Newsflash

It's official. McCain has picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate. This is a pick that should satisfy all the disparate factions of the Republican Party and also adds an incredible dynamic to the slate by giving disaffected Hillary voters a really difficult choice to make.

Palin is both the youngest and first female governor of Alaska, having been elected in 2006 running on a good government campaign after blowing the whistle on ethical violations of state republican leaders.

Palin is also a Washington outsider and something of a maverick herself and will be the only of the four candidates who is not an incumbant U.S. Senator. She should prove to be a very interesting choice.

News has broken that Sen. Joe Biden will be Barak Obama's running mate.

It's an interesting pick considering that Biden adamantly stated at the beginning of the campaign many months ago that he would absolutely not accept an offer to be anyone's VP candidate.

It's also interesting considering Biden's controversial remarks not too long ago when he referred to Obama as "nice and clean and a good-looking guy."