“At least one savvy politician—Barack Obama—believed Palin would never have time to get up to speed. He told his aides that it had taken him four months to learn how to be a national candidate, and added, ‘I don’t care how talented she is, this is really a leap.’”

—From Todd Purdum’s fascinating profile of Sarah Palin in Vanity Fair

Ha ha ha. Remember when people took her seriously? Looks like Barack Obama was never one of them. No wonder he stayed so calm for that week in August when McCain’s campaign was doing okay.