Sounds like concern trolling from the AP or Fox News. McCain just handed Dems an instant comeback if he makes any more noises on Obama's so called lack of experience.

And let's get real here: how many die hard Hillary supporters are really going to vote for Palin just because she's a woman, when the governor of Alaska is pretty much opposed to everything Hillary believes in and campaigned for?

The girl-chubby for Sarah Who is embarrassing.

Rebecca, your a broken record. These kind of postings make me embarrased to be a Democrat.

It hasn't even been 24 hours yet and I'm sick of it! Can't anyone else see this is exactly the intention of the McSame campaign! You're allowing them to steal Obama's thunder! Don't give in! Fight!

Ms. Traister, you need to take off the gender colored lenses.

nothing would have united the wingnuts more than hillary clinton on the ticket

she crippled obama in the prolonged primary

the list goes on and on

as much as i disliked hillary, at least she isn't this nightmare that is Palin

give me a break

beauty queen who is a creationist and Assembly of God whack job?

McCain will die of old age in office and then this nut will be our president.

Theocracy Accomplished.

Is better looking than Palin.

Hardly a bit about Obama's speech last night.

Then multiple piecces about Palin, and what it means.....

All on a long weekend when nothing will be reported.

This is not how I expected this week to end at all. Especially since all went so well, and outside of this publication I fell great going into the general election. This all feels like me-too MSM.

this is so last Monday. just stop it.

... by Dee Dee Myers at HuffPo:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dee-dee-myers/sarah-palin-the-double-x_b_122447.html

"Clearly, McCain thinks Palin will help him among women, particularly those disaffected Hillary Clinton supporters who are having so much trouble "getting over it." It just shows how clueless the McCain camp actually is. Unlike Clinton and Ferraro, Palin hasn't been a strong national voice on women's issues. She hasn't been at the barricades, fighting for women's health, equal pay, economic security. And she certainly hasn't had anything to say about the national-security issues that are also important to women across the political spectrum. Does the McCain camp really expect pro-choice Democratic and independent women to be swayed by a sleight-of-gender?"

Couldn't have said it better.

If President McCain (shudder) ever got so much as a serious cold, the Republican leadership would pull Vice President Palin's pre-written letter of resignation out of its very-carefully-labeled folder and have it on her desk before anyone could say "Gesundheit".

At first I thought Obama should have nominated Hillary, too, but the more I think about it, the more I can't get past two big negatives:

1. Republicans HATE her. Nominating Hill would definitely motivate some Con voters who might otherwise stay home.

2. Bill. Obama doesn't need Bill Clinton in the White House bigfooting all his decisions.

Also, on a more selfish level, I'm psyched to have Hillary back as my Senator.

It would appear Joan Walsh hates Obama because he beat Hillary fair & square.

She seems to be part of the Fox News Network who wants McCain to win so we can watch the rich get richer for the new four years....

I do not plan to renew my paid subscription unless I see a great deal more support for the Democratic candidate for President.

Uncle Al

Biden was still the right choice. The country's going to discover this NRA Calendar Girl - AKA Miss Fascism 2008 - is the wrong woman to crack that glass ceiling.

I've read in several articles that Palin "decided" to continue her pregnancy, as if she's in favor of women having the choice to "decide" one way or the other. Many women have made similar choices, both Democrat and Republican. But her stance is that abortion should be illegal in ALL circumstances. She "decided" to continue her pregnancy, but she wants to make sure that other women can't "decide" whether to continue a pregnancy - they would be forced to do so, whether they want to or not.

I just find it odd that so many articles are using this wording, which makes her position sound benign and even pro-choice.

It seems like the PUMA mentality doesn't die out completely, only gets progressively more grotesque. No, Obama shouldn't have picked Hillary-no chemistry and too much potential friction with both her and her husband. McCain is the the one claiming that the US is engaged in an existential war. He's 72 and has a history of skin cancer, so he picks a running mate with zero foreign policy experience or interest, who 2 years ago was the mayor of an obscure city in Alaska, and for all we know, has never even been out of the country. For every woman vote he might gain because he picked a female, he'll probably lose 2 male votes because even the most stupid male voter will realize she's pretty likely to end up as the commander-in-chief.

The ONLY qualification that matters for Vice President is the President asking him/herself "If I die, can this person jump in, calm the country down, and finish the work I started?"

With Joe Biden, the answer is a resounding, "YES!"

With Ms Palin, the answer is, "Not a chance."

Obama needs to hammer that point. Both Obama and McCain have mortality issues. Obama, because of race and his political affiliation (very few violent types on the left, more than you can shake a stick at on the right). Should someone take a run at Obama and succeed, Biden was the ONLY contender to the VP slot who could walk into the Situation Room tomorrow and calm a bunch of trigger happy Generals down, and address the nation is a calm, comforting manner. To me, this was further proof of Obama's good judgement about the future of our country.

McCain, well, while assassins are the least of his worries, his age and cancer issues are. One medical emergancy and Palin is President. No amount of Secret Service protection can save him from his own body. Palin just doesn't have what it takes to be President. City Council and Mayor for a town smaller than my college, and two years as Governor of a VERY rural state does not convey the legislative, executive, or diplomatic experience and training to move on to the national stage. McSame just became McFAIL.