Ok, I am a social liberal - no secret there - on most things. I have a problem with Governor Palin's position on certain issues that are important to me, including abortion, gay marriage and freedom of religious expression. I am still trying to look past a lot of the rhetoric being spewed to find her actual position and voting record on other key issues I feel are important.

All that being said, I am not happy with either the Republican or Democratic tickets. I think both VP choices involved way way too much pandering. No slight against either person selected, but nothing in politics can occur in a vacuum. Was her gender a consideration when Governor Palin was chosen? Probably. Was it the only consideration? I doubt it and certainly hope not.