More Palin snowflakes

The WaPo board editorial tomorrow,

But the most important question Mr. McCain should have asked himself about Ms. Palin was not whether she could help him win the presidency. It was whether she is qualified and prepared to serve as president should anything prevent him from doing so......

The WaPo also gets a brief interview with the Public Safety Commissioner whose firing has launched several ethics investigations into Palin.

TPM points out that the legislative investigation into this is due to "release its findings just days before the November election." And their version of some of the story conflicts here. (I don't know enough about Alaska politics to say if this will be stalled and squashed or forced out.)

Also: Her husband, who had no public standing to approach the Public Safety Commissioner, appears to have been very active on this.

Now we've got a local news report on "discrepancies" in Palin's version of the story, and it gives a good sense of the smell of the thing. (30 seconds in.)

Also, Questions over her stance on the "Bridge to Nowhere." (For it before she was against it.)

(WaPo) Someone was fervently rewriting her Wikipedia page.

An interesting video here of Palin commenting on the Vice Presidency many, many months back. 2:20 in. (Not the video getting all the play.)

(CNN) Bush's convention speech was supposed to be about McCain's "experience" making him uniquely qualified for the Presidency. Now...?

(MSNBC) Pat Buchanan says she (and her husband) was big campaigner and held a fundraiser for him in 1996. Later: There's no record of her donating to Buchanan. (Big deal with pro-Israel voters.)

And, I don't know why, but I can't seem to shake this feeling that today may have been her best day, or alternately with the GOP convention next week, this week will be her best week. She holds some pretty stringent viewpoints, and as they come out, it's going to stress her image.

Also, the McCain campaign pumped out all the good things they could say today, so you figure all the definitional bits that will be coming out over the next week will likely be all bad. Things the McCain camp didn't want to mention. (Just have to wait and see.)

And, I don't want to cite them all, but there are many conservatives questioning the choice on experience. Frum, Halperin...

Later: Top McCain adviser Charlie Black admits she's not ready to be President.

Later Still: (ABC) Palin may face a deposition (along with her chief of staff) in the firing probe. (I'm still not sure about Alaska politics. Does the investigation hurry up or get delayed with her VP pick. I can't imagine national reporters asking questions will make the situation better for Palin.)

And, Nothing too shocking in it, but here's the Alaska Daily News site for local reaction.