McCain's V.P. Pick

Sarah Palin!!!

From Fox News: Born in Idaho, Palin moved to Alaska with her parents, to Charles and Sally Heath, when she was 3 months old.

She grew up in Wasilla, just outside of Anchorage, and played on the Wasilla state championship girls’ basketball team. She was crowned Miss Wasilla in 1984 and was a runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant.

Palin studied journalism and political science at the University of Idaho and graduated in 1987. She eloped with her high school boyfriend, Todd Palin, in 1988 to save money on an expensive wedding. She helped out in her husband’s family commercial fishing business and appeared occasionally as a television sportscaster.

Palin won a seat on the Wasilla City Council in 1992 as a new face and a new voice, and by opposing tax increases. Four years later she was elected mayor at 32 by knocking off a three-term incumbent. At the end of her second term, party leaders encouraged her to enter the 2002 race for the Republican nomination for lieutenant governor. Against veteran legislators with far more experience, Palin finished second by fewer than 2,000 votes, making a name for herself in statewide politics. She was elected Alaska’s youngest and first woman governor in 2006.

Sarah and Todd Palin have five children: boys Track, 19, and Trig, 4 months, and daughters Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7. Track Palin joined the Army last September and will deploy to Iraq on Sept. 11. Palin gave birth to Trig, who has Down syndrome, in April and returned to work three days later.

Palin will be the second female vice presidential candidate from a major political party. The first was New York Rep. Geraldine Ferrarro, who was Walter Mondale’s Democratic running mate in 1984.

Hockey Moms Unite!

The choice of Sarah Palin is a bold and exciting move. She's a fresh face, not another old white male. She brings with her the pioneer spirit of Alaska. That's a spirit that still lives in many places in this nation.

She will appeal strongly to disaffected Hillary voters, who are still angry that a woman was denied a place on the Democrat ticket.

And Joe Biden will have to watch his step in debates. He's known for his arrogant and condescending remarks. If he tries that with Palin, woman will revolt. And let's not forget that despite the evident contrast in experience between the two, Biden confused Iranians, who are Persians, with Arabs. And he's the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. So much for experience.