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Saturday, August 30, 2008

McCain picks Sarah Palin as running mate


McCain picks female running mate
US Republican presidential hopeful John McCain has picked Sarah Palin, the governor of Alaska, as his surprise running mate. At 44, she is three years younger than Barack Obama and is credited with reforms during her first term, but she is relatively unknown in US politics. Mr McCain appeared with her on stage at a lively rally in Dayton, Ohio. Analysts say Mrs Palin was chosen to rejuvenate the campaign of Mr McCain, who is celebrating his 72nd birthday. The announcement ended weeks of speculation about his potential choice, in which Mrs Palin was mentioned only as a long shot.

After the incredible speech and setting that Obama created with his historic acceptance of the Democratic Party's nomination for President of the United States of America, which for some will stick as a generational marker for many people in their life, the maverick McCain picks a female running mate and becomes just as historic, how amazing has this race just become?

1 Comments:

At 30/8/08 9:12 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Good move for the republicans ...

Great for the dog and pony show that is the presidential race ...

however as much as the americans will parade about flag waving the fact that obama is the first afro american candidate ... in the privacy of that voting booth ... I believe the america we know well, will emerge ... and that is a black man can't run their country and a women is OK as long as she is second chair ... [hiliary would have been OK because they could write it off as Bill really running things] ...

Good luck obama ... you've got an uphill battle

It does seem an odd battle for the democrates to fight now ... with the anti BUSH sentiment they would win hands done had they rolled out a convential candidate [ie GORE]... they control the senate ... as a stragity I would have thought introducing obama as a new factor following a two term democratic president would give them a real shot at 4 terms ...

but hey what do us kiwi's know about politics ... look at the state of ours ...

 

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