I'd hit it.

Are you kidding me? Most Republicans i talk to detest it. Claiming that women miss more work, Have Kids, need to take care of kids etc. All kinds of crap. Pro-Equal Pay is most certainly a Democratic push and effort, that maybe some Republicans support.

Lisa Loeb imo.

Doesn't she look like the devil to you?

No kidding.

No regional/electoral or philosophical gains.

McCain just single-handedly destroyed his "lack of experience" attack front, and by choosing a pro-life nutjob he's alienated the feminist "puma" coalition that he was probably hoping to woo.

And this gal has Quayle potential. Mensa applications aren't exactly littering her postal box. That clumsy attempted coverup pretty much proves her savvy. She's a vapid political whore, and it's going to be fun to watch her flounder.

just had to post this one - haawwt - for a mommy.

Can't wait for the next polls.

This pick just confirms to me McCain's idiocy and how deeply in love he is with the idea of his image and media adulation. Boring old Romney would have been a stellar pick, but McCain, no, he has to be flashy, he's not going just compete with Obama love machine, gosh, darnit, he's gonna out compete the Democrats at what they do.

What a moron. Obama is infinitely better than this wishy-washy, dancing fool.

If Biden doesn't make himself look silly during the VP debate he's deff going to make her look silly.

actually, pretty good chance he does both.

Secretaries should make as much money coal miners, MIRITE?

Most of these studies about income equality neglect tons of important variables such as what the job is, how much time the person actually works, productivity, etc...

The gap is far less than one might think. Drop all the penalties companies get by hiring someone who gets pregnant and has to jump through hoops to make sure she has a position when she comes back, pay her so much, etc..., and the gap probably drops even more. Of course, there is always a risk in hiring someone who is much more likely to quit in the next few years than someone else.

Good thing that intelligence isn't a pre-requisite for becoming a politician.

Fwiw, I hear that she's well-spoken and articulate. But she'll have to be to overcome the quick connection people will make from former beauty pageant contest = Dan Quayle like intellect.

You'd think the pro family values types would want mom providing the TLC, but hey it's the 21st century, can't have a little thing like an infants disability get in the way of your aspirations.

This is laughable. If women don't work, they don't deserve to get paid (unless they are on maternity leave). The same goes for men. I refuse to believe that people think that women deserve to get paid less because they 'work less'. I don't know the republicans you do, but no one I know thinks this.

Those specific women are unlikely do so. But that's not important. All that matters is that there are women who were slightly leaning towards Obama, but would change their minds with a woman on the ticket. The more important a woman on the ticket is for them, the further they could have been leaning towards Obama before this pick switched them. How numerous are these women? I don't know, and we'll have to wait for polls to see. But the possibility of a significant swing (as significant as a VP pick can hope for) should not be ruled out.

And simple fact women are not as competitive as men, don't care about income as a proxy for status as much as men, and like kids.

This was McCain's only play really.

My poll is rising...

p.s. who is at the podium now? so hot.

She's going to crush Biden in the debates. If the networks are smart, they'll get her a low cut blouse, and put a bag over Biden's head.

RATINGS.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WTF are you talking about? I wasn't saying that it was a reason to vote for either. Just saying its kinda cool that we'll have a first in this country either way with this election. And thats coming from a Republican standpoint.

The "next polls" are going to have no less than half a dozen important new variables effecting them; no one is going to truly be able to isolate know what Palin is/isn't doing for McCain. Even if McCain gets a bounce among women, is that because of Palin, or because Obama didn't pick Clinton? If Obama gets a bounce among low income men, is it because his populist rhetoric appealed to them, or because misogyny and sexism caused a backlash to Palin, or because Biden reassured them?

I polling but when you get two VPs and two conventions in the span of two weeks, polling is going to be pretty meaningless. By the time things settle, we'll have moved right into the debate season.

Honestly, I would sleep easily with her a heartbeat away.

McCain's third wife.