I’m cautiously optimistic about the Palin pick. I don’t know much about her, but from what I have learned in the last 24 hours I see a lot of strengths in her candidacy over the other possible picks. On an only marginally-related note, I have to wonder: Are Pres/VP tickets consisting of two white men going to become a thing of the past? Or at least relatively rare? With the precedent of two “non traditional” tickets established, I wonder if the norm will shift.