Sarah Sarah Sarah. Radiant jewel, mystical wife. Scorpio Sphinx in a calico dress. Glamorous nymph with an arrow and bow. Oh wait. That was another Sarah.
About the speech: I would imagine she'll do fine and get good reviews and reduce the heat for a few days or hours. At this point all she has to do is show up with two eyes and her nose and mouth in the right place and string two sentences together, which I assume she can do.
Then, after the convention, the Democrats have to press their attacks. They need to shift the story from Trig (is that short for Trigger, by the way?) to her positions and, as I've said repeatedly, John McCain's judgment. She's a right-wing whack job, with at most two or three toes lodged on the cliff of respectable opinion. Democrats have to get the story off the kid, a story that will lead some percentage of mainstream Americans to sympathize with her, and onto her extreme views and McCain's judgment in choosing her.
I would trust that the Obama team is lining up its female surrogates and preparing all this.
