McCain VP Pick

[JoshPA]

^In "Game Change," it is said that McCain learned he would get Lieberman nominated by the convention, but there would probably be a walk out. It would have severely depressed the base's turnout. He needed someone who excited the base as well as Palin did, while not turning off independents, which was another huge cause of picking Palin.

Werent they other people who could have done better like ron paul instead of palin?

[JoshPA]

I still think that McCain had to choose a woman as his running mate, who could have picked up all those votes of the bitterly disappointed Clinton supporters, preferably a minority candidate.
With that said, his best choices would have been Condoleezza Rice or, even better, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen from the most important swing state.

Oh god, Rice would've been a disaster, not only was she Bush's Secretary of State, but she was also Pro Choice.

Would have been better then palin