Now We Have a Race

Okay, now we have a race! McCain announcing his choice of Gov. Sarah Palin as running mate says many positive things about his campaign. First, is OPSEC, Operation Security, this was a complete surprise. For there to be a complete lack of leaks of this explosive bit of news shows how tight the McCain Campaign is. Excellent job. Second is judgment, this is the right choice in many ways. The Alaskan governor is a strong, intelligent, independent candidate who happens to be a woman; a wife and mother with a son serving in a Stryker battalion in the U.S. Army, and a woman whose youngest child has Down syndrome. She was elected to the governorship on a platform of shaking up government and she has delivered. Gov. Palin is an independent thinker who is strong enough to solidify the conservatives, and forward thinking enough to appeal to libertarians and moderate to conservative democrats. Her being someone from outside the Washington, D.C. mess will appeal to undecided voters who are sick of politics as usual. A Life Member in the NRA, and a strong American leader, what more could one ask for? The choosing and the accepting are outstanding decisions for McCain and Palin alike. Now, I feel enthusiasm and that there might be a good chance to defeat the democrats.