Y'know, I've had about half the weekend to think about it, and the true brilliance of the pick of Sarah Palin is not that she shores up the conservative base, but that she is such a tempting target for the Rats. They have already gone after her on a number of issues, that end up blowing up in their faces.
Every time they bring up her "experience", it looks like a giant pot calling a little kettle black. Every time they bring up the "abandonment of her family" thing, it sets the feminists to boiling. Every time they bring up "special needs child" they show the sharp contrast of a woman who had the courage to live up to her convictions, as opposed to a man who would commit infanticide on a baby that survived an abortion.
Obama and the Rats were going to make the campaign about McCain, but to the extent they fire on her, they not only don't direct bullets at him, but they see them ricochet back in their own direction!
I have very mixed feelings. On one hand I know she isn’t qualified to be Commander in Chief if she is somehow thrust into the Presidency. That very possibly could happen. On the other hand, I really like the fact that she is an NRA member, and Pat Buchanan supporter.