August 29, 2008 Rappaport: Palin is 'a great choice' Play video

(NECN) - Jim Rappaport, a Massachusetts Republican activist, says Senator John McCain's choice for running mate is "a great choice."

The Republican presidential candidate chose conservative Alaska Governor Sarah Palin. The announcement was made during a rally in the swing state of Ohio this afternoon.

"She's a real middle-class success story," says Rappaport.

McCain said that Palin was "exactly who I need. She's exactly
who this country needs to help us fight the same old Washington
politics of me first and country second."

Palin thus became the first woman named to a spot on a
Republican ticket. "I am honored," she said as she stood by a
beaming McCain in her first few seconds in the national spotlight.

*Material from the Associated Press used in this report*