"She's not qualified"

From McCain Defends Palin's Fitness as Some Alaskans Question It by Tony Hopfinger and Ken Fireman:

To Senator John McCain, his running mate, Sarah Palin, is a "soul mate" who will help him battle corruption in Washington.

People in the Alaska governor's home state -- including a supporter of her last run for office, a former staffer and some residents of her home town -- are less certain of her credentials to be vice president.

“She's a reformer,” said Republican presidential candidate McCain, who is set to accept the nomination at the Republican National Convention, which begins today in St. Paul, Minnesota.

“I have watched her for many years,” McCain said yesterday on Fox News Sunday. “I've seen her take on her own party. This is a person that will help me reform Washington.”

Still, a growing chorus of Alaskans expressed reservations.

“She's not qualified, she doesn't have the judgment, to be next in line to the president of the United States,” Larry Persily, who until June worked in the governor's Washington office as a congressional liaison, said in a phone interview.

A supporter of Palin's campaign for governor, Jim Whitaker, the Republican mayor of Fairbanks, also questioned Palin's readiness to serve as vice president.

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