Whatever you might think of John McCain's pick for vice president...
"I think it was a hail mary," Lansing resident Sarah Schmid said.
"I think it was a great pick," another Lansing resident, Jim Brooks, said.
Wednesday was Sarah Palin's coming out party.
"It's her defining moment," Bill Rustem said, president of Public Sector Consultants in Lansing, said.
But what does this surprising choice mean for the GOP ticket here in Michigan?
Not much according to Rustem.
"With her being from Alaska," Rustem said, "it's kind of a neutral for McCain here in Michigan."
Rustem said if McCain was looking to gain ground in Michigan with his VP pick, another governor with ties to the state might have been a better choice.
"Had Romney been the candidate it would have been a plus for McCain in Michigan, not necessarily elsewhere, but a plus here," Rustem said.
While some Michigan voters said they already support Palin.
"She's one of the most exciting things to happen at the federal level in a long time," Brooks said.
Others expressed their concern with what they call Palin's lack of experience.
"I just don't take her seriously has a vice presidential candidate," Schmid said.
"One of the questions you always have to ask of the VP nominee is are they in a position to assume the presidency?" Rustem said.
There are many questions for for the relatively unknown governor.
"It's Alaska, it's a long way away so no one's ever heard of her until now," Lansing resident Jon Kitson said.
Palin has about three months left to answer them.