McCain's Genius

And it goes by the name of Sarah Palin, Republican candidate John McCain's nomination for VP.

For the record, I am an independent and still unsure who to vote for. But my hat goes off to McCain for his amazing campaign strategy.

First, McCain posts this video online and on television last night during Obama's acceptence speech at the Denver DNC: 

Wow. Right? Kill'em with kindness?

Then today, he choses not only a woman, but the youngest governor of Alaska, as his running mate. Here is why I believe it is such a clever decision.

1.) She is a woman, and therefore might appeal to disgruntled Hillary fans, even though she has a very Pro-Life stance.

2.) She is very young (44), and therefore is the Republican's version of Obama (47).

3.) It got the attention off of the DNC and Obama in a heartbeat, which is exactly what McCain needed to do.

4.) It shows that he is progressive.

All in all, you can find flaws. Such as inexperience, but a lot of them would also point the finger right back at Obama (and his inexperience for example, which McCain could make up for potentially), which puts him in a tight spot. 

So what are your thoughts? I think its pretty clever. Gets attention back to the GOP and mixes things up.