>>>>>>>>>>Wow.
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>>>>>>>>>>At 10 am if you went to Google news Obama was not mentioned anywhere on the page - even under names in the news.
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>>>>>>>>>>And today Sarah Palin will be named VP candidate...
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>>>>>>>>>>we are about to have the first VP married to an Eskimo !
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>>>>>>>>>Yea!
>>>>>>>>>Lets all rub noses.
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>>>>>>>>There is a report all over the news that Hillary is running in the streets of Washington and screaming No, No, No <g>
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>>>>>>>She should run on libertarian ticket, then it would be Elections.
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>>>>>>Seriously speaking I am not sure if Sarah Palin will really help McCain win the elections but she will make the process very interesting (to say the least).
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>>>>>Obviously, she is unknown on national level but she did a good job in Alaska. Frankly, if choosing between current 4 president and VP candidates, I would prefer voting her for President. However, if she gets 8(4!) years to get prepared in VP position then it could be even better.
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>>>>I think she had you and me at hello <g>. But the point of choosing a VP candidate is to make him/her help you get more votes. I am not sure she will give McCain more votes from the other side. You see, liberal women will not vote for a conservative woman, IMO. Especially a conservative woman with an anti-abortion views. This is very important issue for liberal women. So, the only votes that Palin will bring is solid conservatives. But they are already in McCain's camp. Even those who complain that he is not conservative enough will not vote for Obama. So, in my view, adding Palin to the ticket could be a zero gain for McCain (kind of rhymes <g>). But I like her and will watch the debates now with even more interest.
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>>>Not every person is a political animal, and it is even truer for women than men. There are many non-political people voting for a personality. She looks great, and she got a resume. It will be Ok for many people; just compare her with Joe Biden.
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>>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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>Speaking as an outsider I agree with Edward. Not because I think women are not political animals, which they are, but because McCain is using Bill Clinton's approach: steal your opponents agenda and thunder (in this case tip your hat to women). From this distance it seems like a brilliant political move. If it wins over 10% of the Hillary vote it will be enough to win the election without having to rely on the Supreme Court counting the chads their way (sorry about that). Now, if she proved to be a centrist... but that is too much to ask. She is really a Rorcharsch test: people will see in her what they yearn for.

I don't think her views are in question at all. She is a staunch conservative. It's hard to imagine many Hillary supporters voting for McCain just because his running mate pees sitting down.