To The Democrats

There is a bumpy road ahead and you should tread carefully.

It is almost beyond belief to think skilled Republican politicos selected a VP for John McCain with so little vetting. It makes for a good story and a better laugh, yes, but it simply cannot be true. They may have not known the number and depth of these Palin “scandals”, but they did know they existed—and they chose her anyway.

Why, you ask?

Because today Sarah Palin is under attack from both the Democratic Party and the media, and with each shot (cheap or legitimate) she takes, she is further transformed into the role the McCain campaign had in mind for her.

The victim.

The Palin nomination was always about the PUMAs first and foremost, and any casting of the governor in this light helps that cause. Soon her defenders will come out of the woodwork—many from within the Democratic Party itself—and the GOP will sit back and laugh.

It is already working. My own heart breaks for a 17 year old girl who first wound up pregnant and then five months later watched in horror as that pregnancy became a national news story. This girl’s life is none of our business, and it should have no baring on this contest between Barack Obama and John McCain.

Today the firestorm is fierce, but temporary. If Sarah Palin survives St. Paul and remains on the ballot, come November she will be an asset to the ticket. For all the wrong reasons, to be sure, but an asset nonetheless.