Sarah Palin was pulled from obscurity when John McCain picked her as his vice presidential candidate, and Americans were forced to decide in a short period of time whether or not she was ready to be second-in-command. Mark Joseph's Wild Card takes readers through an overview of Palin's life and career in politics and comes to the conclusion that she has the potential to be the formidable political figure of our time provided she finds the discipline to thoughtfully study the issues and spend years thinking, reading, writing, and preparing to lead a powerful counterinsurgent movement.