Mmmmm, taste the hypocrisy! She's been Governor of Alaska for two years, and is under investigation for firing her former brother-in-law from a government position after he divorced her sister.

Who's ready to lead now, John?

Now I really hope McCain is elected. She has some great view points and would do a great job helping McCain to lead this country.

And honestly.. the flack abt the divorce police whatnot PALES in comparison to all of the crap that Obama has shown that he is made of.

As the "great" Hilary Clinton once said...

"I know Sen. McCain has a lifetime of experience that he will bring to the White House. And, Sen. Obama has a speech he gave in 2002."

(And let me add some pretty great relationships with some incredibly shady people.)

Now the Republicans have no room to attack Obama's inexperience. Palin's been in office as long as Obama has.

Palin isn't running for President. Obama is.

Thats not necessarily true. Everyone seems to think that John McCain is going to die soon. I'll remind you that after 4 years, John McCain will still be younger than the average life expectancy in the country. Her foreign policy experience is the same as Clinton's was before he was elected. Same and Jimmy Carter's was before his election to the presidency as well. And lets assume that McCain does die in office. We'll set it at an arbitrary number, lets say 2 years? When she assumes office, she'll have two years of experience as the vice-President to help her deal with foreign policy issues. Issues she'll be well versed in. Its not like McCain is going to get sworn in, give his speech and die on the car ride to the White House. Don't be ignorant.

TJG87 -

Don't be ignorant, you say? McCain has had 4 -- count 'em, 4 -- bouts with melanoma. Somehow I don't want to put the former mayor of a two-bit Alaskan town and governor of a state with roughly 1/4 the size of Kansas a heartbeat away. And I bet Palin hadn't even been to Washington before this.

You can't even begin to compare her experience with Obama's. If you want to argue that her experience, education, etc., qualify her for the job, then just about anyone who's graduated with a J-school degree from KU and worked about 10 years would qualify, self included.

I don't think so.

Yea, look at the survival rates for melanoma. Additionally, you ignore my argument that if McCain dies in office, Palin will have the experience of being VP. And Palin has been to DC a couple of times. Every governor goes at least once a year.

TJG - Looks like she's been there more than a "couple of times." (And what a relief to find out she's been overseas once!) Turns out she's big into earmarks -- the same earmarks she, as a supposed "reformer," is against. Large amounts of money for her small little town compared to its population. This is just the tip of the iceberg. McCain didn't vet her well. Say what you want, but moderate Rs are shaking in their boots right now. Those at the RNC are putting on a happy face, but they're nervous as hell, too.

As for McCain dying in office, you assume she will have years of experience as VP (all while having significant familial distractions). I'm not willing to take a chance on that one.

In the end, I think McCain's decision to pick Palin will go down as either the greatest decision in election history (in terms of risk), or the dumbest. My vote is on the latter.