“Supposed constitutional law professor” ? Are you suggesting that he was not one? Are you suggesting that his years in that role mean nothing? What are you suggesting? I bet you are suggesting that some of us take the Constitution a little too seriously.

On the topic of this post Bryan B, I imagine that HR would seek applicants with subject matter expertise. Since the successful applicant will swear to God to preserve and protect the Constitution of the United States, one might think that careful, structured, and intense study of the item for years on end would give an applicant a leg up on a person with none.

The supposed Constitution, I should say, since being President now equates to being a small-town mayor in our new backwards world.

Oh but this does say something about how hiring is done. Sarah Palin is where she is now not because of anything she has done or not done. Because of a weak bench, the way was open for her to find herself carrying the colors of a great political party.

Seperating the person from the brand is no longer possible, and the brand is what buyers will buy. In corporate hiring, Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Stanford, MIT, and some few others carry the brand, and hires will flow.

Oh, one of applicants HAS a sterling academic qualification, but it does not mean very much in this context….hmmmm…..

Could it be that ANYONE could be President who carries out the will of the party ?

I dont think we want to go there, but some people certainly have.

It is fortunate though that Sarah lives so close to Russia…as was pointed out by McCain [and therefore can be assumed to have a neighbors knowledge of goings on I suppose].

The good news is neither party’s picks can represent us any worse than the current administration- so sorry if that offends but…as was mentioned before, history will have its say.

If HR had a key role, it would have been in support of the hiring manager not as a replacement for him. Her choice offered high risk high reward- because it surely was designed to shift the conversation. It has and I would like think HR would have presented her among the slate of possibilities.

Now, she’s more popular than Obama or McCain. What does that say about the mindset of voters in this country. I’ve heard people express how much they love her, her kids, even her parents…who’ve only been shown on TV once at the RNC and have never uttered a word (as far as an interview goes) So what is it about her that has endeared her to so many people.

The scandalous baggage that accompanies her nomination is as lengthy as the Bering Strait…yet she’s almost revered by every woman and some men that have been interviewed since the announcement by McCain that she would be his running mate.

The “maverick” is looking more and more like a sidekick…merely going along with the powers that be…he says and does whatever he thinks his champions want to hear. Just like calling lobbyists ‘birds of prey’ which is a total contradiction to what his true ties with these unnecessary evils in Washington are.

Come on America…are we so shallow that a pretty face is all it takes to win us over? Gov. Palin hasn’t given not ONE interview outlining her plans for this country as VP since McCain picked her….only pre-written rhetoric aimed at tearing down the Democratic nominee and his party. Even after her acceptance speech, I still don’t know who she is..

Let’s take a look at the two careers.

Palin’s resume is as lengthy as Obama’s. They’ve been in politics about the same time. Compare her time as mayor, her time on the Oil and Gas commission, and her time as governor with Obama’s time as a state senator and US Senator.

1) Palin has a track record of huge successes everywhere she goes. She ran her town well enough to get drafted into the big leagues, and when she did, she took down the Attorney General and head of her own party for being corrupt. That took guts, skill, and political finesse. She rode that reputation to defeat the sitting governor in the primary, and then the ex-governor in the general, and then capped it getting the Oil and Gas pipeline contract signed (a project languishing for years) and she roughed up the Oil and Gas companies. That’s no small deal for Alaska, which is run by corrupt politicians in the pockets of those companies. And she did it all inside two years.

2) Barack Obama has a great resume. Ivy league schools. Law Firm, supposed constitutional law professor. He gets into the Illinois Senate, and does nothing until the last year, where he’s handed a slate of bills by Emil Jones that he sponsors to get attention for his Senate run. Once in the Senate, he starts running for president almost immediately, even though he doesn’t actually accomplish anything. He’s a fluff candidate – one who uses each position to vault him into the next.

Palin has a track record of success, but we don’t know how she’ll perform on the national stage. Obama does great on the national stage, but it seems all he’s good at is the political equivalent of interviewing.