In choosing Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate, John McCain has chosen for the future.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
'Not again!' I thought to myself this morning, as news trickled out that John McCain was set to pick Alaska governor Sarah Palin as his running mate. Not again, because too often women are promoted for the wrong reasons, and then blamed when things don't go right.
To bolster his right flank and attract women voters, John McCain had cynically opted for a running mate who was, by any stretch of the imagination, unqualified for a position a heartbeat away from the presidency.
McCain needs Hillary to run because that's what keeps the Republican coalition together. She helps unite the Republican base.
John McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as running mate is the towering example of his poor judgment. Palin's ignorance of public affairs is monumental.
I don't know Gov. Palin. I've certainly seen her, since she came on the scene, you know, running with John McCain.
If both John McCain and Obama were given a sip of truth serum, both would admit they made serious mistakes in choosing running mates in 2008.
McCain I'd vote against under any circumstance.
Mitt Romney has outdone himself in choosing Rep. Paul Ryan as his running mate.
Obama, of course, outspent McCain.
John McCain has become the de facto running mate of George W. Bush.