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How the heck is he supposed to make a campaign issue out of Obama’s inexperience when he’s got a running mate with 2 years as governor of a sparsely populated state while being a full-time mother, um, on the side?

Obama is inexperienced and running for President. McCain is experienced and running against him. Gov. Palin is not running for president.

Obama is in a bad position to make her inexperience an issue. He is not running against her.

The more inexperience becomes an issue the better for McCain. - Tom

Palin is now running for a job which includes having to step into the job of President on a second's notice, if the need arises. Given McCain's age, that will be perceived as a very significant possibility (and this possibility should always be taken seriously, regardless of who the Presidential candidate is). I never worried for a second about Cheney's ability's to take over immediately as a fully effective President, if Bush were to suddenly die or become incapacitated.

I also suspect this choice will cause a resurgence of the dangerous belief among young women that they don't have to make any hard choices in life. That they can pursue careers with extremely high levels of power and responsibility, while still being good mothers. Sure there are a handful of women who seem to be able to pull this off, but even with those few who appear to be pulling it off successfully, I wonder if their children agree. The nation will now be treated to 2 months of non-stop professional promotion of the idea that there's no conflict at all between being VPOTUS/POTUS/CEO of a Fortune 500 company, etc., and being a mother to several children, including an infant with special needs, and millions of young women will figure "See, that means I can do it".