http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/op...in&oref=slogin

David Brooks -
Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt
establishment, she'd be your woman. But the constructive act of governance
is another matter. She has not been engaged in national issues, does not
have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems
to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive
decisiveness.

http://rossdouthat.theatlantic.com/a...he_unready.php

Ross Douthat -

The most that can be said in her defense is that she kept her cool and
avoided any brutal gaffes; other than that, she seemed about an inch deep on
every issue outside her comfort zone. Yes, the questions were tougher than
the ones that a Tim Kaine or Tim Pawlenty probably would have been handed,
but they were all questions that a vice-presidential nominee needs to be
able to answer. And there's no way to look at her performance as anything
save supporting evidence for the non-hysterical critique of her candidacy -
that it's just too much, too soon - and a splash of cold water for those of
us with high hopes for her future on the national stage.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn...091502406.html

Richard Cohen -

McCain has turned ugly. His dishonesty would be unacceptable in any
politician, but McCain has always set his own bar higher than most. He has
contempt for most of his colleagues for that very reason: They lie. He tells
the truth. He internalizes the code of the McCains -- his grandfather, his
father: both admirals of the shining sea. He serves his country differently,
that's all -- but just as honorably. No more, though.
....

His opportunistic and irresponsible choice of Sarah Palin as his political
heir -- the person in whose hands he would leave the country -- is a form of
personal treason, a betrayal of all he once stood for. Palin, no matter what
her other attributes, is shockingly unprepared to become president. McCain
knows that. He means to win, which is all right; he means to win at all
costs, which is not.


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