Setting aside the merits of the Palin pick, does anyone know what affect this will have on the Young/Parnell battle?
I'm assuming that Palin will not need to resign her governorship while campaigning, but she won't be in Alaska very much, that's for sure. So he'll be taking over her duties as governor, and would succeed as governor if (god forbid) Palin became VP or she did, in fact, resign her position.
Even if Palin doesn't resign, won't Parnell feel pressure to simply concede to Don Young instead of demanding a recount so he can focus on governing in Palin's absence?
So a potential positive side affect to this pick in my mind is that corrupt Don "Bridge to Nowhere" Young gets a pass, and we get our preferred candidate for Ethan Berkowitz to run against in November.