I think they will continue on as normal. Palin is just being trotted out by because she has boobs. Using a woman in such a way pretty much shows nothing has changed for them. Picking Palin is almost like some kind of sarcastic skit from SNL. The whole thing is a mockery of women.

The thing to do is make one of Palin. Or better yet - make a two-sided one - Hillary on one side, Palin on the other. Then see what happens.

QT

HOW ABOUT MCCAIN & PALIN SINGING "WE GOT MARRIED IN A FEVER" "I' M GOING TO JACKSON"?

J M Ashby -- There's a hypocrisy factor here, and tokenism, but I wouldn't call it a "mockery" of women. Who would have thought that the Republicans would rope themselves into promoting the idea that a woman's place is in the White House (or at least the Naval Observatory)? That a working mama / beauty queen can equal or exceed her male peers in competence? I'm not saying that Palin was necessarily or truly the best of the field, by any means. Or that the wingnut misogynists in the Republican party will ever see the light. But egad, now even they will to pay some amount of lip service to equality. How friggin' great is that?! It is in cynical maneuvers like this one that actual progress gropes its way forward.