Watching the coverage of the 2008 election felt like watching a made for Television mini-series with way too many episodes. It had that feeling of reality being slightly askew, kind of like that dream you have where you are looking for signs of reality to decide whether you are in a dream or not. There was a scripted quality to the campaign, and it's coverage by the media ,and the candidates" perfect for the part".feel. Obama played his part perfectly as the young king to be ,who must overthrow the old king and save the oppressed peasants. The part McCain played was as the loyal knight of the kingdom who must decide between whether to take the throne for himself or help the young king take the throne . Sarah Palin played the part of the young peasant who serves the loyal knight and knows that no matter what decision the loyal knight makes she will have a place in the kings castle. The reason for my little story is to make the point that unless Sarah Palin is willing to sleep her way to the top like some young Hollywood starlet she will never get the part where she ends up on the throne. Before anybody takes offence at my remark about Sarah Palin sleeping her way to the top I was using an analogy. What I meant is that she will have to do what all of them do if they want to rise in stature which is to sign away her integrety one piece at a time. Whether John McCain gives her the stamp of approval does not matter because in 4 years he will mostly be remembered as the person who lost the last election. The reason I personally think that there was friction between John McCain and the Palin's is because like a lot of Americans the Palin"s think there is something "really "wrong with our government. They realized after getting to know John McCain that he was no different from any other politician who has spent more than 25 years in Washington. The real John McCain was on display for all too see the night of his concession speech when he disrespected Todd Palin in front of a national audience when they shook hands. I am not saying that Sarah Palin might not make it to Washington as one of the Senators from Alaska ,but I just do not see her ever signing on the dotted line.