Agreed. The "unnamed staffers" who are releasing details, true or false, are classless and do themselves no good. If Palin was in over her head, then why did the McCain campaign pick her?
The VP choice was a political choice delibrately made with chosen criteria ("We need somebody that is A)Female, B) Conservative and C) is a Governor").
Only Palin fit that criteria.
If Palin was not ready for prime time, the McCain campaign has nobody but themselves to blame because they created those criteria.
To be honest, even Bobby Jindal was not ready for prime time in this election as he has only recently been elected Governor.
To be honest, Barack Obama is not ready for prime time in the Oval Office either.
What we need to guard against is not falling into a "cult of personality" like the Dems. Just because Palin was cute, lovable and the only conservative in the 2008 race does not make her a rational choice for the Presidency in 2012.
Again, I like Palin but she was Dan Quayled. It is done.
I disagree McCain could have picked Marsha Blackburn, a conservative republican but not a gov.