McCain-Palin

McCain-Palin

First thoughts:

Blatant play for the PUMA vote, but one way or another the white male club is broken on January 20.

Hurts the experience argument in a big big way: it's hard to argue Obama's not ready when your running mate was mayor of a small suburb two years ago. Kos is already calling her "Quayle Palin."

Shores him up with the base, who will hear a lot about the baby with Downs.

May also help him in the sagebrush states, but if they're worrying about the Rockies they're acknowledging they're in big trouble.

In a micro sense, does this help Ted Stevens and Don Young survive? It'll boost the GOP in Alaska, but Palin has always been verrrrry distant from the congressional delegation.

Mac really wanted Ridge or Joementum but couldn't sell it to the party; Romney was out after House-gate, and Pawlenty was too meh.