In 2008, Sarah Palin had 11 years more experience in government than JD Vance currently does.

It’s like elevating the newest intern to the second place in the org chart, and the CEO is unsteady.

In 2008, Barack Obama had 6 years more experience in government than Donald Trump has in 2024. Many of the people who voted for Trump in 2016 and 2020 thought one of Obama's great problems was that he wasn't experienced enough.

Let THAT sink in

I lived in Alaska back then. Palin was actually something of a reformer who clashed with the hugely corrupt GOP old boys network. She beat GOP incumbent Frank Murkowski in the primary and immediately started to clash with the GOP legislature. The crazy didn't really emerge until later.