“Don’t be fooled: the left is terrified of Sarah Palin.”

Wishful thinking. As the posts by the rabid righties at this site show, Palin is a pick that invigorates the base. But that was at best a minor problem for McCain. She is too conservative to excite independents (she wants creationism taught in science class and denies global warming), and way too conservative to excite Hilary supporters (pro-life). Finally, her inexperience blunts McCain’s best line of attack against Obama.

Unless she is a superstar campaigner, I don’t think she’ll make any difference in this race at all.