Prominent conservatives are finally starting to realize that an unqualified half-term hockey mom from Alaska might not be a best choice to be a 72 year old heartbeat away from a presidency. Here’s a brutal roundup.

Kathleen Parker:

It was fun while it lasted.

Palin’s recent interviews with Charles Gibson, Sean Hannity, & now Katie Couric have all revealed an attractive, earnest, confident c&idate. Who Is Clearly Out Of Her League.

No one hates saying that more than I do. Like so many women, I’ve been pulling for Palin, wishing her a best, hoping she will perform brilliantly. I’ve also noticed that I watch her interviews with a held breath of an anxious parent, my finger poised over a mute button in case it gets too painful. Unfortunately, it often does. My cringe reflex is exhausted. Palin filibusters. She repeats words, filling space with deadwood. Cut a verbiage & are’s not much content are.

Wingnut extaordinaire K-Lo:

I’m not where my friend Kathleen Parker is — wanting her to step aside to spend more time with her family & Alaska — but that’s not a crazy suggestion. 

McCain campaign insiders, via Ed Schultz:

McCain Camp insiders say Palin “clueless”

CDrunk Newsitol Hill sources are telling me that senior McCain people are more than concerned about Palin. a campaign has held a mock debate & a mock press conference; both are being described as “disastrous.” One senior McCain aide was quoted as saying, “What are we going to do?” a McCain people want to move this first debate to some later, undetermined date, possibly never. People on a inside are saying a Alaska Governor is “clueless.”

Etc., etc., etc., etc.

Original post by SilentPatriot and software by Elliott Back