'Fire and nice' Palin Energizes GOP

John McCain's selection of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his running mate has, by most accounts from across the country, energized and enthused a Republican base that until now has been, at best, lukewarm in its support of McCain.

For the first time in McCain's campaign, local GOP officials say, there is excitement about the GOP ticket and they predict a rousing salute to Palin and McCain at the GOP convention in St. Paul next week.

The managing editor of the Christian News Service told a national radio audience Friday night that Palin has excited conservative religious activists and, "McCain badly needed that."

The National Rifle Association's top lobbyist, Chris Cox, said on Friday that Palin's support of the 2nd Amendment, her lifetime as a hunter, and her other conservative bonafides, helps McCain draw a sharp contrast between the McCain-Palin ticket and the Obama-Biden ticket.

Image:Governor Palin on the firing line with Alaskan Army troops in Kuwait.

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