She had all the staying power of a road flare - shone very bright beginning with her first rehearsed speech at the republican convention, and slid downhill ever after once people realized she was giving a book report without having read the book. I think her Alaska governorship will be her high point since she got there by failing upward; she couldn't stumble her way into a vice presidency the way she did her current job because running for a national position meant many more people were alert and paying attention than in sleepy Alaska.