So, Who's It Gonna Be? UPDATE: Looks Like Sarah Palin

It's Palin!

UPDATED AND BUMPED - It sure looks like it's going to be Sarah Palin. IF true, it's a game-changer for the McCain campaign. She's 44, very conservative (though she apparently has bought into some degree of globaloney), very much pro-drilling in Alaska and other places, and would give those disaffected women Hillary supporters somebody to cheer for. The #1 knock on her by the Dems would be her lack of foreign policy experience, but given the lack of experience at the top of the Dem ticket, that's an attack the Democrats wouldn't want to make.

If she's the choice, I'll retire my "Punish The G.O.P." site. McCain will have earned my vote.

Fox is calling it for Palin, but still nothing official.


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While still basking in the glow of the Obamessiah, the political press must now try to focus on John McCain as he makes his VP announcement later this morning. Last night the buzz was all about Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, but this morning the buzz has shifted to Alaska Governor Sarah Palin.

I think McCain really needs to shake things up and Palin might be just the "ticket" (pardon the pun). She's a very popular governor, very sharp person, good conservative, and what may matter most is she's a woman. There are still plenty of ladies out there stinging over the fact that a women nearly won the Dem nomination, and was then unceremoniously passed over for the VP slot when Obama picked an old white guy. Drudge is running a faux campaign button on his site featuring her, and who knows, if chosen, she could be a game-changer for the GOP.

What's fueling the Palin buzz this morning? For one thing, both Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty have said that they're out, and then there's the issue of a Gulfstream V bizjet belonging to a McCain supporter that flew from Anchorage to and airport near Dayton, Ohio early this morning. Something similar happened when Joe Biden got the pick.

And for those who have been so concerned that McCain would choose a pro-abortion candidate, I think this information about Palin's family from Wikipedia confirms her pro-life view:

On September 11, 2007, the Palins' son Track joined the Army. Eighteen years old at the time, he is the eldest of Palin's five children.[10] Track now serves in an infantry brigade and will be deployed to Iraq in September. She also has three daughters: Bristol, 17, Willow, 13, and Piper, 7.[11] On April 18, 2008, Palin gave birth to her second son, Trig Paxson Van Palin, who has Down syndrome.[12] She returned to the office three days after giving birth.[13] Palin refused to let the results of prenatal genetic testing change her decision to have the baby. "I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection," Palin said. "Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"[13]

We'll all know for sure at 9am PDT when McCain appears in Dayton to make his announcement. Stay tuned.

UPDATE: No word yet, but after watching about 45 minutes of TV coverage this morning while reading numerous websites, it looks like McCain's decision to announce today is a winner because it's pretty much knocked the Obama speech out of the news.

I can't even imagine how disappointed I'll be if he chooses Tom Ridge or Joe Lieberman.