Since all the Palin threads are getting quite long I just wanted people to home in on a particular OpEd piece in todays NY Times which, I hope, you can find http://nytimes.com .

Check out the front page piece (which continues at length into the paper) about her hiring and firing of people once she was elected---BUT--more important click on TODAY'S PAPER and then the OP-ED tab.

The FRANK RICH article is right on the mark---too long for my to synopsize here other than to say she has her pegged perfectly and Obama had best start running agains McCain and just ignore a VP candidate. As Rich says "...that will take care of itself".

The MAUREEN DOWD Op Ed article is also right on-=--one of her not tongue in cheek but deadly serious piece which can describe Palin in only one way---SCARY. To think this has a chance of bringing her poison out of Alaska to the mainland and put the entire country at risk.

A commentator on a NYC radio station (not NPR) who does not care for Condi Rice made the point that "...disagree or agree with her she sure as hell is brighter and more competent and experienced as a choice for VP.

I can only, once again, paraphrase the great line from a Christine Lavin song "...what was he thinking" (McCain).

Bill Hahn