Jeff Binkley -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:



 AP>>>>>> Well at least she is a Governor... and a very
successful gov.
 AP>>>>>> at that too.  I truly hope that she suprises us when she
 ->>>>> debates biden.

 ->>>>> Who better to discuss ANWR ?  With Biden, just let him talk.
 ->>>>> His stupidity, ego and hatred will come oozing out.  He can't
 ->>>>> help himself.

 AP>>>> The the Lady is cute as a button too... not to mention that
 AP>>>> they have already said her gun policy.  She is a huntress who
 AP>>>> goes out... shoots a  moose, skins it and fixes it for dinner
 AP>>>> herself.  (She's already said that Moos is
 AP>>>> among her favorite foods).

 AP>>>> I can't wait... I think (hope) that this Lady will be one that
 AP>>>> we find out is  cute on the first impression, yet tough as
 AP>>>> nails when the issues throw down.

 JB>>> Yep.  She was an excellent choice.  The foaming at he mouth
 JB>>> response from the liberal left proves how great a choice she
 JB>>> was.

 MG>> McCain did himself proud with that pick.

 JB> Tremendous choice.

Indeed. Check out the date on this article:

 JB> June 04, 2008
 JB> McCain Should Pick Sarah Palin for VP
 JB> By Jack Kelly

 JB> Who? When?

 JB> Republicans including, I imagine, Sen. McCain himself are asking
these questions about his selection of a vice presidential candidate.

> Ideally, a presidential candidate wants a running mate who will help
him or her win the election, and (maybe) to govern afterwards. But most
will settle for a veep who isn't a drag on the ticket, as Dan Quayle was
for the first President Bush.

>  Traditionally, a presidential nominee has chosen a running mate to
balance the ticket geographically, or to appease a faction of the party.
The most successful example of this was when John F. Kennedy picked Lyndon
Johnson, though neither liked the other, and LBJ joined the ticket only
because he thought Kennedy would lose.

> Bill Clinton broke with this tradition when he chose another young
(purported) moderate from a neighboring southern state. By picking Al Gore,
he hoped to reinforce his campaign theme of generational change.

> Which way will Sen. McCain go? The potential running mates most often
discussed have downsides nearly as great as their upsides. Gov. Tim
Pawlenty helps only in Minnesota, and not enough, according to current
polls, to make a difference there. Sen. McCain's friend Sen. Joe Lieberman
would bring in some moderate Democrats, but could further antagonize
conservatives already suspicious of Sen. McCain. Gov. Romney would have
little appeal to working class whites unhappy with Sen. Obama, and
evangelicals fret about that Mormon thing. A Huckabee nomination would
irritate economic and foreign policy conservatives as much as it would
please evangelicals.

 JB> Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal is a rising star. But he's only 36, and
he's been governor for less than a year.
> There is one potential running mate who has virtually no down side.
Those conservatives who've heard of her were delighted to learn that McCain
advance man Arthur Culvahouse was in Alaska recently, because they surmised
he could only be there to discuss the vice presidential nomination with
Gov. Sarah Palin.

> At 44, Sarah Louise Heath Palin is both the youngest and the first
female governor in Alaska's relatively brief history as a state. She's also
the most popular governor in America, with an approval rating that has
bounced around 90 percent.

 JB> http://tinyurl.com/6928xb



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