SDD2 said:
If the Dems had nominated the standard whitebread male candidate rather than Obama or Hillary, would she have been McCain's choice?
I don't know, but it seems unlikely. This feels like a reactionary, defensive decision ...
Maybe it is...
but it will work. I hope you are still enjoying your "present" in three months J.
People are going to like her, she is the anti-Obama, and she is everything that Hillary is not.
2nd Amendment?
Yup, Lifetime NRA Member
Dynamic Speaker?
Yup, she can hang with Obama and she will trounce Biden. She is likable, not crass and you do not get the impression that she is talking down to you. You feel like she is not above you, but is one of you.
Track record?
The best of any of the four. She came in, cleaned up the corruption, appointed people of ALL political parties as advisers, has a HUGE approval rating (I actually heard 97%), kept the Federal Government in check and is generally getting shit done, hell she even sold the State airplane (on ebay none the less) because it was a waste of taxpayer funds. She went after members of her own, as well as other parties and held them accountable.
Family oriented?
Oh yeah, five kids, one serving in Iraq, one just born in April with Downs Syndrome. Her parents were High School teachers and coaches. She was in a union and her husband still is.
She is a strong, stand up for your contituents, take no crap, ass kicker, and people are going to like that.
Most importantly (for me, anyway) she is not part of the Political machene that has produced the others. She did not get into politics for personal aspirations. She got into it to serve the people she represents, and to make a difference, and I think we need more of that in Washington D.C.
She is going to give people a person to vote FOR, instead of voting against the other guy...again. And, McCain is going to be a litte easier to vote for now.