Palin claims to be all about "family", while she leaves her 5 month old down syndrome baby at home with her "mature" daughters. I guess Palin's teenagers will be fine taking care of both babies while their mom is campaigning. That is until the younger one gets knocked up.

If McCaint is going to claim 'experience' (time in Washington), then the Harvard Law grad and Chicago University Law professor, Barack Obama, SHOULD CLAIM INTELLIGENCE, because time alone does cannot mean useful and effective experience!

Intelligence multiply by Time equals Meaningful Experience (ME)!

And Obama CLEARLY has more ME, with his demonstration of better judgment on Iraq, better judgment on a VP pick, better judgment in taking down the well oiled Clinton Machine, etc!

Moreover, Obama is a Natural Born Leader, as witnessed by his multitudes of highly INTELLIGENT supporters, who are motivated to change America and change the world view of America!

This clearly shows a lack of judgement on McCain's part. Is America ready for another bumbling President?

The Grand Old Party picked a loser with McCain and now has to deal with the consequences of his first important decision--his Veep.
Picking new candidates for both jobs would be smart.
Most Americans are very conservative in their behaviour.
The whole McCain campaign has been squalid.
Cannot wait for the October Surprise on Palin.

This womens fall is McCains fault. In order to win he never vetted a person who was not prepared for this.

Ahahahaha!!! I love this!

This is just horrible! What a boneheaded choice. Thanks Mclame for giving us the election!

Can we spell DEVASTATING?

My mother-in-law is a republican. On Friday she was over the moon about this pick. Today she is hoping McCain drops her from the ticket. Enough said.

Maccain,

Do you want to offer this woman to America? And you still claim you are the only patriot in this country?
first I was angry with you,
Now I feel sorry for you.

Maccain: Power First, Country Second

This is really sad for the Repugs. I almost feel sorry for them but for the fact that if the situation were reversed, and this was say, Biden's daughter, they would be coming at us with both barrels, unlike what Obama has suggested that we keep families out of the campaign. Obama has got class, that's for sure.

This has to be a made for t.v. movie, but now it's called 'legally brunette', this has to be the biggest joke ever...

I am an Obama supporter, but somehow this has become painful to watch. This has become worse than Rev. Wright.

ANYONE WHO GETS THEIR NEWS FROM US WEEKLY IS A COMPLETE UNEDUCATED MORON OH THATS RIGHT THATS HALF OF AMERICA.

A mom who chose to give a speech and fly in a plane instead of getting immediate medical care for her disabled baby when her water broke; chose to leave that 5-month old disabled baby at home while she further her career; and chose to leave her knocked-up teen-age daughter at home while she furthers her career...

What kind of family values are those?

QUE GROW UP SOME OF US MOTHERS CAN DO IT ALL. APPARENTLY YOU CANT BY THE WAY SHE DOES HAVE A HUSBAND UNLESS YOU THINK WOMEN ARE THE ONLY ONES THAT CAN HANDLE RAISING A CHILD? THEN YOU WOULD BE MISTAKEN.

Palin is being dragged through the mud, after only 5 days. Yet, Obama, on the campaign for almost 2 years, is not fully vetted. There is SO much about his past that we don't know. Why are the vultures digging into his past with as much zeal?

As usual, the sexism reigns. People jump to conclusions and attack the female Palin immediately like savages, but her much more inexperienced male opponent Obama, with so much suspicious and dangerous aspects of his past, gets off scot free. Why isn't the press asking the exact same questions of Obama?

Not only that, any attempt at investigating into Obama's past is met with calls of race card.

How did Americans come to this? We should be ashamed.

Does this scream of sexism to anyone? Obama did cocaine a trug tafficed by criminal gangs when Palin's husband was arrested, not convicted of DUI. Her teenaged daughter is pregnant, so what???? She fired one of her commissioners after offering him another job he turned down, well within the job description of the governor. Nothing of much interest at all. Nothing to compare to a hate filled church with ties to Lybia for 20 years, an indicted felon financing your house and your campaigns, a close friend and associate who is an unrepentent terrorist. Nothing even close! It's absurd sexism and I hope woomen take that thought to the ballot box.

I'm still unsure if Sarah Palin is campaigning for public office, or auditioning for a role in "Juno-2-Baby Got Bump "

I really feel sorry for her daughter. Bad enough to be young and pregnant, but under the scrutiny of national (and world) media as well? I don't think I would have done that to my 17-year-old daughter. Nor could I leave when I just had a DS baby in April. I consider myself a feminist, but I do put family first. I agree with the poster who said this is painful to watch.

wow, I hope that all of the Female CEO's that handle billions of Dollars everyday and the Surgeons that handles peoples lives every day and the Lawyers who gets up everyday and defends those on the brink of the death penality or life altering situations, would just quit and go hame and take care of thier children and let the men run the country, is this where we are at? just making sure, because I guess they don't have fathers and husbands who are responsible enough to pick up the slack.

The cover photo is gold. or don't you remember the story about 60 minutes trying to do a hatchet job on Reagan?

"Let’s say, instead, like millions of working-class Americans, you get your “news” on the political race from the supermarket aisle'

OMG! How condescending is that. Someone send this to Rush.

Yes I dn't read the NYt's there ad revenue and subscribtions are down almost 80&, editors are resigning at the LA times, a major sports reporter walked off the job at the Chicago sun time, He said Newspapers are dead!!!!! how come we don't hear these things on ABC. http://www.drudgereport.com and http://www.newsbusters.org, now thats where the news is

I'm sorry, but a woman with 5 kids, some of whom are still very young, is not ready to be a full time Vice President.

What happens if there is an "emergency" between BOTH one of the kids and the nation at the same time? She loses both ways. If she takes care of the nation emergency, she becomes an unfit mother. If she takes care of the kids first, the nation could be put in a war.

Mr. McCain, quit worrying about your personal ego and start worrying about the good of the nation and get a VP who has kids out of diapers.