The Economist agrees: McCain shows poor judgment

That vaunted bastion of free-market economics, The Economist, has published an article outlining what McCain's VEEP selection says about his poor decision-making.

Mr McCain’s appointment also raises more general worries about the Republican Party’s fitness for government....

The Palin appointment is yet more proof of the way that abortion still distorts American politics. This is as true on the left as on the right. But the Republicans seem to have gone furthest in subordinating considerations of competence and merit to pro-life purity. One of the biggest problems with the Bush administration is that it appointed so many incompetents because they were sound on Roe v Wade. Mrs Palin’s elevation suggests that, far from breaking with Mr Bush, Mr McCain is repeating his mistakes.