John McCain took a calculated risk by naming Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. This is very clearly a move to win over over the female supporters of Hillary Clinton that have yet to accept Obama as the Democrat's nominee. In that sense, it is a shrewd move. On the other hand, she is woefully inexperienced, something McCain keeps hammering Obama himself about. And while it's true that she is only running for VP, it bears noting. As CNN's Paul Begala said, when you're 72 and you have had four bouts with cancer (as McCain has), you ought to choose a qualified VP.
We'll see how this all plays out, but I expect McCain to get a significant bump out of this and the Rupublican convention. I watched a bit of Palin's speeech today and thought she did well. We could be in for a very tight race.
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