QotD: Experience & and the (vice) presidency

Sarah Palin has received arsenals of flak for her youth, "inexperience" and potential proximity to the presidency. Clifford May of National Review kicked off his recent column (here) with this gem:

Let’s be blunt: If John McCain wins the election and drops dead during his first year in office, someone not very experienced will become president. But the same is true if Barack Obama wins the election and doesn’t drop dead during his first year in office.

The same is summed nicely by this political cartoon:

Cartoon by Eric Allie