Even I flirted with the idea of pulling the lever for McCain last night, though on reflection, only if the ticket were Palin-McCain rather than the reverse. But Rod Dreher is more tempted, heading his consideration of the pros and cons with “Last week at this time I was almost certainly not going to vote for McCain. Now I’m likely to do it.” Heck, even Richard Spencer over at Takimag is falling for her.

This is a little blunt, and doesn’t reflect my own thinking since I’m not going to vote for the ticket, but I think Megan McArdle put her finger on the reason for some of the conservative enthusiasm: “Contra my Democratic friends, I’m not sure that voters will see “But McCain really might die in office!” as a bug, rather than a feature.”