THE PALIN PICK: Ed Morrissey is smelling desperation.

Meanwhile, from Rasmussen: Palin Makes Good First Impression: Is Viewed More Favorably than Biden. How will that hold up? We’ll see.

UPDATE: Jonathan Martin says it’s set the GOP grassroots “on fire.”

ANOTHER UPDATE: More on experience: “Next time some TV talking head brings up Sarah Palin’s lack of foreign-policy experience, can somebody please point out that the Democrats in 2004 picked John Edwards as their vice-presidential candidate?”