Without commenting on the substance of the current Palin scandals, isn't this a bad way for her to start off a campaign? In her first weekend as the GOP VP nominee, the only thing that anyone is talking about is Troopergate and her daughter's pregnancy. To be clear, I agree with Obama about her daughter. It's off-limits.

But all of this does seem to hint that she wasn't fully vetted before the announcement. Word also has it that she is now being further vetted by GOP lawyers.

Depending on how the campaign handles this, I wouldn't be surprised to see her leave the campaign before the general election. (The later, the better, from a Democrat's point of view, methinks.)

This shouldn't be what we're talking about. We should be talking about her ignorant statement about the Pledge, or her position on creationism, or her bad record on the environment. But once there is a scandal, it's hard to ignore.