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This is my first attempt at a DBWI.

What if the Republican nominee of 2008, Senator John McCain of Arizona selected Governor Sarah Palin of Alaska as his Vice Presidential nominee instead of Governor Tim Pawlenty of Minnesota? Palin, while inexperienced and not providing geographical balance or flipping any swing states, appealed to conservatives disappointed by McCain and may have won female votes from Democratic nominee Senator Hillary Clinton of New York. On the other hand, Pawlenty appealed to moderate Republicans and conservative-leaning independents estranged to Clinton. Polls showed Pawlenty lost to his Democratic opponent Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana at the Vice Presidential debate; do you think Palin would have performed better? Although McCain-Pawlenty's defeat in November was inevitable, due to McCain promising more of President Bush's policies and the economic collapse and financial crisis, would McCain-Palin not have lost so badly?

I don't think Sarah Palin would have run for president in 2012, because she probably would have preferred to remain Governor of Alaska and win re-election in 2010. Would she run in 2016?
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