McCain-Palin

John McCain is a placeholder for the Republican right.  Palin is the real deal.  She, or anyone else in the religious far right crazy zone, is unelectable on top of the ticket.  Like Cheney, she's a stealth pick.  They don't vet her (Cheney wasn't vetted either); they keep her off the radar of press scrutiny.  My prediction: McCain, if he were elected, will be out in four years, maybe less.  The right knows about his health issues.  He refuses to release his full medical records to the public. Palin would be trotted out to appease the right, to play up the role of first woman VP, but she'll be protected from scrutiny.  And when the time comes, she'll step in, unvetted, unqualified, unelected.  Like Bush and Cheney, only scarier.  

But the economy is in freefall, and it's possible this crisis will spell the doom of this tragically cynical, manipulative, and unqualified ticket.  If there's a silver lining, there it is.