McCain hasn't officially announced it yet, but his VP choice is Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska. I don't have the political expertise of many of my good friends, but I consider myself fairly well informed, and I did not see that coming. I knew it wasn't in his best interest to choose another old white man, but thought Louisiana governor Bobby Jindal would be his diversity pick if he went that way. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchinson's name got thrown around, but rumor is she wants to be governor of Texas (and, according to one of the Attorney's bosses, would only have helped with the "old white lady" vote), so I didn't figure she was a contender. I think I had heard Palin's name mentioned, but never on the short list. So I was very surprised when Charlie Gibson interrupted my "Ellen" re-run this morning with the news.
This won't make me vote for McCain. I don't vote straight ticket Democrat, but I definitely lean that way, and I've been an Obama fan from the beginning. But it does make this race more interesting. Whichever ticket wins will change history. And I was worried that the excitement of this LONG election season was over!
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