Sarah Palin (sugg Jamie McBain)
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Very polarizing, as are all three of the other candidates for President and VP. Unfortunately for the McCain campaign, she is proving to be as negatively polarizing as positively polarizing, alienating independents as much or more as she motivates the Republican base.
I said at the time of her selection that she was a high risk, potential high reward pick. She has not lived up to that potential, but she's lived up to every bit of the risk. The sad thing for Republicans is that there are many eminently qualified and skillful women holding elected office under the GOP brand.
Unfortunately, Sarah Palin is neither, and her selection has raised far more problems for McCain than it has solved.