New Hampshire: Smart Risk

DENVER-Dr. Dante Scala, UNH professor and PolitickerNH.com columnist, said the selection of Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) as a running mate a "smart risk."

"It's not a safe pick," Scala said. "Tim Pawlenty would have been a safe pick, Mitt Romney would have been a safer pick but it's a risk."

Scala said a downside to the pick is that she could be "this year's Dan Quayle" but added "bottome line it's a smart risk."