McCain's Brilliant VP Choice.

John McCain listened to me.

Damn. I can't prove it but I endorsed Sarah Palin for his VP a few months ago. I knew she was the right choice as soon as I read her bio. She's the 44 year old current Governor of Alaska, a mother of 5, and the first woman to be selected as a VP candidate since Geraldine Ferraro in 1984. I believe she is the first ever woman to be selected for a Republican ticket. Historic.

The choice is brilliant because it takes the punch out of Obama's speech he gave last night making history in accepting the Democratic nomination for President.



Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin

Palin adds youth, energy and a real boost of excitement to the campaign of John McCain. At the same time, McCain grabs the media spotlight away from Obama in grand fashion. This is extremely hard to do as the MSM has been in the tank for Obama since he announced his candidacy. This decision highlights why John McCain should be the next the President of the United States. Nicely done and perfectly executed, Sen. McCain!

Congratulations, Gov. Palin. I look forward to your speech at the Republican Convention this week.

UPDATE: This is class:

This? Not so much:

Via WizBang Blog - Obama's response to John McCain's pick:

Today, John McCain put the former mayor of a town of 9,000 with zero foreign policy experience a heartbeat away from the presidency. Governor Palin shares John McCain's commitment to overturning Roe v. Wade, the agenda of Big Oil and continuing George Bush's failed economic policies -- that's not the change we need, it's just more of the same.

Obama criticizing someone for a lack of foreign policy experience? That's interesting.

UPDATE 2: Sen. Obama reconsiders (via Jake Tapper of ABC News):

“We send our congratulations to Gov. Sarah Palin and her family on her designation as the Republican nominee for vice president," said the Democratic ticket in a joint statement. "It is yet another encouraging sign that old barriers are falling in our politics. While we obviously have differences over how best to lead this country forward, Gov. Palin is an admirable person and will add a compelling new voice to this campaign."

Wow - that is quite a change in tone. Hillary must have phoned Barack and gave him hell for his first response. She probably argued that with his first response he:

1) just might be offending a rather large voting block -women everywhere.

2) is sounding rather brutish and unkind after John McCain spent a bunch of money on an ad convincingly congratulating him.

Ouch.