What an unexpected, yet splendid surprise to learn McCain’s running mate will be Governor Sarah Palin, of Alaska! Palin is the first woman the GOP has nominated to the presidential office and the timing I say is better late than never. She has “real” leadership experience (Commander of Alaska’s prestigious National Guard), she is a constitutionalist (she outwardly praises the Constitution’s originality, and she brings a tremendous amount of energy to McCain’s campaign due to her youth and rapid rise to fame in a matter of hours, a simple “hockey mom in Alaska,” as she puts it. “I didn’t get into government to do the safe and easy things,” said Palin. C’mon America, come jump on the train!