Palin Factor

About three or so days ago as the DNC railed McCain over and over on the 3rd term thing, I began to wonder who McCain's pick will be. There's a list of names that make since, but I wasn't happy with any of them... That's when I heard Palin. Hardly any coverage since Feb. had come up about her so I wasn't sure. So I wrote on a sticky in my cube "McCain's VP Sarah Palin?" and began doing side research.

It's clear even from rudimentary research that Palin would be the best fit for McCain. The choice for Palin is simple-- To say it's Political is a misnomer-- The one thing I've found about McCain is that if there's an obvious "path" McCain's told he has to make often he'll shock you by doing the opposite. Maverick to McCain means finding your groove and keeping with it even at the outrage of friends and party members.. I would venture it even call McCain "Gandhi-like" in nature. Not the Gandhi we know as a non-violent nationalist, but aspect of Gandhi's nature that drove him to keep on with his message at the point sometimes of enraging his own supporters-- Gandhi went forward with exactly what he believed in and never, never, drifted-- In a way McCain's first executive decision points towards a core Gandhi-isk nature.

The Palin factor is purely non-political. McCain, despite Obama's supporters deepest wish, doesn't pander. Governer Palin was chosen because in her short time in office she cut the rhetoric and acted accordingly to what she believed to be Alaska's most glaring problems. She's a fighter and dedicated worker-- She won't take a job unless she knows she can change something up and that's the core of who she is.

She's Sarah Barracuda and she would rather work to reform then to talk about it. Lack of C-Span coverage or archive footage means that she's been busy reforming a State with great potential.

McCain/Palin moving forward will show that this ticket is a ticket for action rather then lengthy speeches on a clean vaccumed senate floor. What'll be appealing most is that they're a team that isn't afraid to work-- We'll know what McCain and Palin will do on day 1... Work!

End the speeches and the pie-in-the-sky promises and get to work...

McCain/Palin -- "Actual Realistic Hope For America"

~J