Today in the Washington Post, conservative columnist Kathleen Parker suggests that Sen. John McCain’s (R-AZ) “judgment may have been clouded” by Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) good looks when he chose her for his running mate. Responding on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, Andy Card, President Bush’s former White House chief of staff, said McCain had chosen Palin because she could “introduce” women to politics:

CARD: He selected her because she could motivate the base, excite people, and introduce women to participating in the process that really did not receive an invitation during the Democratic primary. So I thought it was a pretty exciting choice.

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