many of her views...
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>I am sure her pro-life stance bothers you as it will many others but at least in fairness she lives her beliefs, as witnessed by her most recent child's birth, and I find people who do that actually tend to be less hell-bent on imposing their beliefs on others. She also short-circuited an attempt to deny gay couples partnership rights. Doesn't seem like a zealot, though she is undoubtedly a social conservative.

Quite true - I think she's a social conservative as well. She sure as heck doesn't have much experience though - which considering the way the 'experienced' ones have handled things the past 8 years maybe that's not such a bad thing. Still I think it was probably a good choice - it gives the McCain camp a shot I think. Funny Obama picked an old guy and McCain picked a young woman. Guess they're just trying to even the playing field.