Posted by Dave on 08/29/08 at 10:21:49 am
Categories: Action

Several networks are reporting that Sarah Palin has been chosen by John McCain to be his running mate.

As I wrote in the comments on the previous thread, she is a smart pick for McCain - she is young, female, and very conservative.

If there is any doubt about how conservative a McCain administration would be, this should end those doubts.

But Palin has her risks attached to her also. She clearly lacks experience - even more so than Barack Obama does. And she is very much an unknown from a far-away state. Over at TalkLeft, BTD sums up the risk factor well:

That said, Palin is a very risky pick and undermines many of McCain's lines of attacks - the experience argument. But the dynamics of this election are such that McCain needed something to shake up the race. This certainly does that. The discussion of Obama's speech have ended for the moment.

Believe it or not, if not taking the Romney path and hoping for some campaign event to change the math, I think Palin is McCain's best bet. It is a gamble, but when you are going to lose if you do not gamble, you might as well take the shot. I think McCain is taking a clear eyed gamble.

As BTD says... it is gamble. But John McCain has no choice but to gamble if he wants a chance at winning this thing.

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