This is definitely becoming more interesting.

Those who are rallying around the Democractic party's Change we can believe in banner being waved by a 3-year Senator with 6 years State Senator experience are now poo-pooing the Republican VP selection of a 2-year Governor with 4 years experience as a city councilperson, 4 years experience as a mayor and 2 years experience as a State commissioner. How hypocritical!

Are there questions about the experience of the Democratic Presidential candidate and the Republican Vice-Presidential candidate? Of course!

Gov. Palin unquestionably brings to the campaign something none of the 3 Senators do - executive experience dealing with the guts part of government: public works, fire and police service; social services, solving domestic problems from up-close-and-personal with Americans (versus the DC ivory tower), seeing tax money spent wisely, how business affect communities, the environment for the local's viewpoint, etc.

That's the big value of having Governors in the Executive Branch - they know what will eat up the time and energy, and what decisions can't be filibustered away, hidden in committee or traded (a bridge for me and you get a dam...). If Americans really are concerned about the economy, the environment, and domestic issues in general, where's THAT experience in a Senator's resume? (that's all three of them!) Senator's talk-the-talk, but never walk-the-walk, because that's done back "home" and not in DC.

If elected President, Sen. McCain will be picking his key advisory team (those with the offices in the Old Executive Building next-door tp the White House), along with the Secretaries of the various Departments of government and independent agencies. If the unthinkable happened, Gov. Palin would be surrounded with the McCain advisors and would undoubtably rely very heavily on their counsel. I don't see a downer in that.

There has been many attempts to portray Sen. Obama in the President Kennedy image - young, dynamic and "change-driven." President Kennedy also picked a former nominee-opponent for VP (as Sen. Obama has) and kept that person totally out of the decision loop, making VP Johnson's first months as President an extraordinary challenge. Would Sen. Biden to suffer the same fate, and why not?

Gov. Palin has demonstrated in her career that she will not be used as window-dressing. If the McCain-Palin ticket wins, I just don't see her being the "invisible VP" that Lyndon Johnson was and what Sen. Biden seems destined to also become.

So, What's the Problem ? ? ?