I was surprised, frankly. 'Irrepressibility' and spunk is part of her charm, and I've been giving her credit for that part, at least, being authentic. But it sure wasn't present last night. -- For the first time, I felt a bit sorry for her. It's clear that McCain and the Reps. did her a real disservice by tapping her, but that was balanced off (in my mind) by her total lack of reality in accepting the selection. But looking at her on SNL I realized that by now she *probably* realizes what a collossal mistake it was .... but what are her options now? Cut and run? or 'soldier' on to the inevitable end? Of those two, keeping on keeping on is the braver, more noble choice. --- Of course, those fleeting feelings will dissolve immediately the next time she does one of her nasty, nasty turns in a rally speech or denies reality as she did about the Troopergate report. But for a moment or two there, I felt rather sorry for her and gave her a semi-salute for continuing to keep her composure and keep working despite feeling (knowing?) it's futile and only hurting her future.

Everytime someone says "but she's a Governor" I inevitably think "and Lester Maddox became a Governor too --- mistakes do happen."