Si es Sarah Palin la VP de McCain!!

McCain Chooses Palin as Running Mate
Senator John McCain has selected Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin tobe his running mate, according to Republican sources.
Read More:http://www.nytimes.com/?emc=na

Web Page del Gobierno de Alaska




Info de Wikipedia:
She is the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing the Republican Party and the second female vice-presidential candidate representing a major political party; the first was Democrat Geraldine Ferraro in 1984.
She is also the first politician from Alaska to run on a national ticket in a campaign for President or Vice President.
Palin was a 1984 runner-up in the Miss Alaska pageant, receiving a scholarship to attend the University of Idaho, where she received a journalism degree. After working as a sports reporter at an Anchorage television station, Palin served two terms on the Wasilla, Alaska, City Council from 1992 to 1996, was elected mayor of Wasilla (population 5,470 in 2000) in 1996, and ran unsuccessfully for Lieutenant Governor in 2002. She was elected Governor of Alaska in 2006 after defeating incumbent governor Frank Murkowski in the Republican primary and former Democratic Alaskan governor Tony Knowles in the general election. She gained attention for publicizing ethical violations by state Republican Party leaders.

REFORMER
información de Reuters.
Palin, former mayor of the town of Wasilla, built a reputation as a reformer in a state that recently has been hit with corruption scandals. Elected in 2006, she is Alaska's first woman governor.
Palin and her husband, Todd, have five children, ranging in age from 18 years to 4 months.
"She brings an excitement on the part of the Republican base. The strong conservatives really like her and you have to activate the base," said Dennis Goldford, a professor of politics at Drake University in Des Moines.
"He is also clearly trying to attract Clinton supporters who want to see a female in the VP's office ... On the down side there is no way in the world she passes the commander-in-chief test."
If elected, Palin would be the first woman U.S. vice president, adding another historic element to a presidential race that has been filled with firsts. Obama, 47, is the first black nominee of a major U.S. political party.
McCain and Republicans open their national convention on Monday, following Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday before 75,000 flag-waving supporters at a grand political rally in Denver's open-air football stadium.
In his acceptance speech, Obama said McCain was out of touch with the day-to-day concerns of Americans and had been "anything but independent" on key issues like the economy, health care and education.
"Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know," said Obama, who had been urged by some Democrats to take a tougher line against McCain.
"Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush was right more than 90 percent of the time?" Obama asked, citing McCain's voting record in the U.S. Senate.
The televised acceptance speech gave Obama his biggest national audience until he meets McCain in late September in the first of three debates. The two are running neck-and-neck in polls.
McCain quickly grabbed back the political limelight with the choice of Palin. The two will appear together at a rally before about 10,000 supporters in a state, Ohio, that is a crucial battleground state in November's election.
(Additional reporting by Steve Holland, writing by John Whitesides; Editing by Frances Kerry)

Las reacciones de la Prensa
Real Clear Politics Friday
McCain's Surprise Choice - Robert Barnes & Michael Shear, Washington Post
Palin a Calculated Risk for McCain - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
McCain Has Wowed the Public & Enthused the Right - National Review
Sarah Palin: The Double-X Dan Quayle - Dee Dee Myers, Vanity Fair
An Extraordinary Choice - Hugh Hewitt, Townhall
Debate with Biden Will Be Tough - John Nichols, The Nation
Why Obama's Speech Succeeded - John Heilemann, New York Magazine
National Tracking Polls: Gallup: Obama +8 Rasmussen: Obama +4
VP Watch: Punch & Counterpunch on Palin

Palin is Brilliant, but Risky, VP Choice - Ed Rollins, CNN
McCain Has Wowed the Public & Enthused the Right - National Review
The Palin Pick: Bold or Disastrous? - Mark Halperin, Time
Palin a Calculated Risk for McCain - Jay Cost, RealClearPolitics
Debate with Biden Will Be Tough - John Nichols, The Nation

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin
Palin to Be Named as Running Mate
Conservative Favorite Would Be First Female GOP VP Nominee
Alaska Gov: McCain's VP Shocker
Palin, Pro And Con
Clyburn, Salazar Attack Choice
Who is Sarah Palin?

Sphere: Related Content