Sarah Palin is John McCain Choice for VP

Ah, all kinds of history in this election cycle. Seems that Senator John McCain knew how to steal a little bit of Barack Obama's thunder when he chose a woman to be his VP. Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska is young(44), not a Washington Insider, A staunch pro life, has a child with down's syndrome. She has been a mayor, city councilor, and defeated some incumbents to be Gov of AK.

The way I see this, it will bring some of the women, working class, etc to John McCain. One thing that should be noted is that the McCain camp did a better job of keeping his secret than the Obama camp. The only inkling that Palin was the choice was a private plan from Alaska landing 40 miles from Dayton.

Here's the funny thing, the Obama camp has been taking hits at all the other possible choices, so no one even thought of Sarah Palin. They admit that they were surprised.

Palin was born Feb. 11, 1964, in Idaho, but her parents moved to Alaska shortly after her birth to teach. She received a bachelor of science degree in communications-journalism from the University of Idaho in 1987.

Sarah and Todd Palin have five children: Track, 19; Bristol 17; Willow 14; Piper, 7, and Trig, who was born in April with Down syndrome.