i hear Sarah Palin hunts moose. i guess she's no tree hugger 
Lifetime NRA member and a GOP Alaska Governor. Those speak to a slightly different theme.
Lots of reporting in the last 40-50 minutes and apparently two independent primary sources of confirmation including Palin showing up in Ohio when staff thought she was still home in Alaska. It's a brave choice. I've been a fan of hers for awhile too. So I like the choice. But it's not without its hazards.
She's definitely the anti-Biden. His pick and the lack of it being a woman had to move Palin way up. But the GOP just undercut much of the "he's not ready" tactic against Senator Obama.
Compared to McCain Obama has no history. It is harder, however, to say that this is vitally important when you're own running mate is three years younger than Obama, has two years in a Governorship, never served a legislature, and whose only foreign policy experience is chasing away out of town dogs when she was a town mayor before being Governor.
I like the choice. I just hope the choice wasn't entirely a counter-choice to what the Democrats had done and that they are prepared for what they've given way along with what they've gained.