Political Science Professor calls the Palin Pick

Political Science Professor William Ruger was quoted on MSNBC regarding his analysis of Sarah Palin as a Vice Presidental Candidate a full month before she was picked.

Transcript from
'Race for the White House with David Gregory' for Wednesday, September 3'

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From the show:


“William Ruger is a political science professor at Texas State University.  Almost a month before John McCain chose Palin—that‘s what‘s interesting—wrote a piece in Alaska‘s “Anchorage Daily News” outlining the five pluses to having Palin on the ticket.

Here‘s what they are.  She provides much-needed energy and youth to the ticket.  She gives frustrated Hillary voters a reason to shift over to McCain.  Also, she is far from a Washington insider as you can get.  And she can help McCain focus on energy security.  They actually disagree about drilling in ANWR.

Ruger‘s final plus for Palin is that she fuses the two pillars of the Reagan revolution, traditional conservatives and Libertarian Republicans.”