Sara Palin is a cheer leader and that's it. Compare Biden's use of his experience in the Senate, in the debate, or Obama's thinkng outloud, while he deals with the issues, and you have the distance, and difference, between A and Z. Palin like her mentor, John McCain, is trapped in a One Note Charley routine. There is no doubt that she has an outgoing and exuberant quality. And there is no reason to fault her on that. But she's in a different stadium than the one she thinks she is cheerleading in. McCain's choice of Palin as his Vice Presidential candidate reflects his poor judgement.
Ned Bobkoff