I have a lot of respect for McCain, but have not been impressed by Palin from the get go. I just can't figure out why McCain picked her, when there were other more qualified candidates like Tom Ridge and Mitt Romney. If he really felt compelled to pick a woman, why not Kay Bailey Hutchison, whose experience as a senator should have made her a no-brainer if McCain wanted to break the glass ceiling. Sen. Hutchison has credentials as a foreign-policy expert which would have given her a leg up in the VP debate against Biden. Hutchinson isn’t as young and pretty as Palin, but America would be far better off if she were next in line in case McCain’s health falters. When I listen to Palin, it seems she just repeats memorized mantras and tries to string them along together, but ends up with incoherent ramblings when pressed by intense media questioning. After listening to her on the Couric interviews, I almost felt sorry for her.