On the one hand, the media and the blogosphere are going to tear this woman apart.  She’s the punchline to a bad joke.  She has no national or foreign policy to run on, and she most certainly cannot begin to compare herself to Hillary Clinton beyond genitals.

Kevin Jones of Mother Jones points out that McCain met Palin exactly 3 times.  Politico’s Jonathan Martin confirms the whirl wind vetting this week.  It means she’s going to wind up being more thoroughly vetted in public by the media and the American people.  It is not an enviable position.

But on the other, she actually agreed to this charade. She didn’t see it for the pandering that the public seems to take it for? She felt she could fill Hillary Clinton’s shoes for the GOP, for sure?   She expects to win?

She can’t truly think she’s prepared to step in a run a gov’t that supports more than 300 million people because she’s spent about 2 years running a gov’t that supports less than 750,000 Alaskans, in a state whose largest city is 65th in size in the US.  And McCain’s age makes that reality a factor.

What did she get in return for agreeing to be VP? What promises have been made regarding her future in the Republican Party?

I also wonder about the backlash she’s going to take from conservative women.  She’s a pro-lifer, who supports teaching creationism in schools. . . I don’t get the impression that segment of society would approve  of a woman with 5 children — one that’s still an infant — placing her very public political career ahead of motherhood.

Clearly, having a job is as far as her feminist streak extends, given her stance on family planning and gay marriage, but it seems at odds with her very conservative ideology.

Phyllis Schlafly must be torn this evening.