Palinsanity vs. Obamania

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting op-ed piece in Newsweek on the Palin/Obama phenomena:

http://blog.newsweek.com/blogs/stump...can-obama.aspx

This struck me:

Obama's resume--his years abroad, his Harvard Law Review presidency, his fluent memoirs, his Illinois legislative record--conforms to a liberal ideal of leadership: worldly, brainy, well-spoken, cooperative. Palin's resume, meanwhile--her working motherhood, her family foibles, her against-the-odds mayoralty and reform-minded governorship--conforms to a more conservative ideal: gritty, down-home, self-sufficient, executive. Obama deserves to lead because he's better than we could ever be, Democrats declaim. Palin deserves to lead because she's one of us, Republicans respond.

Is this a fair characterization of what the political world has evolved to? Or is this guy FOS?