John McCain went for my personal choice for VP. Sarah Palin knows a lot more about energy than McCain, Obama or Biden. Actually that is not much of a compliment since those three are abysmally ignorant about technology in general and energy in particular. Regarding National Security, energy is a key factor. We need a lot of it, and we need a secure supply, and we can't afford to pay more for it than the prevailing world market price. Back in the 1980's I carried on a long correspondence on this subject with Senator Bentsen, and concluded that Democrats did not want the US to have energy independence. Here are some comments from Palin about energy and security made in the past:

http://hotair.com/archives/2008/08/29/video-palin-knocks-biden-on-drilling-ties-it-to-national-security/