Sarah Palin

She is an unknown and she is female + the recent controversy over her daughter.

nought to do with her views or policies.

When Barrack Obama announced Joe Biden as his running mate the press where largely indifferent as he is male and well known in American politics.

the main claim here was that Barrack was very inexperienced, I thought the mating of him with a "safe pair of hands" would be a decent balance?