Obama was a seemingly unstoppable force this week. After what I felt was a lackluster start on Monday night, the Democratic Convention gained steam like a locomotive through the week, hitting a peak during Obama's Thurdsay night acceptance speeech. There was atmoshpere and excitement. Like the Opening Cermonies from Beijing, it felt electric. Every major news outlet seems to be in agreement that Obama's speech was everything it needed to be and some believed it may have been perfect.

According to Nielsen and FoxNews.com, over 38 million viewers tuned in to see Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday night. That's more viewers than any previous political convention. I am by no means a political expert, but on Thursday night I believed the general election was over. McCain, who has had to fight hard for every second of media attention, seemed to be incapable of grabbing back the spotlight. After watching some post convention coverage, I caught up on some SEC football scores and called it a night.

After hitting the snooze button on my alarm clock several times the next morning, I woke up and tuned to Fox News...

"What? He chose WHO?" The name Sarah Palin crosses the ticker and it takes me awhile to figure out who this woman is. Apparently, I am not alone. However, whether poltical insiders think she is a good choice for VP or not, I don't care. I think this was a perfectly logical choice for Senator McCain to make. In my opinion, this choice of VP helps his campaign in almost every way.

After only one morning, McCain has grabbed some much needed media attention and the "watercooler" chat at work now features McCain as a topic of conversation. It also seems that Palin is a perfect counterweight to McCain. Although she is relatively inexperienced, she brings youth and a female voice, both of which help cast McCain as an agent of change. She also brings a powerful background in energy policy, which will likely be a major topic during the campaign. Please forgive me if I don't talk about some of her more endearing personal traits in this post. I'll try my best to address them next time.

Now I am not going to jump to any conclusions. I am still beginning to learn about Palin and she is going to fall under a lot of public scrutiny in the coming weeks. It will be interesting to see what the American public thinks about McCain's new running mate.

As for now, I can only say that McCain has given the world a shock. However, this shock could be an important "shot in the arm" for the GOP.