First, I will not state that Sarah Palin is the best-qualified candidate for national office. She well may be so on the basis of her record and accomplishments, but there are other qualified candidates such as Mitt Romney and Hillary Clinton.

Now, let's look at her responsibilities as governor. Some have stated that she was governor of the smallest state in the union. Au contraire mon fraire. She was responsible for the largest state in the union. Not in population, but in size, coastline (greater the entire coastline of our Atlantic and Gulf states put together), bio-diversity, and difficulty in communications/transportation. She succeeded in helping Alaska towards better communications and transportation.

The objection that she took advantage of income from private enterprise rings while developing much needed energy seems specious.
That our governor should be equally effective in saving the taxpayers money would seem to be a good thing.

Sarah Palin as a part of the McCain team advocating getting needed energy from all potential sources including drilling for oil and natural gas, nuclear power and clean goal. Obama is slowly coming to realize this need. His beloved solar and wind power are not going to meet the need. A day late, a dollar short and far from dealing in reality. Palin knew what needed to be done from the start – I’m far from sure that Obama has figured it out yet. No legislation has been introduced supporting these actions.

Yes, Sarah Palin is a straight thinking, action oriented person who might well make a good President. She is, in many ways, a later day Teddy Roosevelt.