This whole pregnant daughter thing is a non-issue --- a private family matter. It will probably be more of an issue for the social conservative and religious-right elements of the GOP that Palin was supposed to attract. Some will wonder if Palin lives the "family values" life she is supposed to be living and wonder about her parenting skills, and others will point to the decision to actually have the baby as evidence of the family's pro-life beliefs. I personally couldn't give a flying fart either way.

I will say though that the abistinance-only sex education policy that Palin advocates does not work. It obviously did not work with her own daughter. Maybe if her daughter had been taught something about contraception, she would not have got knocked up.