The Anchorage Daily News is running a story titled Choice stuns state politicians. The Republican Senate President says Sarah Palin is "not prepared to be governor", much less Vice President:

[Republican] State Senate President Lyda Green said she thought it was a joke when someone called her at 6 a.m. to give her the news.

"She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?" said Green, a Republican from Palin's hometown of Wasilla. "Look at what she's done to this state. What would she do to the nation?"

It's not just the Republican Senate President who's shocked. The Republican House Speaker was "astonished", and the former House Speaker said, "This can't be happening.":

The early morning news of McCain's pick sent jaws dropping throughout Alaska, with friends waking up friends with "Oh my God, have you heard?" phone calls.

State House Speaker John Harris, a Republican from Valdez, was astonished at the news. He didn't want to get into the issue of her qualifications.

"She's old enough," Harris said. "She's a U.S. citizen."

Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican political leader who has clashed with Palin in the past, was shocked when she heard the news Friday morning with her husband, Walt.

"I said to Walt, 'This can't be happening...'"

With friends like these, I'm not sure Sarah Palin needs enemies.