The articles coming out are embarrassing themselves. Palin has been found to be correct on the "taxpayers" remarks.

There are some CSPAN interviews of her, and she comes off really sharp on the issues she has to know. You may not agree with her on the issue, or her political stance on drilling, say if you were a green environmentalist, but no one could claim she's an airhead when speaking her case.
She had a really good answer on the issue of tax cuts v. tax raises, when defining "middle class" wages on one of the questions.
She's far from a dullard a la Bush.