Joe Trippi, the man who created Howard Dean’s online efforts and managed the campaign of John Edwards, warns his fellow Democrats not to just laugh off Sarah Palin’s candidacy. In fact, he says, the “inexperienced” bit could be engineered by Team McCain.

McCain picked in Palin someone who has taken on the corruption in the GOP in Alaska, turned against her own party’s establishment, and fought for reform.

The McCain/Palin duo will challenge Barack Obama’s claim of “a new kind of politics” and chastise Obama and Democratic vice presidential Nominee, Joe Biden, for their “silence” in taking on corruption in their own party in Illinois, Delaware and Washington, DC.

The McCain campaign intends to claim that “more of the same” in Washington means Barack Obama and Joe Biden and will make the argument that if you want to “shake things up” then McCain and his reform minded running mate from Alaska will get the job done.

My initial reaction was that in picking Palin, McCain had taken away the argument that Barack Obama wasn’t ready to be president. I now think my initial assessment on that score was wrong. Over time, the McCain team will insinuate that if you think a first-term Governor isn’t ready for the number 2 slot, are your really sure that a first-term Senator is ready for the number 1 spot?

That why other bloggers and I have been saying for days. If an inexperienced governor isn’t ready for the vice presidency, how the hell is an inexperienced senator ready for the presidency? Someone should ask Tom Daschle to explain that.