Weekend Reading: Good Mainstream Media Pieces on the Gov

Here's some more weekend reading that could lead you to ask the same question the New York Times editorial board asked after the Gov was released by her Republican handlers for public consumption. "What was McCain thinking?"


From Time Magazine:

Sarah Palin's Alaskonomics

By Michael Kinsley



From TimesOnline

Sarah Palin: the most underqualified vice-president ever?

by Andrew Sullivan



from the Minneapolis Star-Tribune

How Palin Governs (hint: poorly!)




From the Miami Herald:

Palin energized McCain campaign, but bloom could be off rose soon

By THOMAS FITZGERALD,The Philadelphia Inquirer

From the New York Times:

Once Elected, Palin Hired Friends and Lashed Foes

Heath Family, via Associated Press

The Wasilla City Council, with Sarah Palin, the future governor and vice-presidential nominee, at the center, in a 1998 photograph. Throughout her career, Ms. Palin has pursued vendettas, fired officials who crossed her and blurred the line between government and personal grievance.

By JO BECKER, PETER S. GOODMAN AND MICHAEL POWELL

Published: September 13, 2008