Palin recap

DDay has a good recap on where we stand. What's notable, as he points out, is that it's the national media who is pursuing these stories all on their own. The controversies swirling about are not being driven by blogs or partisans, rather the journalists in our coprorate media. The deficiences of Palin are so glaring, the details so salacious that they can't help themselves. Obama can sit back, claim the high ground and watch the feeding frenzy from a distance. Not to toot my own horn too much but this is playing out exactly as I predicted,

This pick is so obviously terrible that the media will do a lot of the
heavy lifting for the Obama campaign. We don't even need to lead those horses to
water, they're already drinking. As the media digs into her past and the brief honeymoon news cycle ends Palin will then have to stand up to the rigors of the national press for the first time. The odds of her coming through the first 2 to 3 weeks unscathed are minimal at best...

Finally, it's clear that McCain's camp has not done any serious vetting of
Palin. No one really knows what sort of land mines lay out there. The reason
most VP picks are inconsequential in the long run is because most VP picks are
well-vetted known entities who are chosen, first and foremost, because they will
do no harm to the campaign. Palin was chosen as a deliberate gamble, a political
Hail-Mary. The McCain campaign has their fingers crossed that this pick won't
absolutely explode in their face.

This is a complete disaster for McCain and one not likely to get better any time soon.