Sarah Palin Governor of the state of Alaska

the matter have had more than usual resonance this year because of his age - he turned 72 on Friday, and hopes to be the oldest person ever elected to a first term - and his history with skin cancer.
Ms. Palin appears to have traveled very little outside the United States. In July 2007, she had to get a passport before she visited members of the Alaska National Guard stationed in Kuwait, according to her deputy communications director, Sharon Leighow. She also visited wounded troops in Germany during that trip.
Mr. McCain's announcement of Ms. Palin came in the immediate afterglow that Democrats were enjoying from their nomination of Mr. Obama, and for one news cycle at least, as Republicans intended, Ms. Palin effectively muffled the news coverage of Mr. Obama's acceptance speech to 80,000 people at the Democratic National Convention in Denver on Thursday night.
Mr. Obama wished her well in a call from his campaign bus."He also wished her good luck, but not too much luck," said Robert Gibbs, a senior strategist to Mr. Obama.
Mr. Obama's fellow Democrats were considerably less welcoming, and most said they were flabbergasted by what they characterized as a desperate, cynical or dangerous choice, given Ms. Palin's lack of any experience in national security.
"On his 72nd birthday, this is the guy's judgment of who he wants one heartbeat from the presidency?" said Representative Rahm Emanuel of Illinois, chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, who said the selection smacked of political panic. "Please."
Mr. McCain's advisers said Friday that Mr. McCain was well aware that Ms. Palin would be criticized for her lack of foreign policy experience, but that he viewed her as exceptionally talented and intelligent and that he felt she would be able to be educated quickly.
"She's going to learn national security at the foot of the master for the next four years, and most doctors think that he'll be around at least that long," said Charlie Black, one of Mr. McCain's top advisers, making light of concerns about Mr. McCain's health, which Mr. McCain's doctors reported as excellent in May.
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