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Gov. Sarah Palin is in Alaska this a.m., reports ABC News, so speculation is narrowing to a short list: former Govs. Mitt Romney and Tom Ridge, and Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn, the only presumed contender who is actually in the Buckeye State at this hour ... John McCain is expected to make a formal announcement today in Dayton.

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ROFL.. GOP is teh W!NNAR. DRILL HERE, DRILL NOW.

WOW ... What a great pick!!! America should elect McCain & Palin for the Whitehouse in Novemeber. No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko, no Ludacirs, no mean Michelle, NOBAMA!

GINA, YOU'RE A MORON!!

1) Very interesting pick. It could make the race even more difficult for Obama/Biden.
2) I think what is even more interesting, all the 'young' bucks who were not nominated who had already begun thinking about the 2012 election cycle, what are they thinking now?

Nice move..."we definitely lost the black vote so let's try to make up for it with the female vote." What a bunch of crap. McCain and the rest of the GOP are just a bunch of evil old white men scrambling to keep "their" country.

I hope the McCain camp is ready for a bunch of questions regarding the abuse of power charges Palin is currently under in Alaska for firing a Dept head after he refused to fire the ex-husband of her sister while they were in a nasty divorce battle......come on CNN, where's the coverage on that little item?

Why in the world would women vote for an NRA member, and pro-lifer? As a women I am not in the least moved by her. No one knows this person. The media will begin pressing and probing to bring out skeletons that I'm sure exist in her closet! More of the same crap.

mccain/palin sounds like a good title for horror movie. she def will not have any say on foregin policy only on energy and maybe the economy will she have a chance. i agree with what someone said in here, mccain's just trying to grab the few selfish hillary supporters who chose to leave their party and vote republican.

VOTE OBAMA/BIDEN '08

Talk about judgement, McCain is now giving us a preview of what we will get if we elect him, a poor decision making! Pathetic! choosing a woman even with no experienced or whatsoever just to attract Hillary voters. Way to go McBush!!

Talk about judgement, McCain is now giving us a preview of what we will get if we elect him, a poor decision making! Pathetic! choosing a woman even with no experienced or whatsoever just to attract Hillary voters. Way to go McBush!!

Has ovaries -- check! I was willing to vote for Hillary not because she was a woman, but because she was clearly capable of performing the job. Palin will have to go a long way to prove that she's not just the token woman on the ticket. So far, this is nothing more than insulting.

Way too obvious, basically, McCain did the same thing that Barrack did, pick someone that would address his weaknesses in his own party. He's Old, She's Young, He's too Moderate, She's ultra-Conservative, and so on. This is merely a ploy to get the Hillary women that were obsessed with having a female president at all costs. Here's the crazy thing, she is under investigation for what the guy before me just said, she's almost the evilent of the anti-hillary, pro-life, offshore drilling, anti-environment, against control, etc. It's would be the equvilent if McCain were to ask Alan Keys to be his running mate, try to find the most conservative Minority out there.

By the way Mu-shoo, I agree with you she's just a token pick by McCain, and this is insulting to women everywhere. A preview of his good judgement :0

Forgot to add does anyone want Palin as Pres if something happens to MCCain.

You are all raising valid opinions, but what do you know about her? Do some research and post some facts or questions about her. She's from Alaska for God's sake, no one knows about her.

And what about her supporters - Gina don't be intimidated by TJ - what do you have to say? Give some facts and opinions about why she will be good. Ovaries are probably the most obvious, but beyond those?

Anybody have experience raising an infant that has Down's Syndrome?

B/c Sarah Palin has a 4mo old baby boy that has Down's Syndrome. How on EARTH can she campaign and serve as VP and give that baby proper care and attention and love?

Talk about Right to Life?! How about babies that have been born and are depending on you for everything?

It is mind boggling.

BREAK THE GLASS CEILING !!!
WOW ... What a great pick!!! America should elect McCain & Palin for the Whitehouse in November,
for a return to wholesome American values.
An experienced Governor for V.P. vs. a
community organizer for President ... I pick Palin.
No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko,
no mean Michelle, NOBAMA!

BREAK THE GLASS CEILING !!!
WOW ... What a great pick!!! America should elect McCain & Palin for the Whitehouse in November,
for a return to wholesome American values.
An experienced Governor for V.P. vs. a
community organizer for President ... I pick Palin.
No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko,
no mean Michelle, NOBAMA!

Howard, you and Gina sound eerily similar. You are not clones, are you? :-) I can understand using a pen name, but changing genders as well?

HMMMM. Wishing caught you RED-HANDED!!!

"Gina":

No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko, no Ludacirs, no mean Michelle, NOBAMA!

"Howard":

No Wright, no Farrakahn, no Ayers, no Rezko,
no mean Michelle, NOBAMA!

This is the PROOF that this website is trolled by RNC operatives.

These are NOT "regular Americans". These are paid partisan hacks.

Disgusting.

wishing, I am from AK so I do have some knowledge about her. I do not feel she is prepared nor would be the best choice to run the country if something happened to McCain. She has been Gov for close to 2 years and prior to that was mayor of a small town in AK. Not much experience for such an important position, and to me, its not fair to the people of the U.S. nor their security. There were many better qualified candidates than her so the big question is why, was it simply to get women voters? If so, McCain is all about politics not whats best for this country.

Sindy, where are ya from? I LOVE AK. I have 3 great great (and liberal) friends in Juneau and I visited last Sept. I think and hope we can turn it blue in Nov!

Good comments Sindy. Your proximity to her current office gives your comments more weight.

From above, lots of people have Downs S. and function fairly well. Her ability to have the time to care for her children AND be the VP can't be questioned unless more is known about her child and her character.

The firing of a State official involved in a divorce with her sister issue sounds nasty. Anyone know the details?

What about her supporters...Howard/Gina...aside from her ovaries, why vote for her?

Well, I guess there are no MCCain supporters on this chain. Too bad, might have been interesting to hear from them.

Sindy, all the best.

Howard/Gina, do some research on McCain/MIA families.

Bye