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McCain’s Veep is Sarah Palin. Conservatives Rejoice.
The Sundries Shack — ... , someone new and exciting (though dig the unflattering picture at that link. You won’t be surprised what news organization is responsible). She disagrees with him strongly on domestic oil drilling, to the point where ...

NBC Confirms Gov. Sarah Palin As McCain VP Choice
Wizbang — ... the John McCain was seriously looking at Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as a short-list Vice President candidate. This morning it appears confirmed that Palin is the nominee - NBC is reporting that Palin is the nominee, and CBS has confirmed it as well. One word: Awesome Lorie adds: Last night around 3 a.m. when most everyone else was declaring Pawlenty the pick, ...

Palin?
The Stump — ... McCain's surprise choice would have made more sense had the reconciliation with Hillary Clinton--and, one presumes, many of the women holding out on Obama--not been so complete this past week. ...

McCain/Palin '08
Political Animal — MCCAIN/PALIN '08.... There's a political adage that's been around for a while that says the first "presidential decision" a candidate makes is picking a running mate. If that's the case, John McCain would apparently be a very odd president . Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate, NBC News has learned. She would be the first woman ever to serve on a Republican presidential ticket. The pro-life Palin would also be the first Alaskan ever to appear on a national ticket. Palin, 44, was elected Alaska's first woman ...

McCain’s pick: pretty clever
pandagon.net - these things don't just blame themselves — ... The pick of Sarah Palin as McCain’s running mate tells me that reproductive rights are a massive issue for him.  I’ve been saying from the get-go that McCain has been screwed insofar as he has to appear strongly anti-woman for the base, but pro-woman for the low information swing voters.  Lieberman, I think, could have pulled that off.  But this is simpler---a female anti-choicer, a straight-up sexist ...

Sarah Palin
Feministing — So McCain has chosen Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. She's young -- 44 -- and a self-described "hockey mom." Because Palin is relatively unknown on the national level, a lot of people are already identifying this as a ploy to snag the votes of disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters. I don't know whether that's true (my guess is yes), but it's my sense that Hillary backers who don't like Obama are not going to like a McCain/Palin ticket much better. But maybe I'm optimistic. Let me say right off the bat that, overall, I think it's ...

Sarah Palin: Let's Shatter the Glass Ceiling that Hillary Cracked (Video)
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... : McCain picks Palin as running mate — Alaska governor to be first female Republican VP nominee — Sarah Palin, mother of five, is Alaska's first female governor and the first woman to run on a Republican presidential ticket. ...

McCain Picks Palin!
Rhymes With Right — ... this development ! Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain introduced his running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, at a raucous rally Friday, praising her "tenacity" and "skill" in tackling tough problems. "She is exactly who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington politics of me first and country second," McCain told supporters in Dayton. Palin, who becomes the first woman to serve on a GOP presidential ticket and the first Alaskan to appear on a national ticket, echoed McCain's appeal to battle the status quo in Washington. Conservative. ...

The myth that Sarah Palin "came out of nowhere"
Stubborn Facts — ... "; "a stunning surprise, as McCain passed over many other better-known prospects, some of whom had been the subject of intense speculation for weeks or months." ...