Sarah Palin rocked. Her family rocked. Excellent pick, Mr. McCain. The news this morning, various channels, replayed her best lines–and there were a lot of them. When she was selected, the conventional wisdom was that McCain had just forfeited his greatest argument against Obama–that he was inexperienced. But Palin’s executive experience–though minimal–only accentuates Obama’s pervasive novice-ness.

A few other notes:

• Rudy was superb. He killed Obama on the experience issue. Gave me extensive pause.
• Did you know that John McCain was a POW? Someone pointed that out last night.
• I watched the first 45 minutes of Morning Joe this a.m. A ravefest for Palin.
• I remain concerned that the McCain campaign is headed toward the contemptible “divide the country so we can win the election” tactics of George Bush.
• The constant “USA!” chanting really gets on my nerves.
• Mitt Romney: boring! He said something about Republicans not being the party of Big Brother. ‘Scuse me, but–warrantless wire-tapping of American citizens? Curbing of civil rights?
• I didn’t like the campaign people constantly portraying Palin as a victim of the press. As if she was sequestered in a hotel room, barely holding back tears, muttering, “Everyone’s picking on me. Please tell them to s-t-o-o-o-o-o-p.” She’s a tough gal. I can’t imagine she enjoys being depicted as a victim.