Those points are certainly true however the stealth and surprise of the unexpected choice was a strategic nuke.
It knocked the enemy on his ass and he had no opposition research and prepared advertising with which to counterattack.
In their desperate scramble to shoot back at a surprise choice, the Dems badly overreacted with false and sexist accusations and wrong-headed attacks which thrust them into a terrible public relations nightmare from which they cannot extricate themselves.
The short time between the announcement and Sarah Palin's fantastic speech gave the opposition no time to organize. The smears were so mean and desperate, all of the careful and tedious fabrication of Obama's message of his being a "new kind of candidate" blew up overnight.
All the vicious trashing did was to make sure the whole country tuned in to see Sarah's magnificent performance on television.
There is the smell of fear from sea to shining sea. The Democrats have filled their diapers.
The phenomenon is rolling quickly across this country like an unstoppable hurricane. The Democrats can do little but watch and pray their houses don't get blown away.
The genious of John McCain was to SURPRISE EVERYONE and not give the media the first chance to destroy her. Sarah was able to introduce herself to America WITHOUT the media!!!