Happy Birthday, Senator

Obama won the nomination, period. He even won my state missouri, which we all thought Hilary was going to carry.
McCain could have selected a more formidable woman.

"Obama was not appointed? He most certainly was. Did you miss the entire train-wreck?"

The problem with right winger (and something they count on) is all the time you waste refuting their lies.

Obama won more primaries, won more delegates and won more votes than Hillary.

(and no FL & MI do not count, and election with no campaigning is a straw poll)

He was nominated, accepted and is now the nominee for the Democratic party for President of the United States.

Condi Rice is too much associated with the Bush Administration (and whom I fear is probably an Obama supporter and would have told McCain no, anyway).

Kay Bailey Hutchison is from Texas, which would remind too many people of the current President whom they are all trying to disown. Besides that, she's pro-choice, which would not sit well with the Party base.

Elizabeth Dole is probably older than McCain.

I'm sure whoever was on McCain's V.P. vetting committee probably found many more reasons to support his choice of Palin than we outsiders happen to know just now.

Why not compromise and go with Romney (my choice all along)?

Mine also

Romney has all of Palin's advantages (executive experience, younger) with none of the negatives (inexperience, unknown).

I guess if Romney was Martha Romney instead of Mitt Romney, he would be the pick!

Still, I gotta trust McCain's judgment. Maybe Palin will give this campaign a SURGE of votes to carry us over to top.

Obama was not appointed? He most certainly was. Did you miss the entire train-wreck?

T: Read through the posts following, you will observe that the vast majority of bloggers on here echo my views. The woman has no experience on national and international issues. McCain should have chosen a more formidable woman. The choice is problematic. Biden stared down on Milosevic and called him a war criminal. I don’t think Sarah Palin can. The bridge to no where was a national outcry, its no big surprise that she dropped it. Obama is a Harvard law graduate. You don’t get into Harvard law school by chance. He was an Illinois senator for over 10 years, he has being in the United States senate for four years. We have seen him in tons of debates. We have also observed him interact with world leaders. There is no comparison. Above all, Obama was not appointed to the democratic ticket, he took down the Clinton machine

"'she was Mayor for 8 years so yes, she has 10 years EXECUTIVE experience.'

"Oh that's right, a podunk little town that has less people then my high school did. By your calculations, any president of the student council is qualified to become president."

No, just more qualified than either Obama or Biden.

It seems pretty clear that McCain wanted Lieberman (which would have pissed off the base) and that Rick Davis or some other campaign people wanted Palin (to pick off some ex-Hillary votes). Why not compromise and go with Romney (my choice all along)?

"podunk little town"

Nice.

I am a broken glass Republican and have never ever liked McCain. Yet I was so un-inspire, I was considering sitting this one out. Not now. I think he has made a wise pick ...

she was Mayor for 8 years so yes, she has 10 years EXECUTIVE experience.

Oh that's right, a podunk little town that has less people then my high school did. By your calculations, any president of the student council is qualified to become president.

He passed over Crist and Romney for what? This?!!! So experience doesn't matter after all?

GIVE A MAVERICK YOUR PARTY AND HE BLOODY SINKS IT!!!

Albert: she actually has done something, unlike your messiah. like a $26-billion-dollar pipeline to ship natural gas from the North Slope to the Lower 48, through Canada. she dropped the 'bridge to nowhere', so she has the guts to take on special interests, and even crooked members of her own party.

whats obama done again? except oppose the born-alive infant protection act? he couldn't even have a meeting of the subcommittee he is the head of .

biden wanted to partition iraq, his 'expertise' is a joke.

I think that they should assign Cheney to some upper level post. That way we get the ex-Hillary votes (thanks, Sarah), yet still have an expert on foreign policy.

Tim,

I just wrote to the McCain campaign. I doubt they'll read my message but she's not official yet. If McCain wants to win he better apologize to Palin and take Romney instead. I doubt Biden will take her on softly. These Dems have no respect.

Ouch! Liberal at their best! (sarc)

Not a smart move on McCain's part IMO. I can't support this Palin lady with no experience, running with a 72 yr old, plus a scandal hanging over her head. Why not Kay Bailey Hutchinson McCain? She's no beauty queen but she does have tons of experience and is creditable. If McCain died in office I sure as heck would not want this Palin woman to step up as President.

Sandy: She has a child with down-syndrome, hello. The office of the vice president demands a lot of stress and globe throttling. If McCain needed a woman, there are very many more qualified women out there that could have fit in very well. Kay Bailey Hutchinson again comes to mind. This goes a long way to show that McCain makes crass decisions. He is definitely the big risk. I am not sexist at all, he choose the wrong woman, with a very thin resume, academic credentials and what have you.

If McCain wanted a woman so badly, he ought to have gone for one with Condi Rice's stature.

This is a joke!!!!!!!!!! What happened? Lindsay Lohan told him no?