09-16-2008, 05:38 PM
As an outsider and a completely uninformed person it strikes me as a brilliant tactical move (even if I don't like a lot of what I think she stands for). I have no real sense of the effect this has had in the US on McCain's support, only that I seem to be hearing much more about the Republicans now than the Democrats who have had most of the publicity over here since this whole circus set off.