Some are trying to make hay about the Republican National Committee spending $150,000 to outfit Sarah Palin on the national stage. While it may not be the best move politically (although I’ve seen no indication it has hurt her among her base), there’s nothing particularly scandalous about it.

As long as she doesn’t keep the clothing, and she has no intention of doing so, there’s nothing illegal about it. What’s to happen to the expensive outfits when she no longer needs them? They’ll be auctioned-off to benefit charities, according to the RNC. So while it may not look right to some, it’s hardly the scandal it’s being made out to be.

Mark Tapscott is slamming the RNC for the outfitting, though.

Every time I think the campaign professionals at the Republican National Committee can’t possibly do anything else to sink the party, they do something else that simply defies logical explanation. Like taking a candidate who epitomizes Middle American values and spending $150,000 to dress her up in Saks Fifth Avenue finery.

Apparently, they just couldn’t stand the thought of a GOP candidate for vice president actually wearing the same clothes on the campaign trail that she wears in real life. No, they had to go make her look like … one of them.

That’s great, but what would’ve happened if she dressed like the common man? As Ed points out with Katherine Harris, she would’ve been pilloried by the same media now slamming her for getting all outfitted as a VP candidate.

I eagerly await Team Obama’s condemnation of this distraction from the real issues. After all, if Obama’s association with a domestic terrorist isn’t important, how is the cost of Sarah Palin’s clothing a top issue?