Sarah, We Hardly Knew Yah.

Republican pundits have been whining for weeks that Palin is floundering so badly because the McCain campaign won't let her cut loose and be herself. She's too stage managed, they complain, too controlled. Let pistol packin' Sarah be pistol packin' Sarah, unplugged.

I think they have.

Since her selection as John McCain's running mate, the Republican National Committee spent more than $150,000 on clothing and make-up for Gov. Sarah Palin, her husband, and even her infant son, it was reported on Tuesday evening.

I guess shopping at Saks Fifth Avenue and Neiman Marcus with an RNC gold card beats moose hunting on the Alaskan tundra in a coon skin cap and buffalo hides. Go figure.