Originally Posted by aceventura3

She is not a Washington D.C. insider.
She's got personality.
She is a governor. If I vote McCain it will be the first time in about 30 years I have voted for a presidential candidate who was not a governor. {correction: I voted for Ross Perot a couple of times}
She has middle class roots.
She has balanced family and career.
She is not easily intimidated.
She seems to be direct and honest.
She is from an "oil state".
I trust her judgment in balancing environment compared to economic growth.
She is a winner and has the swagger of a winner.
She is willing to do the work that need to be done.
She sees things as an optimist rather than the Democratic Party message of how everything is wrong.
She supports gun rights.
She is pissing the media off, and that's worth kudos.

On the issue of Palin's daughter, Like I wrote perhaps it is me. I am actually a gentlemen and will always come to the defense of a woman (call it sexist if you want). I have even defended Hilary Clinton and found the attack on her over the top as well. I honestly believe that initially in her run for President that she was treated unfairly by the media and was being held to different standards the the men she ran against.