[El Blanco]

The more I hear people saying what a ploy this is, the more I can see it working for Team McCain.

They can claim the detractors are being unfair and attacking her just because she is a woman. "Oh, you seem to think that she's a woman, we can't possibly see her as qualified. We picked her because we think she'll be a good VP. You're the ones making her gender the issue."

And the angrier you get and more vitrol you spit, the more it plays into their hands.