A lot of those disenfranchised women are going to looooooove this ticket!! Go McCain!

I like the former eBay exec as McCain's VP choice. She can help him auction off American jobs overseas.

Gee, I wonder why McCain wants to choose a woman now? The transparency of his campaign is pathetic.

And Karl Rove can't "smell" anything but his own stench.

Palin would be a terribly cynical choice for McCain. Out the window goes the inexperience argument. Traded for the belief that former Clinton supporters will support a ticket with which they disagree on nearly every point, and why? Because there's a *woman* there. Don't look at the issues, how about that gender!

A Palin pick is a pick out of desperation. Sorry, but people just aren't that stupid.

Many in the media are reporting sincere frustration as the McCain camp is putting out false information regarding the VP. This is bad for ALL of us as the media "sources" will have every reason to be skeptical of anything McCain puts out.

With Palin on the ticket, and Barack Obama passing up the most qualified woman to be VP (and more qualified than he is to be VP), you better believe women will defect from Obama to McCain.

Add to that the most recent comments by Biden insulting the VP slot. LOL

So Radar, Fox news is reporting that her staff cannot confirm her whereabouts this morning. And you forgot to say in your previous report that the spokesperson who was asked in the middle of the night where her boss was said, "as far as i know". Does John McCain tell spokespeople where his VP pick is or give them permission to tell reporters? Just wondering?

This has to be a joke. Palin would take Obama experience and ability to conduct foreign policy out the window.

Palin prior to her two years as governor was mayor of the town of Wassila, Alaska. I'm sorry, that is so podunk it would be a Barry Goldwater moment for McCain (not in a good way).

Hilarious. After weeks of smearing Obama as an unqualified "celebrity", McCain is going to suggest that if he keeled over, control of the entire USA should go to the former mayor of a town of 3,000 people who does fashion spreads for Vogue.

He's already married to a beauty pageant contestant with no political experience and a history of criminal investigations. Why didn't he just pick his own wife?

McCain's VP choice I believe is Joe Lieberman. He is in Ohio.

The biggest question about the Alaskan Beauty Queen:

Can she spell "potato" correctly??

With Palin on the ticket, you have a 72 year old nominee with about the most unqualified VP choice he could pick. Hillary was substantive - that is what made her great. If McCain picks Palin, he will confirm his true and total lack of judgement. McCain/Palin- Bridges to Nowhere.

So he's wants to pick an anti-abortion woman as his VP?

I hope other women aren't stupid enough to fall for this. Someone who is AGAINST WOMEN'S RIGHTS will not help our cause.

The Republicans are much too scary to allow them to retain the power of the Presidency. President's last 4 years, Supreme Court justices can be there for decades!

Besides, McCain only got into the academy because of his admiral father. He was in the BOTTOM 1% of his class. What business would consider making him their CEO? (The answer is NONE!) And some people think he can govern the most powerful and complex nation in the world?

Haven't we had learned yet what electing an idiot does for America? Or are half of the people in this country just easily manipulated lemmings?

Start with the word "freedom", "terrorism", or "patriotic" and some folks will apparently believe anything that follows.

Mccain Palin

lol lol lol

Are you kidding?!

She is against almost every women's issue out there. She is a posterchild for women who subjegate their choices and lives to men.

lol

She would do ...what? In an international crisis?

do we have a single stitch of evidence of her capabilities or judgement or experience dealing with vast and diversified economic issues outside freaking ALASKA?!...

and proven track record or ability to motivate people or judgments on a level that we would need...if this older caniddate had to suddenly leave office...

that THIS WOMAN oy...could step in one a global stage.

Palin is a joke and if this is the kind of judgment McCain would make ...picking a woman just because she is a woman and overwhelmingly with lack of understanding on a national and international stage...

would we even need to have an election lol after McCain sells out the country for a political stunt...to get himself elected.

Mccain's choices are bad ...or worse.

so today is all about how bad of a pick did he choose...

that's true isn't it.

I heard he's gonna pick Paris Hilton.

LOL!

Did I mention that he's a POW?

As a woman, I find this offensive for John McCain to think that women across America would get his vote just because he chose a woman as his VP. I would be fearful that if anything did happen to McCain during his presidency (if he were elected), an inexperienced woman would be in charge of running our country. Barack Obama is going to get my vote!

So, McCain is picking Palin? I guess the Republicans think that experience is overrated too. They want a 44-year-old 1st-term governor with no foreign policy experience to back up 72-year-old McCain? I wonder how Hillary's supporters are feeling about this. Considering that McCain is 72 years old, Palin might becom the first female president of the United States if McCain wins but for some reason cannot finish out his term.

If he picks Ridge he is saying that the Bush aggressive and blindered security bologne of the last 8 years was good.

Since he would be picking the biggest face of those choices.

If he picks Romney

"The Trust Fund Baby" Ticket

If he picks Palin

"The Pray he doesn't have a heart attack" Ticket

If he picks Lieberman

the "we will win with 3 families from Boca and the couple of thousand people who had dinner with him over the years in connecticut and NARAL/Committee for Liberation of Iraq Lobbyists" ticket...

because no one else is voting for him.

Or maybe it'll be Britney.

She's a POW in her own mind.

They're perfect together!

LOLOL!!!!

I would say if he picked Palin...

right now from all the pundits and news...

they are telling her...

"uh, wemade a mistake"

lol

Happy Birthday Senator McCain:
http://www.newsweek.com/id/133551

It's Palin!

Good judgment John mcCain.

get this guy to retire.

This is huge. This is going to seal victory for McCain. The DNC had all eyes towards Obama, they openly ignored women democrats with the single thought "the'll get over it." They never once stood up against the blatant sexism that was hurled against Hillary. They made their bed......

Great VP choice Sen MCcAIN,Hillary supporters are with you.
MCCAIN/PALIN 08

Ladies and Gentlemen. Obama has just won the presidency.

This is the CHANGE WE'VE been waiting for!!!!! Thank you Senator McCain!!!
This woman has it all - you have hit a home run!

you all are whakced

republican are even going to run

mccain has just said if he kicks the bucket

it doesn't matter if we are taken care of...just get him to hold the oposition he has always dreamed of.

Bad bad bad choice.

Obama will need his hope and a prayer.

Obama is having a really bad day. Hillary is watching tv and laughing her @$$ off at McCain's choice for VP. Women are flocking to the GOP website and signing up. McCain is bringing the CHANGE !!!! WOO_HOO!!! Former Hillary supporters for MCCAIN !!! She has executive experience and Obama has NONE. Woo-hoo it's a new day in the Republican party. Bring it!

GAME CHANGER Let's see the Obama campaign continue theie sexist attacks. Governor Palin can identify with working mothers.

I should have checked my spelling in my earlier post. I meant Palin might become the first female president of the United States if 72-year-old McCain wins but cannot finish his term. I heard that she was a former beauty pageant contestant. Didn't Cindy McCain win a beauty pageant? So I guess it is true that McCain really has a thing for former beauty pageant contestants.

This changes everything. This is history in the making for the republican party. McCain is the change agent of 2008!

McCain/Palin - Yes THEY can!

Sarah Palin 44 years old (younger then Obama). Was a mayor of a town with a population of 3,000. Govenor of a small state for one and a half years.

How will she debate with Biden? It's almost laughable.

At least with Romney there was some sort of credibility.

McCain has just wiped out the "inexperienced" factor for himself.

Steve: "A Palin pick is a pick out of desperation..."

I suspect a lot of folks are going to see it that way. Will be interesting to see the initial reactions, but my initial reaction is this is probably a political mistake.

Being seen trying to pander to Clinton supporters seems to cheapen McCain's view of the responsibilities of the office.

Now, that's the cynical view. We also need to be open to the possibility that McCain really thinks she's presidential material. And she may be - I know nothing about her.

But a lot of folks are going to see this cynically, I think.

Anthony: "I heard that she was a former beauty pageant contestant. Didn't Cindy McCain win a beauty pageant? So I guess it is true that McCain really has a thing for former beauty pageant contestants."

Ohhhh, was Palin really? Remember his first wife was a swim suit model. And with the Tailhook thing... oh man, this could turn into a campaign dynamic.

He should pick Paris Hilton. It'll be the second time he took the younger, richer woman over the one he was supposed to stick with.

My comment: McCain selected the wrong Alaskan; it should have been Stevens. He would have fit nicely in the aged Republican Camp and his legal troubles will distract from the inept philosophy of the political anemia which is a centerpiece of our RP. We don't have a chance in November; how did we get into this mess?

Palin?

And yet another politican who's career is tied DIRECTLY TO BIG OIL!

Are we that stupid to do it AGAIN?

"Being seen trying to pander to Clinton supporters seems to cheapen McCain's view of the responsibilities of the office"

It also cheapens his "maverick" characteristic and demostrates a lack of judgement. If...god forbid McCain dies during the course of his presidency Palin becomes president. Someone with NO foreign policy credentials. Mayor of a town with the population of 3,000. And govenor of a small state for a year and a half. This is the biggest risk McCain has ever taken I believe and after a debate with Biden....... McCain has just handed Obama the presidency.

Vanessa,

go celebrate if you truly believe that. I suspect you really are worried sick. Obama/Biden and the DNC got played big time.

The GOP is all spun out. This is better than comedy central.

Now all is left is for him to call her the cee word.

Ok. Now do you believe me when I say that the geezer has lost his marbles.

Some suggested the GOP shouldn't even run this year. Looks like they honored that suggestion by putting up the LAMEST TICKET IN HISTORY.

THANK GOP. MOVE OVER. We will do the driving for the next eight years (at least).

Thanks again.

Hannity and Lintball are speechless.

Steve:
McCain's choice of Palin does Not
throw out the Inexperience argument!
Obama is at the top of the ticket.
The President makes the decisions Not
the VP! The responsibilities of the VP
are to attend state funereals overseas,
break tie votes in the Senate, and be
ready to take over as President if something happens to the President.
She has executive experience as she was
also a mayor before she became a
governor.
John McCain will school her in foreign
affairs.
This is a great pick.

Guess a 44 year-old, on the 45th year of MLK, just bumped 46 year-old off the headlines.

reganfan

But what you dont realize is the fact that the vp for mccain was DOUBLY important for mccain because he is more likely to become incapcitated. Heck... he already showing signs of senility. The man doesn't even know how many houses he have. I could see if he was a property enthusiast and had scores of houses. But it was seven or eight. He is a human gaffe machine. I attribute this to his age.

Palin comes into this VP slot with ZERO experience compared to BIDEN.

The dems ticket is stronger. A ticket built to serve america.

McCain is pandering just trying to get votes. Palin brings nothing but a reason for disgruntled hillary voter to cross over. THATS ALL.

Try again. That spin didn't work

We have all seen how sexism is alive and well in the democratic party, obviously the repulican party embraces what a woman can bring to the ticket!
The republicans will absolutely win now.

reaganfan: The VP is only a "heartbeat" away from the presidency, and at McCain's age he doesn't have too many heartbeats left.

anthony:
Your comments are nonsensical!
Obama is at the top of the ticket.
As president he would make the decisions
relying on his lack of experience to
make his decisions!
McCain as president would rely on his
many years in the Senate to make
foreign policy and domestic decisions!
The VP attends state funereals overseas,
breaks ties in the Senate, and is
available to take over as president if something happens to the president.
She also brings to the table executive experience that none of the Senators
have. She was a mayor and a governor and
therefore has experience preparing
budgets!
McCain hit it out of the park!

This is REAL CHANGE we can ALL BELIEVE IN

on...btw, she like HRC is a women ...

oh cron. just can it.

All week long we has seen some of the strongest women in the democratic party show their prominence at the convention. Hillary will have her pick at what ever she wants. Mind you this the FIRST time in history a WOMAN has been chosen for VP in the GOP. And wow... what a coincence. At the heels of a hotly contested primary where hillary didn't get the nod for the DEMS.

THE GOP has a habit of being so blunt in their stupidity. Problem this year is that the whole country/world is taking notice and calling them on it.

I think the biggest risk of this pick is it reinforces the notion of McCain's obsession with beauty and celebrity.

Think of it this way. How long before someone asks if this is McCain's wanting now to trade in Cindy for a younger woman?

The old geezer has always had a thing for younger women. He is really robbing the cradle with this one.

McCain/Palin: "on...btw, she like HRC is a women ..."

That's the danger. If McCain is seen as pandering to women, this will be a negative. If he's seen as really believing she was among the top picks, then its a positive.

Okay, enough about Palin, now back to McCain's temperment.

Given what we now know about that, I'd take Palin over McCain for president, and I know next to nothing about her.

Paul,

It is so obvious. He is pandering to women. He is so desperate.

Think about what she brings to his ticket. I know you are drawing a blank right now.

You are correct. She brings NOTHING.

I'm not sure that Hillary voters will flock to this ticket en masse just because a woman is on it. If anything this just upstages HRC if Palin's the first woman to be elected to an office higher than senator. And if McCain croaks or becomes incapacitated with Alzheimer's then she becomes president.

Omentum - actually she does bring something. She's got a little executive experience, and she's something of a party maverick, bucking the Alaskan Republicans for their corruption.

Does that make a VP pick? I'm not sure. I think we're all suspecting she wouldn't have been picked if she was a he.

But any sitting governor has to be considered among a pool of potential picks, so this isn't completely outlandish, either.

Paul ...Omentum,

I think you will have to this will be a HISTORIC election ...fair fight

WHITE/COLORED/MAN/WOMEN all represented

Paul ...Omentum,

I think you will have to agree that this will be a HISTORIC election ...fair fight

WHITE/COLORED/MAN/WOMEN all represented

This will be a fight for the SWING voters for sure ... GOOD MOVE !!!

Did I hear someone on this BLOG say that Obama is regretting that he did not pick Paris Hilton ?

McCain/Palin: "This will be a fight for the SWING voters for sure."

What election isn't?

And, no, it wasn't Obama who was considering Paris Hilton. In fact, John McCain has the distinction of being the first major party nominee to ever engage Paris Hilton in a back 'n forth, and we all know he's obsessed with celebrity. So if anything, McCain might have considered Hilton as a running mate.

But he went with Palin instead.

Yea...and Palin is a great choice

Me: "But he went with Palin instead."

See, I'm not saying McCain can't make a good decision every once in a while. Palin is definitely a better pick than Paris Hilton.

I'm just saying McCain frequently gets seething mad, sometimes over nothing, and its then his judgment goes out the window.

My advice to Palin - don't comment on McCain's hairline. That's what got Cindy called a trollop and worse.

Paul: I agree, and the reason McCain gets seething mad frequently is that he has early stage Alzheimer's.

By making this choice. McCain is saying he will go it alone in running the country. I don't think that Palin can offer any advice that the likes of McCain would consider.

This increases the risks of the the state of the country if the President disappears.

Biden would be a safer pick than Palin. Anyone would agree.

The day of VP choices for spelling potato are over.

Palin "Grit, Integrity, Honor"

McCain/Palin 2008 ~ Country First

Grit.

Grit.

First let us learn who this person is. Also, how much grit do you need to be a governer of alaska, the farthest state from the the gridlock and ruff and tumble of DC.

Palin "New American Heroine"

USA ! USA ! USA !

AND ALSO please stop being OFFENSIVE with that COUNTRY FIRST crap.

Palin "People First"
McCain "Country First"

it is obvious from the past eight years that Country does NOT come first.

We have defended the constitution of IRAQ more than we have defended our own. Poorly I may say. So poorly they even want us to leave.

Think again

OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

Go watch Cable TV ... Sarah Palin is VERY CHARISMATIC ... she is spontaneous, making all the right connection ... very positive !

I lived in Alaska 25 years and have visited Chicago. Give me Wasilla, Alaska, a beautiful small town surrounded by mountains in the Mat-Su Valley over south Chicago with is druggies, drunks and craszies on every street corner. Only a fool would walk down some of Chicago streets without a body guard. People should check out Obama's home district on You Tube. Scary.

Omentum: "I don't think that Palin can offer any advice that the likes of McCain would consider."

I don't think anyone could offer McCain advice, especially if he's mad (which happens all too often).

In Palin's defense, a lot of vice presidents haven't been involved in offering advice or anything like that. In fact, conventionally the vice president was just a stand-in in waiting. Clinton and Gore started to break that mold a little, and of course with Bush and Cheney we have lingering questions over which is president.

Hey, she may be the real deal, and let's not demonize her just because she's on the other side. She may be the president that will serve this country well, one day. She may be the president who could have served this president best next year. But she's not on the top of the ticket, so we'll have to worry about the John McCain temperment, should the GOP win.

Just what we need. SPONTANEOUS. Touching on all the wedge issues.

Paul/SAMURI..."He's not running for Senate majority leader, he's running for president as a reformer," said Sen. John Kerry, a Democrat and fellow Vietnam veteran. "Lots of presidents have a temper. SOMETIMES CONGRESS NEEDS A SWIFT KICK."

cite: MediaMatters.org-WAMU report on McCain's relationship with congressional colleagues

MediaMatters describes their site as being a "progressive web site" that monitors conservative statements and blog...it is a LIBERAL WEB SITE

....so far ...still no gaffe ...no BARACK AMERICA...nor PRESIDENT BIDEN

You are absolutely right Paul. My mistake.

Let's kick the tires and look under the hood first.

Agreed

CuriousIndep - yep, McCain was the Democrats favorite Republican once upon a time, while Republican colleagues were warning the country about McCain's temperment.

Given his reaction to Georgia, his encouragement of the Iraq invasion - let's not forget McCain was way out in front of Bush in advocating an invasion of Iraq - I have to say on the question of McCain's temperment, the Republicans got that one right eight years ago.

But I am resolute in saying that MCCAIN is a POWDER KEG waiting to blow. He is the ULTIMATE risk. Even riskier than dubya.

Omentum and other Obama supporters:
McCain is in excellant shape.
Ronald Reagan was 2 years younger
when he was elected and was 77 when
he left office(surviving an assasins
bullet to boot).
At least palin has youth on her side.
If something happens to Obama and
Biden has a heart attack Nancy Pelosi
would be president!
I'll take my chances with McCain/Palin!

Curious - is BusinessWeek conservative enough for you? Here's an article they ran in 1999:

It's just after dawn in Hampton, N.H., and John McCain is coming off a bruising week. His fast rise in the polls has hit a speed bump: With McCain's hometown paper questioning whether ''Senator Hothead'' has the right stuff to be President, the temper that has been legendary in Washington suddenly is headline news.

And Curious, from that same article:

Eric Vaughn, the president of the Renewable Fuels Assn., says he can only guess that McCain established his anti-ethanol stance in the late '80s, when 70% of ethanol came from agri-giant Archer Daniels Midland Co. Today, most ethanol production comes from farmer-owned co-operatives. ''If he's going to attack the ethanol industry, at least he should attack us with updated information,'' Vaughn sighs. ''I don't have the impression that Mr. McCain has the benefit of all the information. But he does have the benefit of his convictions.''

reganfan.

that was rather far reaching.

but i guess it is no fun in being crazy if you cant show it.

You are already embracing and taking your chances on someone we don't even know. At least america knew obama since 2004. Palin is virtually a unknown governing the smallest populated state in the union for less than two years.

Did you give obama that priviledge?