[Alter Kaker]

There are already rumors that the Alaska GOP is helping attack Palin, and you will see the same thing with McCain soon enough.

It's more than rumors. Alaska State Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican, has been trashing Palin every chance she can get, on the record.

Example: "She's qualified because she's old enough and a citizen. Is she prepared and ready? I really think there's a lot of doubt there. There's a picture I have in mind of someone to be VP, and it's someone with a greater variety of service--a little better background and experience. I wake up and I think about this and I think, ‘This can't be.' It's just surreal." Source.

So much for the 11th Commandment.

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Which makes me wonder just why McCain picked her. Who gave him the recommendation?

From what I understand Palin didn't tow the party line with the oil companies, and that turned the party leadership against her.