Had the same feelings regarding McCain, but great choice on Gov. Palin, energized me enough to donate to the RNC and volunteer my time to the call centers.

We have three cars and three drivers who are extremely proud of this unexpected gift of a great VP and want to show our gratitude to EVERYONE.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin visits Army Pvt. James Pattison on Thursday during a morale tour at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Landstuhl, Germany. Pattison is being treated at the center for injuries.
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The MSM has wall-to-wall coverage of Gustav this weekend. Expect that to last throughout convention week.

As a woman, I didn’t need McCain to pick a woman. I am thrilled though to have a Ronald Reagan conservative on the ticket.

As gamecock said in another diary, I don’t care about their time in Washington nearly as much as I care about how they are wired.

BO could be in DC for as long as Robert Byrd, and I would hold him in as much contempt as I hold Byrd. I respect McCain, even though he’s certainly made me mad before, but of what I know about Palin, I’m crazy about her.

And it’s not her femaleness, because Kay Bailey Hutchinson would have made me weak in the knees.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.

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As a woman, I didn’t need McCain to pick a woman. I am thrilled though to have a Ronald Reagan conservative on the ticket.

As gamecock said in another diary, I don’t care about their time in Washington nearly as much as I care about how they are wired.

BO could be in DC for as long as Robert Byrd, and I would hold him in as much contempt as I hold Byrd. I respect McCain, even though he’s certainly made me mad before, but of what I know about Palin, I’m crazy about her.

And it’s not her femaleness, because Kay Bailey Hutchinson would have made me weak in the knees.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.

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If you’re going to make an unconventional and unexpected pick like McCain did, the tremendous downside risk is picking someone who:

1) Can’t live up to the requirements of the office or handle the job, and gives people that impression the first time they open their mouths.

2) Relies on the identity-politics angle of the choice to the exclusion or as a cover for their other weaknesses.

Palin does neither, and the warm reception she received in my home town, across party lines, combined with her manifest intelligence and qualifications says to me that she has what it takes to be Vice President by the trainload full.

If you’re going to make a maverick choice, you pick someone unexpected because they’re better in addition to being unexpected. That’s Sarah Palin, folks. I’m thrilled by McCain’s choice on the level of her sheer competence, and I’m vicariously happy for women all across America as well.

We were never going to get the rank and file Hillary supporters, but the independent minded Hillary leaners are taking notice

Camille Paglia:

“That was the best political speech I have ever seen delivered by an American woman politician. Palin is as tough as nails.”

Margery Eagan:

“When I heard the news Friday, I was incensed. Total tokenism. Pandering. Insulting. I’ve calmed down – a little. Now I realize: Selecting her is semi-tokenism and partial pandering based on McCain’s insulting assumption that for millions of female voters, it’s all about estrogen and payback.

First, the good Palin stuff: There’s something to be said for having a serious woman on the ticket. Palin is an achiever. Through Obama, black boys have their role model. Through Palin little girls, black and white, have theirs… What’s riskier? McCain dying, which is unlikely, or Obama winning, meaning President No-Experience takes over Day 1?

As a woman, I didn’t need McCain to pick a woman. I am thrilled though to have a Ronald Reagan conservative on the ticket.

As gamecock said in another diary, I don’t care about their time in Washington nearly as much as I care about how they are wired.

BO could be in DC for as long as Robert Byrd, and I would hold him in as much contempt as I hold Byrd. I respect McCain, even though he’s certainly made me mad before, but of what I know about Palin, I’m crazy about her.

And it’s not her femaleness, because Kay Bailey Hutchinson would have made me weak in the knees.

Proper grammar saves lives.

Let’s eat Grandma.
Let’s eat, Grandma.

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for women’s votes or just for disaffected Hillary voters has it completely wrong.

The more I consider it, the more I think this was a perfect pick. No other VP would have been better, including my favorite, Mitt Romney. It was a stroke of genius, providing there are no more surprises, which I don’t expect to see.

even before she was picked as VP, Barak enthusiastically supported her in his convention speech. I quote great things get accomplished when ordinary citizens raise up an do extrordinary things. Sounds like he knew soccer mmoms can make a big difference