Arizona state representative and Victory Fund endorsee Kyrsten Sinema wrote an article for the Arizona Daily Star questioning John McCain’s choice of Sarah Palin as his vice presidential nominee.

In a response to an item written by Arizona Rep. Jonathan Paton claiming that Palin cures the Republican Party from the plagues of scandal, spending and war, Sinema notes that while it’s hard to pin any responsibility on Palin for the war, she definitely has her share of excessive spending and scandal.

Now, spending Palin’s got plenty of – she raised taxes to pay for a sports venue in Alaska, and has done more than her fair share of lobbying for Washington pork. She’s also got that little flip flop issue on the Bridge to Nowhere – she supported it, then bashed it. Which one is her real opinion?

And scandal – well, it looks like she’s got plenty of that as well. The investigation into her adminstration’s actions regarding the ex-brother-in-law will be interesting. And her participation in the Alaska Independence Party’s activities (whose platform includes secession from the US) is raising eyebrows around the country right now.

Sarah Palin appears to be a decent person. But we don’t know much about her, of course, since she came to the VP nomination out of nowhere. My largest concern about her nomination is really less about her and more about McCain. Did he make this choice in one afternoon? Or two? Did he draw her name out of a hat after scuttling Lieberman as too liberal?

It’s a risky choice. She’s got plenty of liabilities to offset her evangelical credentials (which is presumably why he picked her). I wonder what will happen next – will things quiet down, or will Palin as the VP become a bigger and bigger story?