Sen. John McCain has burst into the national conversation about Barack Obama's big night with a stunning choice for vice president, bypassing conventional picks such as Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to tap Alaska's 44-year-old first-term governor and former beauty queen, Sarah Palin.
McCain announced his choice at a rally in Dayton, Ohio.
"I have found someone with an outstanding reputation for standing up to special interests and entrenched bureaucracy, someone who has fought corruption and the failed policies of the past ... someone with executive experience who has shown great tenacity," McCain said of Palin....