Her inexperience?
- Ms. Palin has spent barely 20 months in office in a state that has rarely played much of a role in national politics.
- Before becoming Alaska’s first female governor, the top line on her political résumé was her tenure as mayor of Wasilla, a suburb of Anchorage with fewer than 7,000 residents.
- Ms. Palin is a conservative Protestant and is a member of Feminists for Life, an anti-abortion group.
- She has supported the teaching of intelligent design in public schools, alongside evolution.
- She is a member of the National Rifle Association, and has said Alaska’s economic future depends on aggressively extracting its vast natural resources, from oil to natural gas and minerals.
- She said she supported Alaska’s decision to amend its Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.

Full article at NY Times website.