and fired someone who refused to fire her brother-in-law, a state trooper who is going through a nasty divorce and child custody case with her sister. She also is a big supporter of drilling in ANWR, and best of all, she had plenty of experience running the major.....ok, it's actually something of a flyspeck called Wasilla. Just when you think the repubs can't find any more people totally incapable of doing the jobs they have, like Brownie, they are able to dig up Palin.

You learn a lot about a candidate by the people they choose to surround themselves with, people who will help them and advise them. Obama chose someone with 35 years of experience in the Senate, in the Judiciary and Foreign Affairs. McCain chose the mayor of Wasilla.