“I think the only thought he put into it was that she was a woman. . . . He’s hoping Hillary followers will vote for (him) just because she’s a woman.”
Mary Wilson, a 62-year-old seniors home-care provider in Denver
“It’s a good strategy to pick a woman on his part. It might appeal to women voters and swing voters.”
Deon Kuhre, 47, of Golden
“It’s like a chess game. . . . Obama picked (Sen. Joe) Biden and now McCain counters with a woman.”
Mike Wolf, 49, of Denver, a registered independent
“I don’t know who that person is. You are going to lose name recognition right there.”
Thomas Frost, 30, of Phoenix, who says he’ll vote for McCain but would have preferred Mitt Romney at the top of the ticket
“He may able to get votes from Hillary. But people who are more for the (Democrats) won’t sway.”
Andrea Drager, 24, of Denver, who is a registered independent and supports Obama
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“I think it is an insult to women that the McCain campaign would think that simply because he picked a woman as his running mate that women would suddenly vote for him.”
Rep. Diana DeGette, a Denver Democrat
“The thing I admire most about Sarah Palin is that she is a tough, conservative woman. She was willing to take on the corrupt establishment. She’s a reformer. I admire that.”
Rep. Marilyn Musgrave, a Fort Morgan Republican
Gov. Bill Ritter, who came into office at the same time Palin did in 2006, got to know her by way of the National Governors Association.
“He likes her. He respects her,” said Ritter’s spokesman, Evan Dreyer. “But he does not think that she has the experience or the credentials to serve as the vice president of the United States of America.
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