Sarah Palin: Ready to lead?

After months of railing on the need for experience, John McCain has chosen a 44-year-old running mate with two years as a state governor under her belt. Talk about staying on message.

Of course, this Palin advocacy site stays on message with the oh-so-subtle URL: VPILF.com. So at least there's some comedy value of the pick to go along with the historical value (McCain should be commended for picking a woman as his running mate, even if it is a callow strategy to peel away Hillary supporters and undercuts all of what he's been saying for months).

If there's one truly awful thing about this pick, it's that we won't be seeing these amazing shirts all around Minnesota. I snapped this at the Obama speech last night: