Please everyone, stop being distracted by the two X chromosomes that are now on the republican ticket. John McCain's Vice Presidential pick is the exact opposite of putting "Country First". He displayed horrible judgement and showed to the world what a craven politician looks like. For the sake of the few shrill on the far right of his party, he put a woman on the ticket who clings to issues which most Americans find loathsome. Where is the courage in that? He completely caved to the far right neocons who play wedge issue politics. They divide the electorate because they cannot stand on the issues.
Like that lovely man from Indiana, Barney Smith, said, "We need a president who puts Barney Smith before Smith-Barney." And the man who will do that is still Barack Obama regardless of the gender on the republican VP ticket. Again, the republicans offer only distractions to the Amercian people because they know they cannot win on the issues.