Lexington has a few good words for Palin

Very few. Lexington of The Economist says Palin deserves to be treated as a pioneer, not dismissed as a crackpot. But Lexington also claims that McCain picked Palin after meeting with her for a mere 15 minutes and argues that was spectacularly reckless. Apparently that was all McCain needed to make a spectacularly successful choice. Incidentally, who said Palin is a crackpot?