Actually, her anti-corruption efforts have been notable. She is quite young, though.

Is she is the pick, I think it will be seen as the lame attempt at gaining women voters that is would be. I'd love to see a woman in the White House but not just because she is a woman and if Palin is the pick it would just be too obvious I think and I don't mean anything negative about Palin either; she seems like a decent public servant at least on the face of her background.

The ticket will now and henceforth be known as:

Whiter Shade and Palin

She's under investigation for corruption, already, before this was done.

Pro: big Loretta Lynn hair

Con: big Loretta Lynn hair

I can understand wanting to choose a woman from a political POV, but this choice. It's not just a curveball. It's a screwball. He had so many talented GOP women to choose from.
What does it say that his wife was a beauty queen, and now his VEEP choice is a beauty queen. If you accept that the choice of a runningmate says something about a person's judgment, picking Miss Congeniality is scarey.
They say McCain loves to play craps. This choice given his age and health and the serious challenges we face, means to me that McCain is gambling high stakes with the country's future.