Politics | Sarah Palin To Palin: No Love From Alaska Home state's media, politicians question McCain's pick By Kevin Spak Posted Aug 30, 2008 1:03 PM CDT Copied John McCain announces there will be changes to the Republican National Convention due to Hurricane Gustav, Sunday, Aug. 31, 2008. Vice presidential running mate Sarah Palin listens at left. (AP Photo/Stephan Savoia) We’ve heard much talk about Sarah Palin from pundits who barely know who she is. But what do her home state papers think of her? Not much, according to Greg Mitchell of the Huffington Post. The two top papers in the state both questioned the pick —and the Anchorage Daily News greeted the announcement with an update on Palin’s “troopergate” scandal. The Daily News also called Palin a “total beginner,” while a columnist at the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner said that though he admires Palin, she’s ‘in no way” qualified. It’s not just journalists, either; state Republicans ripped the pick. Asked to name Palin’s qualifications, the Republican speaker of the House replied, “She’s old enough. She’s a US citizen.” Read These Next New York Times ranks the best movies of the 21st century. Supreme Court gives Trump big win on national injunctions. Actor Sam Rockwell gets residuals from movie he wasn't in. A man has been deported for kicking an airport customs beagle. Report an error