KenH said:
She has been a governor, she has been a mayor, and was very successful running both a city and a state. What has Obama run? She has shown she can cut spending and attack corruption, even when it is in her own party.
She is opposed to same-sex marriage, but implemented same-sex benefits for state employees. In fact she vetoed a bill that would have blocked benefits for gay couples. She is pro life, pro death penalty, supports teaching creationism along with evolution. She has experience with energy, eduction, agriculture, and journalism. She fishes and hunts, flies her own plane, is an NRA member and admits to using marijuana when it was legal in Alaska.
Add all that to the down's syndrome child and the son in the military and you have quite an impressive woman. I don't see how McCain could have made a better choice.