So after all the hype... McCain goes for... Sarah Palin?

Initial thoughts- she has less than two years as governor. Prior to that she was Mayor of charming Wassilla, AK (population 5,400) and was on the Alaska Oil Ethics Commission. As governor of Alaska (population ~650,000, somewhat smaller than Fort Worth, TX), her chief accomplishments seem to be being the first governor inaugerated in Fairbanks instead of Juneau and passing an ethics bill (which seems to be doing a lot to improve ethics in Alaska).

I'm baffled by why McCain thinks this is a good pick... It throws away his argument that Obama is inexperienced. Given tht Palin is a former beauty queen and her husband is a championship snowmobiler, it's hard to talk about Obama being a lightweight celebrity (if last night's speech didn't dispel that canard for good). On top of it, I wouldn't be surprised if many Americans forget that Alaska's a state. There's a reason we didn't see Hawaii mentioned in Obama's promo video or speech last night- the non-contiguous states are seen by many folks as not being really part of America.

On top of that, Palin seems to hate polar bears.

For Democrats, what's not to love?

Update: Since I posted someone has seriously edited Palin's wikipedia page to make the bio a lot more glowing than it was earlier. I'm hoping that the page will feature a chart comparing her experience to Spiro Agnew (2 years as governor) or Dan Quayle.