Palin is Great Choice for VP

I went to CNN’s website to find out what the Left was saying about Gov. Sara Palin's selection to run as VP with John McCain. Predictably, most of the Lefties are crowing that McCain made a huge error. They are saying that Gov. Palin is a lightweight, nominated for her looks and because she is a woman, that she won’t pull any moderate women voters because of course, they all vote as one for Pro-Choice, which is always a woman’s number one election issue.

As a centrist who was looking for a reasonable option in this election, I am elated that the Lefties are so over-confident and are displaying so much hubris and arrogance. There are plenty of women in the middle, who like me, just want a good moderate Presidential / VP option. How many women want a smaller government and a society where the private sector solves social problems and doesn’t want government to control their lives?

I am sure there are many centrist women both Republican and Democrat, who were a large part of Hilary Clinton’s constituency. With Hilary as the Dems Presidential candidate, those votes were a lock and would have made McCain's task almost impossible. The same moderate women who would have voted for Hilary will find Gov. Palin very attractive as a VP candidate. And in the process of examining this ticket, they will find that Sen. McCain is not the caricature of a Bush-clone that the Dems want to make him. With the illumination of Gov. Palin, they will see McCain as the courageous, passionate, ethical, maverick that he is.

Gov. Palin was put on the ticket, not because she was a woman, but because she is a kindred spirit and represents the American ethos better than any other VP candidate. This will be a great election season and I look forward to debating my Dem friends as they come to realize what a brilliant move by McCain, this really was today.