McCain's selection of Sarah Palin as his VP effectively outflanks Obama- Baruch's refusal to put a party -unifying Hillary on the ticket may cause his defeat in the fall.

Any and all rumors of scandal involving Palin will probably wash off her back like a duck- since over 85% of female voters are non-ideological, most women will identify or sympathize with Palin- seeing her as the best chance to put a woman in the Presidency, as a Baruch win could keep him there for eight years; while a McCain win will almost certainly guarantee that Palin will be the first female President, and very soon.

Any hint of drug use or sexual wrongdoing by Palin- or her daughters- will be answered with an (eventual) almost total female solidarity by America's women- unless the charge is actual very serious, or the media stubbornly refuses to let up... her daughters situation won't become a real issue, and rightly so.