I'm a liberal, and yes, I like Sarah Palin, but if you want to compare VP candidates and their competency to serve as President, I don't think she's in the same league as Joe Biden. He's been Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee for how long now? I know he's been on it close to 30 years, and I think he's been Chairman most of that time. In a speech on September 10, 2001, Biden argued that the Bush administration's focus on missile defense had diverted out attention from more likely threats. The new threat to the United States, he said, "would not come from an inter-continental ballistic missile with a return address" but in "the belly of a plane" or from a "vial smuggled in a backpack or a bomb in the hold of a ship." Where was Sarah Palin on 09/10/2001? Had she even been elected mayor yet?

But really, I think history shows that the second name on the ticket isn't all that important. People generally vote based on the Presidential candidate, not the VP. But, to be honest, I think she'd make a better President than either McCain OR Obama. Too bad she and Biden can't team up. Of the four (McCain, Obama, Palin, and Biden), those are the two I'd most like to see in office.