What Palin Could Have Said...

Sarah Palin could have stolen the show last night, had she just used one of Tina Fey's lines from Saturday Night Live.

What if she had said, "I'd like to use a Life Line" and followed it up with her well-known smile and then her answer.

She would have cracked up the audience and showed the nation that she can ride with a joke.

There was one point when she almost lapsed into Fey's (and her own from the Katie Couric interview) "I'll get back to you." It looked to me like she was playing with that in the back of her mind, weighing her options and asking herself whether she could get away with it, and then deciding that Papa John would not like it.

All in all, she did pretty well. She studied hard, and she remembered most of her answers. What we must remember, though, is that she doesn't know the answers. She remembers well what she has been told.

Soccer Mom Wears Wedding Ring Now

When Soccer Mom was introduced to the world, I noticed that she was not wearing a wedding ring. Well, lots of married women don't wear wedding rings. Certainly, there is nothing inherently wrong with not wearing a ring, but I was at least curious. I don't even think she was wearing one in her first national interview with Charles Gibson.

But the McCain camp must have gotten through to her. In this week's news photos of Soccer Mom meeting with world leaders (so they say), guess who is wearing a wedding band? Yep! Sarah.

Anyone else notice this?