McCain's Palin pick is the epitome of tokenism
Suddenly all anyone needs to qualify as a potential commander in chief is to be a religious ideologue with female gender characteristics?
By Joe Conason


John McCain plays the female card from the bottom of the deck
By choosing an X-chromosome cipher, McCain is trying to beat Obama at the identity politics game. But it's dangerous to fight on your opponent's turf.
By Gary Kamiya


WATCH: Steny Hoyer: Palin "Worse Than Dan Quayle"


John McCain Does Not Have The Judgment To Be President
by DemFromCT


Sarah Palin: Maverick or Just a Neophyte?
By John Cheney-Lippold
Palin’s policy work and history as a “maverick”—however drained that word is in recent political discourse—are those of a line-toeing conservative who vehemently supports the war, loves guns, is anti-abortion and wants to kill polar bears. No, seriously. As governor she recently sued the federal government, claiming that the 1973 Endangered Species Act, which protects polar bears, is unjust because it prohibits Alaska from fully exploring oil and natural gas sites. She wants to be able to kill polar bears to drill for oil. How Republican is that?


McCain's Baked Alaska
by Gail Collins

McCain's Sexist VP Pick
by Ann Friedman
The GOP seems to think women will eagerly vote for any ticket that includes a member of their gender. That's Republican tokenism and pandering at its worst.

The Palin Gamble
by Tim Fernholz
John McCain may have taken a bigger risk than he thinks.