Crisis management IS critical. And I think the "hearbeat away" concern, while tritely expressed, is fundamentally valid.

It's been so strange watching this election campaign, seeing the democrat candidates as a mirror of the republicans. Switch Biden with Obama, and so many negatives by the opposition vanish. But then, McCain pulled away from the inexperience argument ever since he picked Palin. Surely I'm not the only one noticing that?

EDIT: gotta agree with YoDude. Palin's lack of grasping constitutional tenets is really scary.