Look, I don't need to go to the tabloids for reasons to not support Palin. My reasons for not liking her on the ticket were as follows:

- Mayor of a town that required little work. When interviewed, the current mayor of Wasilla said that the big thing that town employees did was "show up on Tuesdays for their paychecks". There's no police or fire departments run by Wasilla - that's done by state and county officials.

- Governor of a welfare state. Alaska get so much oil revenue that each citizen gets a rebate check every year - the size of which depends on how long they've been a resident. Being the Governor of Alaska means you've NEVER had to make a hard budget decision in your entire term. You BARELY have to prioritize because of all the revenue you're swimming in.

When prepared, this woman was DEFINITELY "telegenic". She had "it" and could really motivate a crowd when she was 'on'. But when caught unaware or off-guard, she failed miserably. I mean, the one "mainstream media" moment that said SO much to me to reinforce my opinion was Katie Couric and having a "deer caught in the headlights" look at a softball question that my kids could andwer in grade school - what newspapers do you read?

If I had seen *only* that, I would have written it off as a bad moment - but there were others *and* her resume was threadbare.

And yes, a couple of years in the U.S. Senate *does* count more than any amount of time as Governor of Alaska. A couple of years in the Senate would be *chicken feed* against the governor of a much more difficult state to manage - like almost all of them. Heck, Romney is WAY more qualified than Palin. He actually had to work with a virulently difficult legislature in Massachusetts.