Sure she's better than Biden or Obama, but for a 2012 nominee, I'd prefer a candidate with a better understanding of either foreign or domestic policy than I have.
And you are deathly wrong if you think it's acceptable to the electorate to have lower standards for a VP nominee than for a presidential nominee.
Then I wasn't wrong, because CLEARLY, Sarah Palin was more qualified to be President than either That One, or Smilin Joe.
John McCain wasn't elected, so she didn't become Veep, but that certainly doesn't preclude her continuing to learn about national politics, and foreign policy, and whatever else she'll need to run, either in 2012, or a future race.
It's simply a measure of conservatives' frustration that they're pushing her for 2012, because they haven't seen anyone else out there who can excite them the way that she did. She may not WANT to run in 2012, and for that, I would respect her, but unless someone else comes along who is more qualified AND more engaging, I can see how she'd get lots of support from conservatives, if not from the leadership of the GOP.