Sarah, Gee
The thing I worried about from the get-go was that McCain was bringing up a political phenom too early. How much it will hurt her future career is hard to tell. Geraldo Riveria thinks she'll never recover from the Tiny Fey impersonation, and it would seem that hers was a polarizing introduction.
Obama, with a similar lack of experience, was introduced favorably and only gradually became more of a polarizing figure (although it's obviously still unclear how he'll govern). It was fortunate for him that he had that gentle introduction aided by a favorable media.
Political fortunes are tough to read since there's a lot of luck and timing involved. Since style is something Americans like to alternate in successive administrations, it's quite possible that after four years of the cool and unflappable Barack Obama, America will be ready for the hot (in the telegenic sense) and energetic Sarah Palin. I don't know what's true about what she knows or doesn't know, but given her native intelligence I wouldn't hold it against her if government schools let her down. The same lib establishment that protects bad teachers and disdains school accountability is the one looking down upon someone who, in the service of making the world a better place, hasn't had the lesiure to become an autodidact.
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