Northern Exposure

Alaskan Airways are entering a boom period as a swarm of lawyers and journalists head north to sniff the air around the Palins. Certainly enough has come out that backs up my thoughts that she will break the campaign, indeed there are hints that all is not well in the GOP.

I'm not going to comment about her daughters' pregnancy apart from saying that, according to studies abstinance-only sex education just doesn't work and now Palin has an example in her own family. Will Palin still advocate this failed policy and abuse anyone who wants a less dogma driven education? Of course she will. Choosing a wrong course and sticking to it regardless is a hallmark of the true Conservative.

But McCain needed a true Conservative. His choice was Lieberman but that wasn't going down well with Conservatives because of his pro-abortion stance. Palin ticked all the boxes and, it appears, her vetting was as minimal as it was speedy.

There are numerous scandals and the more they dig, the more they will find.

I would expect that many better qualified women in the Republican party will be feeling miffed at being passed over and there are murmerings of discontent. The McCain campaign has come out swinging at just about everyone for asking impertinent questions about his VP pick, claiming they're the victim of a smear campaign. Yes, the people who brought you swiftboating are whining when the focus is turned on them.

Choosing Palin will be the undoing of the McCain campaign, it was done quickly and without the proper thoroughness or consideration. As such, it is a damning indictment of McCain's poor judgement, a choice that is coming undone after some Northern Exposure.