Who loves Sarah Palin?

John McCain has stunned the pundits by selecting Sarah Palin for vice president. But other than her youth, inexperience and isolation from national politics, Palin is a brilliant choice not because she will attract Hillary votes or resonate with women, but because she's a creature of the Republican base -- anti-abortion, anti-environment, pro-oil -- right down the line a hard right conservative. Just the kind of person John McCain has been having trouble raising either money or enthusiasm from. Palin secures the right so McCain can move to the middle. All the punditry about her being an outsider or being a ploy to bring over disaffected Clinton voters is missing the point. This is a choice born of weakness and desperation. McCain sacrificed any shred of plausibility (commander in chief-wise) to shore up the crumbling right. Don't believe me? Check the right wing bloggers like hotair.com; they love Palin.