"Scholars" (I call B.S.) question Palin credentials

The key to this report -Scholars question Palin credentials- lies in the update:

Update: After reading this article, the McCain campaign issued the following statement: "The authors quote four scholars attacking Gov. Palin's fitness for the office of Vice President. Among them, David Kennedy is a maxed out Obama donor, Joel Goldstein is also an Obama donor, and Doris Kearns Goodwin has donated exclusively to Democrats this cycle. Finally, Matthew Dallek is a former speech writer for Dick Gephardt. This is not a story about scholars questioning Governor Palin's credentials so much as partisan Democrats who would find a reason to disqualify or discount any nominee put forward by Senator McCain."

I, uh, question their objectivity. And common sense.

UPDATE: The "scholars" in question stated, among other things:

... Joel Goldstein, a St. Louis University law professor and scholar of the vice presidency. “Being governor of a small state for less than two years is not consistent with the normal criteria for determining who’s of presidential caliber,” said Goldstein.

“I think she is the most inexperienced person on a major-party ticket in modern history,” said presidential historian Matthew Dallek.

That includes Spiro T. Agnew, Richard Nixon’s first vice president, who was governor of a medium-sized state, Maryland, for two years, and before that, executive of suburban Baltimore County, the expansive jurisdiction that borders and exceeds in population the city of Baltimore.

I guess Jon Edwards, whose political expertise at the time he became Sen. Kerry's running mate included almost 6 years in the Senate, without any other elective office history or any experience in executive matters whatsoever even as the mayor of a town of 9,000 or as governor of a state, was overlooked for some reason.