Sarah Palin, V.P.

Wow, bold choice. I think it was very shrewd of McCain to put a woman on the ticket and try to woo disgruntled Hillary supporters. But she seems an odd choice in several ways - she's so young - the visual of the two of them is downright bizarre, and she really doesn't seem a safe bet to backup to the OLDEST man to ever run for the office. And Alaska is as red as they get, with only 3 electoral votes, so it doesn't get him anywhere on the electoral map. She's an evangelical Christian, so the base loves her, but she's extremely conservative on social issues, and her position on abortion (that it should be illegal in every situation, even incest) is not likely to resonate with suburban women, no matter how much she emphasizes her "hockey mom" background. But she's a pistol and she's beloved in Alaska (not by her party, but by citizens). She certainly livens up the conversation. Oh yeah, she's a former beauty queen.