Palin wasn't going to vote for Hillary OR McCain, so why should Hillary supporters vote for her?

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Palin in the Green Room

NEWSWEEK's Karen Breslau shares a personal moment with the Alaska governor.

Karen Breslau

Newsweek Web Exclusive

Updated: 6:47 AM ET Aug 30, 2008

When Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin arrived backstage for our NEWSWEEK Women & Leadership Event in Los Angeles last March, John McCain had just wrapped up the GOP nomination. Palin had yet to endorse McCain—she liked Mitt Romney—and as we waited in the green room, I urged her to "feel free" to make some news on stage. She grinned broadly—looking back, I guess it was a grin of the Cheshire Cat variety—and thanked me for the offer.

Once onstage, together with Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, Palin talked about what women expect from women leaders; how she took charge in Alaska during a political scandal that threatened to unseat the state's entire Republican power structure, and her feelings about Sen. Hillary Clinton. (She said she felt kind of bad she couldn't support a woman, but she didn't like Clinton's "whining.")

I joked with her about being on McCain's short list for vice president, and we had a good chuckle. We also talked about the challenges of running a government while also raising a large and young family. At the time, I didn't know that Palin, clad in a loose, dark dress, was seven months pregnant with her fifth child. An aide called me the next day to tell me that Palin would be announcing the pregnancy at home in Alaska and that she had wanted me to know as a courtesy. She was sorry she hadn't mentioned it the night before.

A few weeks later, Palin's son Trig Paxon Van Palin was born prematurely. She and her husband Todd issued a statement saying they knew their fifth child would face "special challenges"—her office later confirmed that Trig had been born with Down syndrome and that the family felt "blessed."

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Answer 1

Personally, I think the only thing Sarah Palin has going for her is her looks. The fact that McCain chose her was a bad move on his part. She is going to get creamed at any debate with Barack Obama's VP choice, especially about issues like foreign policy. This lady has barely any experience at all... way less than Obama. If McCain's old butt dies, she'd take over. No friggin way.

Even though Hillary supporters don't agree about everything Obama has to say... he would still make a better candidate than McCain.

Obama '08.

Answer 2

  Sarah Palin is the hero for which many women have been looking.  She has all the political qualities that Ferraro or Clinton ever had, but additionally she is honest, has integrity and ethics.  These are qualities even Hillary could not claim !

Answer 3

lets try...common sense

an understanding of the stark reality of the unwanted socialism of obama

no desire for the draconian taxation of obama

or plain pracitcality just to name a few.

Answer 4

I doubt that Palin will get many of the Hillary voters.  After watching the democratic convention its clear that Hillary will be an extremely active participant in the  democratic party should Obama become president.  Furthermore, women are represented perhaps not in the form as president but as the first lady.  Traditionally first ladies are rarely involved in their husbands work, however, Michelle Obama surprised everybody at the DNC - when has a first lady ever given such an articulate, emotional and intelligent speech?  I'd like to see McCain's wife do the same or even Palin command the sense of integrity and presence that Michelle Obama created that evening.  

While Joe Biden was a phenomenal pick for Obama, Palin is a good choice, but quite frankly, I don't think anybody knows who she is.  Hillary built her reputation over decades in politics, as a first lady and a senator for New York.  While its absolutely wonderful to see a woman run as VP for the republican party, its absurd to assume women will change parties just because of a female VP.  Bravo to Hillary, now there is a woman running for VP on the republican party of all places, thanks to her!

Answer 5

It would be just because she is a women and no other reason.