Originally Posted by Taltarzac725

I am not trying to be facetious but John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin for his VP was a huge gamble on his part given the amount of vetting his campaign team did of Palin. McCain's gamble on Palin does show a great deal of bravery. More courage than common sense though.

I do not see Mitt Romney nor Barack Obama putting their political careers on the line by taking such a gutsy move though. They are both too logical, careful and slow in their calculations to storm the beachheads in a literal or even a figurative sense.