Enjoy it while you can

Some GOP analysts fret that [Sarah Palin's] popularity has nowhere to go but down, as moderate women become more familiar with her staunch anti-abortion stance. And some are concerned that the conservative evangelicals who make up the party’s base — so jazzed by Palin’s selection — could sink back into a funk when they remember that Palin was just an appetizer while McCain remains the main course.

Seven things to watch.

"Jazzed" isn't the word I'd use — more like "line danced." Nevertheless, it's worth recalling that Barack Obama's running mate, Joe Biden, was immediately dismissed by Republicans because folks only vote for the "top of the ticket" in presidential elections.

Fortunately, we've since been instructed on hypocrisy.