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Ya know, I value Chris Dodd's opinion about as much as an overflowing toilet bowl. The guy has done NOTHING for my state and is but a boy toy of the far liberal left. Here's to hoping he is soundly trounced come next election.

Chris, just go away will ya?

As a former Hillary supporter, I think Obama should have put his ego aside & chosen Hillary. He then would have won a landslide victory. His ego now permits McCain to gain an opportunity & get his base fired up with a women who his base loves. Obama is done. Hillary in 4 years!!!

Democrats/Obama/Biden that is our way back. What don't you guys/girls get?

This country can't survive with Mccain as POTUS much less Palin as VP.

People please don't be blinded by hate/fear this time. Change and hope is our way out of this mess the Republicans have put us in and a sign of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a change. We are not insane. I hope not. Nov 2008 will tell.

McCain, I wonder why did you listen to Rush Limbaugh. You have made the greatest mistake of your life as a politician. You know one thing McCain, Rush will have the greatest laugh behind your back. Why did you let the American people down and especially the women?

Sarah Palin is mine, and many of my friends', new hero. I wonder if you'd be dissing her if she was put on the Obama ticket. she is a refreshing break from the normal washington politicians and is an inspiration to the younger generation and especially working mums. She is a known reformer with a huge approval rating becausee she actually does what she says she will do. I mean how many politicians have this label ?

Mccain made a genius decision with adding Sarah as his VP. We all love her and i bet she will keep getting votes brought over to the GOP ticket.

I must say that I was undecided and had considered voting for Mr. McCain, but I find his choice of Mrs Pailn for VP to be a gimmick, and a downright insulting one ! She is the opposite of Hillary Clinton, and is so lacking in experience. Anti-choice, gun happy, and wants to preach creationism in our public schools.

Not on my watch !

Obama/Biden '08 !!!

At least one of the two Republicans is moderate (McCain). We all know neither of the Dems has even considered thinking on their own.

And he will buckle again if he is elected. And the reason is that the Republicans are united by one thing, Greed.

Over the last sixty years, economic growth has been slower and income inequality higher under Republican administrations. This isn't an opinion, it's a demonstrable fact.

The reason is the Republican's policy of enriching the already rich. It never does and never will "trickle down" to the rest of us.

The really shameful thing is that the rich do almost as well under Democratic administrations as Republican ones because of the higher growth that Democratic policies promote.

Morale of the story? A rising tide does lift all boats, and all Republicans can do is sink the vast majority of us so that their contributors can get marginally richer than they would anyway.

To all the Republicans who say the Democrats are running scared, your quite wrong, we are ecstactic over McCrypt's choice. It is such and obvious play for the far Right that even the "low information" voter will see through it.

P.S. Should McCrypt have picked either Romney or Hutinson, you may have had a whisper of a chance. So no, we are very happy with the choice of Palin.

oh, and if McCain would have listened to Limbaugh, Hannity, and Rove, he would have picked Romney. But instead, he picked someone who us average americans like.

Oh haha, and Obama really picked a guy towards the center of the spectrum didn't he? NOT. Obama and Biden are liberal, McCain is a moderate conservative, and Palin is conservative. McCain is the only one anywhere near the center. And he's the one running for president, not Palin.

McCain like Bush will bring more threat to our country. Obama/Biden ticket is very strong on national security and Biden as well as Obama is well respected around the world. Obama has better judgment on every single issues that we need on a president than mccain. That is why we must vote Democratic this November to prevent a second 9/11 and have someone who is ready for what ever decission to defend our national security in case of any plot. McCain/Palin ticket I doubt it no foreign policies no experience we cannot risk our country with that ticket.
Do not listen to the republican scare tactics and believe anything they have to say. The republican is the party we as voters should stay away from this November. They have done enough to our country and the economy and we cannot afford four more years of economic disasters and begging China to lend us money.
Why are they skipping the convention? is it to show that McCain is not tight to Bush/Chenney? But, Jonh McCain voting record cannot lie that he not only tight to Bush/Chenney, but, will be a continuation of Bush Chenney government.

For all of your Republicans , Kerry and Dodd have been in the US Senate a long time. They have friends on both sides of the aisles. Do you actually think that every Republican is head over heels in love with Palin? Of course not and I am sure many of them have made their concerns known in private to them, espcially the more moderate Republicans. But of course, they can't get on Meet The Press or Face the Nation and say that or they would be branded a traitor and would jeopardize their future in the GOP.

I am sure that Jeb Bush, Mitt Romney, Tim Pawlenty (though he is putting on a good show on tv )and Mike Huckabee are gearing up for 2012. They are probably elated at this choice! It has been widely reported that Romeny really didn't want to be VP anyway and will use the PAC he started to help McCain raise money to help him prepare for another go at the Presidency.

Liberman would have been the choice of a maverick with the guts to take on his own party. Picking Palin was a pansy move.

You know McCain made the RIGHT VP pick when you hear all the whining of liberal has beens. This pick isn't about getting the Hillary voters – it's about energizing the conservative base of the Republican party. The base loves this pick and that was enough for the Republicans to garner 4.5 million more votes than the Demoncrats in the 2004 election.

Hey, sick and tired! The american people are as stupid as we think. Why else would they elect a loser like Bush, TWICE. How pathetic. It's Obama/Biden in a landslide, and all the right wingers can choke on it. By the way, 60% of the american people are pro choice. Care to put it to a vote? Let's leave the right wing, biased Supreme Court out of this one. And while I'm on the subject, can you loan me thousands of dollars to pay my share of the national debt that Boy George ran up the last 8 miserable years?

Yo Mike in Milwaukee, read her views more carefully. The organization she belongs to called Feminists for life is in favor of using birth control so we don't have to rely on abotion. It also supports health issues and certainly does not believe the rare aborted baby that survives the process should be killed (like someone else I know.) When you think about it, with all the methods of birth control available, it kinda makes more sense than killing babies, doesn't it?

The hypocrisy of some of the Democratic leadership is mind-boggling!

The next time the old guard Dems label Sarah Palin as a extreme right wing Republican, why don't one of you reporters ask what they have to support that allegation. Sarah Palin's views might surprise them. I read her views on abortion, for instance, and while she is pro-life, she says she has respect for both pre-life and por-choice views, and doesn't consider it much of an issue because American women would never again let abortion be criminalized. A reporter asked her what if, hypothetically, Roe v Wade were overturned and the decision returned to the states, and she said that as Governor, that decision was not hers, she would let the people of Alaska determine the law as a reflection of their value system.
Imagine that, a politician with respect for points of view other than her own, and one who thinks that decisions should reflect the will of the people. How's that working for you, Nancy Pelosi? Howard Dean? Harry Reid?
Great choice, John McCain, great choice.

Those of you who think her views aren't extreme are fooling yourselves. If she had her way there would be no birth control, no choice, and schools would teach directly from the bible, ignoring all science. Aren't Christian> too bad, your kids will be taught Christianity in school whether you like it or not. You daughter gets raped? too bad, she better HAVE that baby and LIKE it! But there will be no help in raising it. Want to go to the beach? enjoy the giant oil platforms scattered throughout your view. Dream of cruises to Alaska? don't bother, the polar bears will be extinct and everything will be turned into a giant oil refinery. And good luck protesting any changes, any hint that you want to an warrantless armed guards will raid your home and throw you on the ground.

Enjoy your right wing world!

it seems mccain's pick was a farce, if he thinks women voters will flock to him he's mistaking, at least not this one, they don't look like they have any chemistry together, she looks like she's his secretary, why does she use hillary's name, after she called her a whiner, she don't look like she can lead this country anymore than john mccain does, if they get elected heaven help us, we will be put into a dipper whole that we will never get out of in my lifetime

Why are we not hearing the same arguments about Obamas inexperience from democrats???? He is running for President. Is it because he is a man????

What wrong with "bucking the status quo", and going in a new direction of doing things"...........a "change, from the old way;" might actually be "good for a change".........................

How about a more formidable republican woman candidate like Elizabeth Dole? I'm a republican, but this time I'm voting democrat.

Obama/Biden 08

This is not about Sarah Palin. It's about McCain's character. The fact that Palin was never VETTED (admitted by Mccain camp), is undeniably reckless and clearly shows that he cares more about his own ambitions over our well being. After all the vetting problems we've seen this election cycle...you'd think he'd show better judgment on his first critical commanded decision.

Who cares what Daschle and Dodd say. They are liberals. They want John McCain to be liberal? Sorry.

Pleasing the Bible-believing Christians in this country is a good thing!

Now, if only the dim-witted Democrats would follow suit!

the democrats problem is not the inexperience of Sarah palin it's that she is charismatic has the power to unite the party and may become a media magnet witch will take away the spotlight from Obama.

Her lack of or so called lack of experience doesn't bother me. What bothers me is the fact that McCain only met her once six months ago and then for the second time a couple of weeks ago to discuss giving her the job. He didn't feel that he should KNOW the person a little better?

The fact that even Limbaugh is showing her no respect by saying "we've got a babe on our ticket" troubles me as well. a "babe"?? This is how he would talk about our possible Vice President??

That leads me to believe that she is only there as a tool to get McCain elected. What happened to "country over politics"?

Just in late july, she had no idea what the VP's job was. Great experience!

By the way Eric
Your girl supports drilling in her own state. Yes. Let us continue to destroy the natural beauty of Alaska.

When "Operation Chaos" was in full swing, the Dems complained loudly that conservatives were meddling in their primaries, irrespective of an individual's right to vote however he/she sees fit. Dodd and Daschle have every right to voice their opinions as to who they think McCain should have picked, but who's listening? And why do these guys think anyone would, anyway? Daschle got swamped in 2004, and Dodd barely got out of the gate in the primaries before it was over for him. The fact is Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Obama, solidifies the conservative base, and has a compelling personal story to tell. Hey Dems, listen up: She's No. 2 on the ticket! And good thing for you that people don't vote for the No. 2 spot.

Only dangerous extremist morons as Limbaugh, Dobson and Pat Robertosn, can believe that Sarah Palin is qualified for Vicepresident. Just watch her "impressive" resume: Governor of a State with 20 skimos, 7 polar bears and 5 seals. McCain showed his real agenda : He is following exactly the same steps of George W. Bush, when the extremist religious fundamentalists seized the Republican program 8 years ago. If we elect McCain as President, we are buying for free a nuke confrontation con Iran, North Korea and Russia. For religious evangellical fundamentalists, these awful possibility, sound to heaven music. According their sick mind, It means the "Bible predictions" can be fullfilled...... if McCain helps. Awful, right?

If Rush Limbaugh is excited about this choice, that's all I need to know.

McCain's choice of a woman as a VP Candidate was good idea – until we knew it was Sarah "who?" Palin. Like Chris Dodd stated, there were many other much more qualified Republican women that could have been named as the VP pick. However, I agree with gorefan and Lune – he wasn't just after the women's vote or even the disaffected Hillary women's vote, he was after the Dobson/Robertson/Buchanan/Limbaugh women's vote. He knuckled under as he started hearing "demands" that his pick be "anti-choice," "pro-gun," "pro-creationism," and "pro-right wing." That's not a maverick. That's someone who is trying to appease yet demand change in a direction that most Americans do not agree with. And, given that he caved into pressure like that – and named someone who is not qualified to be "on-call" should the unthinkable strike – that makes me afraid for not just my children but for the entire country. The US deserves better – regardless of party.

Extreme right? You mean anti abortion crowd? What about foreign policy? Smaller government? Spying? Torture? Nothing has changed

McCain DID dart to the extreme right! This is a woman who is opposed to BIRTH CONTROL and CONDOMS even with MARRIED COUPLES! How extreme is that? This is why she and her husband had a baby at 44 years old, knowing the risks, and the baby has downs syndrome, all b/c she thinks Birth Control is not "of God" or "what nature intended".....McCain will lose this election. Sarah Palin is the gift that keeps on giving for the Democrats.

Dodd is getting scared she may just look into his 'sweet heart' deals with Countrywide. While the rest of the American people were getting the shaft on their morgages. Ha Ha!

The Democrats are flustered and don't know how to react. Sarah Palin is a GREAT choice. We love Sarah!

John McCain cheated on his first wife with Cindy. His first wife was injured in a car accident and face was deformed, so he chose Cindy. Great values he has! Palin wants to go back to the days of illegal bathtub abortions. If McCain / Palin get elected I am leaving this country cause the US is going down if they get elected.

I just saw on MSNBC where a commentator asked a Republican spokeswoman at the RNC about with the planned reduction in the RNC how were the Republicans going to introduce Palin to the American people. Her response was blah, blah, blah "she has been very well received by the base" blah, blah, blah, "we know she will not be ready to step in within the next month, 6 months or a year". SAY WHAT!!! One person admits she is not prepared to be President, but she was still chosen to run on a ticket with a 72 year old man with health issues???? Does the Republican rabid Right have no shame???

So, this woman was selected because:

1) She possesses good conservative values which energizes the rabid Right.

2) To appeal to suburban mothers.

I am still trying to get my head around this statement. The Republican party will select a nominee, any nominee, that they know is not qualified to run the country but to energize the base!!!

So, to recap:

1) Energizing the Republican party base is priority one

2) The health and safety of 300 million U.S. citizens is priority 2???

How exactly does that play into McCrypt and Crew's "Country First" slogan?? Help me, anybody to answer that question.

This line of logic would be laughable were it not so very, very chilling.

My question to all you targeted suburban mothers, are you willing to risk the chance of putting the security and safety of your own kids in the hands of an individual, any individual whose day job is on the job training to be the President of the largest country in the Free World?

Since I have no children it is of no concern to me, but please, think about the possible consequences very, very, very seriously before pulling that lever on November 4th.

the republicans are gonna learn in 4 months that picking john mc.cain to lead their party was a serious mistake.his running mate is off to a good start ,she's already being investigated for abuse of power.[this happened before she was chosen]......SHE'S A TRUE REPUBLICAN FOR SURE..

Palin over Romney. What an insult. I truly think this man has lost it.

McCain did not buckle or he would have picked Romnet or Pawlenty. Instead he went out on his own and picked Palin which every Republican I have spoken to is surprised and thrilled with this pick....he hit the ball out of the park!!!!!

We don't want Obama in the highest office in the world. He's an egomaniac with absolutely NO qualifications to run the country. Picking Biden is not REAL CHANGE. Besides, the way Obama treated H Clinton is just a taste of how he'll treat the rest of us....NO THANKS

The Bush administration has left most Americans feeling that we don't matter. John McCain has taken that same route by choosing Sarah Palin. If elected, Mr. McCain would not care if upon his death we would left with one who has no proven record. Again, the average citizens of this great country really are of little value.

Yeah, and Obama dissed Clinton because he doesn't want her around and because he wants to win just as badly if NOT MORE SO than McCain. McCain figured it out – he knew what strategy to employ if he had a chance against a rock star. He didn't have to turn his back on someone 18 million voters wanted. As far as I'm concerned Obama is a traitor.

As a lifelong Democrat, I was never fond of the extreme far right. However, after watching the DNC debacle all year and their arbitrary coronation of Obama as their candidate, I have learned to dislike the extreme far left even more. I've decided I can live with the far right more easily than I can with them.

Bottom line.....I have no use for Obama, Kennedy, Pelosi, Carter, Reid, Feinstein, Dean, and others like them. They are so very far left they blur the line between democracy and socialism.

Now I'm a brand-new Republican.....and enthusiastically for.....

McCain-Palin – 2008

McCain has insulted us by thinking just because he chose a woman that we would be swayed to vote for him. He is still at the head of the ticket and we will not vote for him.

No!!!!! McCain respects and considers the voters in his party, unlike the democratic party who ignored the opinions of18,000,000 voters for Hillary Clinton. Moderator for CNN, why won"t you post my opinion, does the truth hurt????

This choice of Palin for a running mate is a calculated move to change the moral focus from torture to abortion. The Karl Roves of the Republican party are trying to co-opt moral people by telling them again that the only moral choice America faces is the abortion debate, while they were the ones changing the laws to allow people to be tortured and their beliefs to be ridiculed during the torture process. There are more moral choices in the world then those surrounding unborn children. Our behaviour toward adults counts too. Torture is wrong, starting wars for no good reason, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths of people who did us no harm, is wrong. The republicans made those decisions, and they should be held accountable for them. Talking about abortion, a decision made by individual women during a crisis in their lives, is a way of diverting the moral focus away from their transgressions of the universal moral code.

M. Healy you are exactly right! The democrats are scared out of their minds. Their desparate and vicious attacks against her display a lack of confidence in their own party.

Read her comments before you comment. She does not want creationism taught as a science. What's wrong with hearing several sides to an issue? Isn't that critical thinking? Let's not get too jazzed up about her radical views. She can't be too much of a Tammy Wynette or she would never be where she is today. And thanks for speaking for the mainstream of America. Are they the ones who defeated the dems in the last pres. election?

You are right gorefan and this why McSame will never be the President of the US even if as Ron Paul is keep coming back, coming back, coming back every 4 years until he has no more years left.

I cannot see animal activists, unhappy former Hillary supporters, pro-choice people or anyone interested in preserving the Alaskan Wild Life Preserve voting for McCain now. I think it is pretty obvious McCain was so impressed with the warmth and fresh ideas coming from the Democrats this year that he decided to throw the election for the Republicans he was often in conflict with over the years.

It is either a gift, or as his first major decision, a reckless sign of old age or cynical attitude towards women in general. Anyone who googles that horrible joke McCain made about Chelsea Clinton, has to know this man is bad news for women!

McCain did buckle under to the extreme right wing lunatic fringe. So much for being a "maverick" and putting "country first."

Buckled? McCain dwells in the extreme right. And apparently, any old right winger will do for the job as long as she has her NRA and Anti-Abortion medals. Screw experience!

Clearly, Mr. McCain needed a woman to try and save him – again.
He chose an extreme right-wing one, with much less to offer than many other republicans, for very good measure because he needs to impress those folks too. IS HE REALLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE WELLBEING OF THE USA AND THE WORLD? Not even slightly.
Does he think Hillary supporters are intelligent? Not at all. Does he think women are stupid? Most definitely! His historic choice is very SAD. Doomed to make him history -soon!

I think McCain made exactly the best choice. She stands up for corruption. Maybe we have someone that can really clean up the corruption in Washinton. Chicago is known for its corrupt politions and I didn't see Obama stand up against them, matter of fact he joined them.

Rush's "Operation Chaos" has created some difficulty for McCain.

The reason Gov. Palin's pick will turnout to be a mistake for McCain, is that her beliefs are outside the mainstream of most Americans. She is actually fairly radical in her beliefs. We don't want creationism taught as a science in are schools. She argues that we should let children hear and debate both sides, but if you teach one religion, you have to teach other religions beliefs too. The Quran has a creation theory very similar to the bibles. What about Native American creation beliefs are then anymore fanciful then a six day creation theory. There are reasons Pat Buchanan was never elected.

Yeah, these comments from a couple of guys who are backing the empty suit.
They would rather have their Messiah who sat in the church for 20 years, a friend of a terroist, friend of Louis Farrakhan, etc, etc, etc, no executive experience etc etc etc.... than Gov Palin who has been a council woman, mayor and governor of the largest state in the union.

Oh yes, that makes sense. OK>.. stick with your egomanic, maybe throw another concert or two and we will see what happens in November.
The American people are not as dumb as you think!!

The arch liberals are squealing so that confirms it is the right pick by McCain - the one the the liberal establishment fears the most. Put country first, vote McCain-Palin.

As a former Republican I can tell you that a vast majority of Americans are no longer listening to fear tactics and the agenda madated by the extreme right end of the party. The vast majority of Americans want moderation. Right or left, your party had better be a lot closer to center than the Republican Party has been in the last 8 years. Even Limbaugh is better than some of these kneejerk religious zealots. McCain's selection of Palin has absolutely no logic, unless you frame it in the idea that he's kowtowing to the far right. This will lose him the election, and it has lost him my vote.

Obama 08

And this is the guy, in the event he wins will be making the tough decisions. This decision impacts all Americans. Thsi scary, very.

Well, Gentlemen, we will have to see whose strategy plays out the best in November:

The candidate who heeded the wishes of perhaps 1/3 of his Party's constituency....

Or the candidate who blatantly ignored 1/2 of his.

Time will tell.

Might as well get used to it to McCain bucking to the extemists in the right wing.
It isn't any different from George W. Bush getting permission from Karl Rove before he was allowed to make any decision.

Whether Dem or Rep, the point Daschle and Dodd made has merit.

I agree. McCain chose someone who will have no voice. She was chosen base on being an extriemist to the right-wing. As always, when the republicans cannot win base on the issues they go to social issues. Yet their policies are not consistant with the Christian values remember Katrina and the slow response. It is sad. Hopefully it will backfire and people remeber all of the travestys of the republican part. Don't fall for it.

Why on earth would the Republicans want to pick from a group of intelligent, moderate GOP women, when they can nominate a flat earther who can dress a moose and play hockey? Another flip flop from Sen McCan't who still doesn't get it. Sad he went from a GOP moderate in 2000, whom I could have voted for, to this poor confused soul.

The democrats are purely pathetic. This is a woman who runs a state and lives out motherhood and her faith, in every sense of the word. This is something I greatly admire. Extreme right? give me a break. One democrat here who will be voting republican come November!

Palin is not ready to be the VP. Who is she and why is everyone trying to get a headline or scoop. Ther are so many Women on the Rep. side they could have picked. this pick feels like a booby trap.

Blah, blah, blah... two more loser ultra liberal senator's spewing their hate. These attacks only mean that they fear the McCain/Palin ticket. Give Sarah Palin two weeks on the trail, America will fall in love with her. John McCain couldn't have picked a better running mate and the Obama attack dogs know it!

I am sure that a Republican Presidential nominee is going to confide in the Democratic Senator John Kerry of his preferential VP pick.
Whatever, Kerry...

McCain should of gone with a more experienced female VP other than Palin. i agree. the right wing had a say in McCain's decision to pick Palin.

Sadly, Palin is the perfect choice because McCain sold out long ago to the knuckle-dragging wing of the Republican Party. The GOP was once a champion of the Constitutional rights of individuals. Now, they want to dictate the most personal and private decisions anyone can make. They have all but dismantled and paralyzed the agencies that protect consumers from corporate abuse and negligence. They talk about accountability and refuse to be held accountable for their rogue actions, while offering immunity to corporations that release dangerous products or violate constitutional rights. Fiscal responsibility? Forget it! Borrow and spend, borrow and spend: that's the direction the GOP has taken, leaving our nation deep in debt to China, Saudi Arabia, and even India. Now, corporate profit is their God and denying reality is their policy.

Palin fits right in with that crowd.

And why does Dumb And Dumber's opinion matter? McCain and Palin are running against the Dems party. Of course they will say she is the wrong choice. They don't want to provide any positive influence to McCains campaign.

Give it up guys! Misogyny will cost you in November!

The far left-wing democrats trashed Hillary but they don't stand a chance with Governor Palin! She is a gritty reformer who has challenged the old status quo and won!

Biden is part of the old status quo!

Obama is an arrogant Chicago patronage import with no credible accomplishments or experience! He is just a narcissistic far left-wing Sophist!

McCain is a "Country First" reformer who has bucked the status quo on both sides of the aisle and won!

McCain/Palin 08!

HIS VP PICK JUST DOESN'T MATTER

WE WOMEN ARE BETTER THAN THAT........WERE NOT GONNA BE USED LIKE POOR MRS PALIN.

DO YOU REALLY THINK WERE THAT STUPID.........................

MCSHAME YOUR LACK OF RESPECT BOGGLES MY MIND.

WASN'T IT YOU WHO WOULDN'T STEP IN TO DEFEAT SENATOR CLINTON WHEN SOMEONE CALLED HER THE "B" WORD ........

STOP TRYING TO PLAY BOTH SIDE OF THE FENCE ...........YOUR NOT GOOD AT IT. YOU LOOK FOOLISH.

OBAMA / BIDEN 08

What is this country coming to, when a radio talk show host and a television evangelist run a political party? Wake up Republicans, I don't think this is what the Founding Fathers meant?

We all know who is running the republican party.