Hope you don't mind me cutting in, I was linked by a friend.
The problem is, most Republican women are too left-leaning (almost entirely on the abortion issue) for what McCain wanted to balance out his own ticket. He needed to attract the people who thought he was too left-leaning, so he had to find a woman even more conservative than he is. Earlier this spring people were all over McCain for being too radical and conservatives who couldn't vote for him. Now they can.
Oddly, the people are are unsure seem to be coming more from the potential Obama voting camp than people who'd vote for McCain. Palin seems to have sold a lot of the Republican base on the ticket, and no matter how much dirt comes up on her, people aren't budging.
Re: There is one reason McCain chose Palin
The problem is, most Republican women are too left-leaning (almost entirely on the abortion issue) for what McCain wanted to balance out his own ticket. He needed to attract the people who thought he was too left-leaning, so he had to find a woman even more conservative than he is. Earlier this spring people were all over McCain for being too radical and conservatives who couldn't vote for him. Now they can.
Oddly, the people are are unsure seem to be coming more from the potential Obama voting camp than people who'd vote for McCain. Palin seems to have sold a lot of the Republican base on the ticket, and no matter how much dirt comes up on her, people aren't budging.