v. to step out in front of a camera, knowing or not knowing the camera is there. This is similar to 2008 presidential candidate John McCain's actions during the second presidential debate.
A nickname for Sarah Palin who was virtually unknown until John McCain picked her as his running mate in the 2008, now she is considered a rising star in the Republican party
Before John McCain picked Sarah Palin as his running mate she was just an obscure governor most people had never heard of, now McCain's Monster has risen in prominence to become the de facto leader of the radical Tea Party movement.
Reversing all of one's previous political positions in a last-ditch effort to be nominated for President by a major political party.
Usually happens to a once-principled Republican who sells his or her soul to the fringe right to survive the primary process at the end of his or her career.
Romney really pulled a McCain Shuffle--first he was for an individual mandate, then abandoned RomneyCare when it looked like it might hurt his candidacy.