Republican columnist George Will - hardly Mr. Progressive - said it well the other day, even before the Paul Revere thing: "Do you want this woman in charge of nuclear weapons?"

I forced myself to watch every episode of her TV series. There were many great lines in it (all of them presumably rehearsed or semi-rehearsed). My favorite: Sarah and Todd go kayaking. Their guide has shoulder-length dark hair and a heavy beard.

As they push off into the river, Sarah shouts, "Hey, Matt! Ya look just like Jesus! I *know* we're in good hands!"

If she were about eight years old, this might have been cute. Nevertheless, I'm sure it impressed a great many people. She's so funny and smart!

(Second prize: she's helping to scale fish at the processing plant and says, "I love the smell of flounder in the morning. It smells like...work!")