No, but the multiple corruption charges in her brief stint as governor and her refusal to cooperate with them, her husband's refusal to testify according to his role in the hiring and firing of governmental employees, financial mismanagement of the town in which she was mayor and social issues like charging women for the cost of their rape kits and attempting to ban books from the town library... These are valid criticisms, and should be addressed, setting aside nonsense like her asinine lipstick comment and confusing whether Freddie Mac was a governmental entity. She shouldn't be underestimated, but neither should she be lauded as a reformer. She appears to be exactly the opposite.

As to whether she's important, she's far more important than Biden. Biden would be veep to a remarkably healthy fortysomething man in excellent physical condition. Palin would be veep to a seventysomething with multiple physical problems and stands a one-in-three chance of becoming president by McCain's death. By all rights, the spotlight should be on her as hard as on the presidential candidates.