Picking Sarah Palin will likely rally the Republican Right Wing Fundamentalist base. But what about the party leaders who didn’t get the call? How enthusiastic will they be to see McCain and Palin win the election?
Mitt Romney, Mike Huckabee, Rudy Giuliani, Tom Tancredo, Tom Ridge, George Allen and even Jeb Bush's political ambitions could be sidelined forever. Right now they are young enough to run in 2012 or even 2016. But Palin is a real threat to them. She would be the logical choice to follow a McCain presidency and assuming Republicans maintain control of programming the voting machines she could win a term or two.
The White guys will be too old, if not forgotten, in 2024. It will be interesting to see how enthusiastic the loser guys support this ticket. My bet it is less enthusiastic than the Clintons' support for Obama.