There is a good chance that the Presidential race may be decided by the undecided and uninformed American voter, as happened in 2004. This is the kind of woman/man who gets their political information from sound-bites, visual cues and Fox news and that is not above voting against their own economic interests.
I think that John McCain’s marketing people did a good job selecting a conservative female whose views on social hot-button issues (she’s pro-life/anti-abortion, anti-environment, anti-gay marriage) would normally put her slightly outside the American mainstream but are favored by the less-informed, less-politically interested “family values” crowd. She also seems to support the teaching of creationism in public schools, another plus for the Fox News intellectuals.
Sarah Palin is a mother, earns compassion point for raising a disabled infant, looks good on TV and that’s all that some voters will care about. Let’s hope it’s not up to these voters to decide who will hold the highest elected office in this great country.
