Sarah Palin

I really don't think he could have done much better. I would have preferred Romney, Thompson or Giuliani. I don't any of them would have done any worse. Next time, let's fix the primary system so that Republicans choose the nominee instead of Democrats and independents.

The best thing McCain did was to pick Sarah Palin. She is now the rock star of the party, the speaker everyone will want at their fundraiser for the next 4 years and the frontrunner for 2012 (for what that's worth, which is probably nothing).

Jim Geraghty demonstrates that criticism of Palin's lack of experience always ends up pointing back at the top of the other ticket:

You don’t have to inject me with sodium pentathol to get me to say I wish Sarah Palin were a second-term governor; it would be reassuring to know that her promising but brief run as governor could hold up over the long haul.

Rich Lowry:

There are some in the media that are anxious for Sarah Palin to step down because her unwed teen-age daughter is pregnant. Some compare her to Tom Eagleton. OK, I'll buy that comparison as far as this: Eagleton was a decent fellow that was unfairly hounded off the Democratic ticket by the news media in '72 purely due to ignorance and FUD.

This is not going to happen this time.