And the VP nominees are...

I've intentionally waited until both McCain and Obama were officially named their respective parties candidates and when they had their VP nominee's in hand before jumping in too the presidential race debate. Now that they have, game on...Since we've known for some time that Barack-i-have-big-plans-but-aint-going-to-give-specifics Obama and John "I'll probably die before my term ends" McCain were their respective parties nomination's to run for President, we got to listen to them drone on and on...and on...In that time we haven't learned much of anything new about either of these guys. The little we have learned: Obama, we can now say for certain, is nothing more than a great speaker with an uncanny ability to spin the political wheel better than most; it's also official that he can't make up his mind about anything and, based on the little history we know of him, appears to have been this way for most of his life. As for McCain, we have learned that he is definitely determined to win the war on terror. Oh, and McCain has NO idea what to do to help reduce our energy needs and dependance on foreign oil. Ah, but now the game gets fun. Now, its official between these 2 men, and now that we know who their running mates are we have a real picture of what each party is up too. Because, unfortunately, the presidential race seems more about the battle between the GOP and the Dems than about electing the people best suited at the given time to lead our nation. This year, however, is guaranteed (for the first time in my lifetime at least) to make history...So Barack takes Biden. Huh?!? Where the eff did this come from? These 2 guys are about as far apart from each other as they can be and still be in the same party! However, it does make sense when given that the biggest complaint about Obama-by most-was his experience level and did he have the experience to lead us and Biden helps balance that out quite a bit. Biden also seems to have a decent idea about what to do with the rapidly growing energy crisis in America (can you tell I consider that a major issue?). All in all though, a pretty boring pick, in my opinion...On the other, McCain-that guy who is probably going to die before his term ends-hit a home run with Governor Palin from Alaska. Wow. This was a real stunner. And here, I was thinking Romney would be the top choice! Boy was I way off. Palin, in my opinion, guarantees a GOP win this year. To be clear, I've never heard of this woman before (and, in case you don't know, im as far from being a republican as being a democrat), but I was fortunate enough to catch her nominee speach live on a news channel. This lady is the full package, and, with her background and relative youth, she covers a broad socio-economic and socio-political range. She appears to be intelligent, well spoken, and has solid beliefs which she actually lives by. Based on what I heard she seems to have solid ideas of how to fix many domestic economic and cultural issues. On top of it all, she is an attractive woman, with a good looking-and young-family, which is not only of native american decent, but of a blue collar, working class background....Hit the brakes for a second...Did I just use the words 'blue collar' with a republican candidate? Damn, I just did, didn't I? I guess 'these times they are a'changin'...fffff...Took long enough, in my opinion...Anyways, I digress...Regardless, of what Palin appears to be right now, I'm sure someone, somewhere, will dig up some dirt on her or her family. Whether any of it ends up being true or not and how damaging it could be only time will tell but at least we are guaranteed of history this election because there will be a first regardless of which parties whens either we will have our first female VP or our first black President...