I, like many others, woke up to a surprise of John McCain's running mate choice. I turned on the news and I asked myself, who is this Sarah Palin? He had chosen a two term governor from Alaska. Everyone knew that he was going to announce his choice the day after Obama's acceptance speech in order to minimize his coverage. Little did we know that he was going to choose someone who would receive way more media coverage than we ever expected. I feel that the reason that she was chosen was because they are trying to appeal to Hilary voters who were upset that she did not receive the VP nomination. I think it was interesting if that is the reason however, because I feel like the women who would have voted for Hilary are likely to be pro choice and would see past the fact that he was just trying to fill the spot with a woman, despite the fact that they aren't aligned with her political views.