Mike Rucker (elsewither):you have to ask yourself: what’s really happening here? for what exactly is she being hired?

Palin creates a mirror image of Dem ticket, making a stark contrast this November: a rookie who mostly voted “present” in the Senate and a 35 year insider against a seasoned war hero and an outsider/corruption fighter. If McCain picked Lieberman (like I predicted) it would not have created a clear choice. Palin weaks the Entitlement Feminists who think they should be given everything from the Patriarchy rather than actually, you know, accomplishing everything. Palin garners 20% of Hillary’s voters right away, just for being female. Palin garners another 20% of Hillary’s voters as an opportunity for them to poke Obama in the eye for dissing them and Hil. Palin shores up McCain’s support on the evangelical/Catholic right. And how! Palin sucked all the air out of Obama’s post-convention bounce, which went splat. Even CNN polls show a dead heat. Palin gets OJT for a Palin/Jindal ticket in 2016 or even 2012 if something bad happens to McCain.