Immediately upon notification I thought Sarah Palin was pretty much 2008's Harriet Meiers.
I see others on the interwebs thought so too: [clicky]
Except compared to Meiers, Palin is a lightweight. But, hey, she's hot and this is America where any nearly any rube can vote for the GOPs weakest ticket ever. And this being America, that weak-ass ticket could win. Think: Bush I & II.