Chuck Todd said the Palin selection will

[madaboutharry]

work as long as it is not seen as a gimmick.

Well, what else was it?

The woman is out of her league. End of story.

[Colobo]

1. Well, tonight was the beginning of the end for her candidacy.

[Honeycombe8]

2. You are so right, Grasshopper. nt

[KittyWampus]

3. Gimmick is precisely what she is. It's what I've heard others call her. Thanks to Todd f/getting the

word out there.

[TwilightGardener]

4. The fact that he can't defend his choice of her without sounding like

a lying idiot (local Maine interview), and the fact that she far outshines him on the force of nothing more than novelty and celebrity, should be a neon sign that he is himself a weak candidate, and that this marriage is a sham.

[DianeG5385]

5. Oh please! Cindy truly loves him!

She is actually a very smart woman and what shocks me is that the campaign does not defend her like they defend the VP candidate. I would never vote for McCain as I think and have for many years, that he is a sleazy opportunist. She has gotten short shrift and I think it's because McCain is jealous of her. He is a pissant after all. I don't care about the drug stuff, so many have it as an issue and she conquered it, yes I know there's an illegal aspect to it but she paid the price while McCain hid behind her skirts. Do we really want to trash Cindy who I think is admirable or give this fool of a man and his campaign another opportunity to win a news cycle????

[TwilightGardener]

7. Er...I meant McCain and Palin in reference to marriage. But, on the topic

of Cindy McPercocet, I started hating her guts the day she took a bitchy cheap shot at Michelle Obama (the "proud" comment) last spring. She will never redeem herself in my eyes, she's just as much a shallow, elitist opportunist as her husband, and the way she congratulated herself at the convention for adopting Bridgit was just...ick.

[Cha]

8. Thanks.

Nothing admirable about cindy mccain.

[madaboutharry]

11. Cindy McCain is not a good person.

She has a nasty streak, just like her husband. I would be she was a "mean girl" when she was in middle school.

[provis99]

9. Cindy McCain is a vapid, rodeo cheerleader twit.

[AtomicKitten]

6. Too late. It was a gimmick right out of the box.

[Danger Mouse]

10. It is a gimmick.