The Left Launches More Pre-emptive Strikes on a Conservative Woman

Children with Down’s syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of vice president, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child? – John Roberts, CNN

In small groups, Palin can seem like the young, trophy running mate – David Wright, ABC News

John McCain will have to do better than naming Tina Fey his vice presidential choice. -Lisa de Moraes, Washington Post

Bimbo alert! – Ed Schultz, liberal talk show host

Vice in go-go boots. –Maureen Dowd, Washington Post

a skirt on the ticket. –Susan Reimer, Baltimore Sun

Laughter in many many newsrooms. –Eleanor Clift, Newsweek

Sarah Palin works fast. She instantly became the object of the kind of partisan hatred that most politicians can raise only after prosecuting an unpopular war and lying about their misconduct in office (Nixon), after making sanctimonious dishonesty an art form and getting caught in flagrante with an intern (Clinton), and after winning a disputed election and botching a foreign occupation (Bush). – Rich Lowry, National Review