She is evidently a strong and capable person, and learns quickly; bringing up 5 kids in a frontier land such as Alaska must be a tough call.

She admits, I think, that foreign policy is not her best point, but she will be able to pick advisers and will share her Boss’s Presidential briefings, and is widely accepted to be a fast learner.

With Mr McCain being 72 , with a malignant skin condition, she could be President within 2-3 years. I have a hunch that Mr McCain is actually planning for this and might retire “on health grounds” midway through the next term- if elected- to make this happen.

She would then face that master Chess player, Vladimir Putin, and his soon-to-be sidekick, Mahmoud Ahmaninejad of Iran.

Her promise to work for true energy independence for the USA could be the most important part of her programme.
Speaking of which, if the USA had followed up on Project Apollo with a lunar base, industrialisation, and space based solar power for Earth, we would not be now facing problems of energy dependency on pesky regimes, nor of carbon emissions or scarcity.

Many people suspect that the USA and the West needs more explorers, scientists, inventors and engineers, and fewer lawyers, bankers, and paper-pushers. I suspect Mrs Palin would agree?

In Space , the word “shortages” of energy or raw materials has no meaning. Indeed, the disasters so widely predicted for our civilisation ONLY apply if we remain confined to one planet.

I doubt that an elected Mrs Palin, with her concerns for energy and US strategic pre-eminence, would wish to serve an administration which was prepared to allow the true exploitation of the Moon to be initiated from a Chinese lunar base on the 50th anniversary of the last Apollo landing!

Here it is:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GMlcZDorjuE

Just imagine!!! (Dems, eat your heart out)

“They say McCain reads the blogs, so here goes —

Senator McCain- Don’t let the campaign kibbitzers muddle things up.

First and foremost, Sarah Palin shares your values. She killed the bridge to nowhere. Need we say more?

As for the politics, Sarah Palin transcends geography. Her constituency, like yours, goes beyond state lines.

She will get your ticket access to voters all over the country based on who she is and what she stands for. Because she’s young, a woman, a mother with young kids, she will grab media attention more than any other potential candidate.

Gov. Palin also has a son in the active duty military. You have very wisely taken your son’s service in Iraq off the table as a campaign talking point. That is and should be respected. But others can talk about it and reflect on what it means.

A McCain-Palin administration would be the first in memory which has family members in uniform during wartime from both the President and Vice President. That would be a powerful statement as to the importance of national service, especially in uniform.

Most importantly, any Vice President should be ready to step up and serve in the event she is needed. Frankly, who is really ever ready? Gov. Palin is as ready as anybody, she is a quick learner, and in her public career has exhibited the courage and decisiveness needed for a great leader.

Godspeed to you in your campaign and in making this important decision.”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXfiOSCfY44&eurl=http://palinforvp.blogspot.com/

There’s no reason, and actually substantial negative, in McCain waiting to see what the Dems do first insofar as his picking Palin as VP, because, no matter who Obama picks, Palin is by far (and I mean far) the best pick for McCain and the GOP, especially in this time of GOP woes. The GOP can be seen as the party of real ‘change’ (albeit I hate that mantra, change, change, bla bla), while not really having to change from GOP core conservative values, which Palin more than represents.

In light of the current oil/energy situation, as well as the disaffected female Hillary voters situation, and growing focus on McCain’s age and health, Palin is more than perfect — now.

(Hopefully Team McCain is already on to this.)

I suspect the press problem is the least of her worries.

On one hand, it would be great to have a personable, charismatic, and principled gal like her in high office.

On the other hand, as Jem and Rankled observed, she would be destroyed by the press. I would hate to see someone as decent and normal as Palin be subjected to the Dan Quayle treatment (along with her apparently very decent and normal family). Besides, she’s doing a great job as governor of Alaska and it would be a shame to lose her so soon.