My post makes the point that it hurts her.
Palin has always been able to reach the people as a politician, but now the national media for the first time in her political life, has given her high negatives which she has to overcome, negatives which are not her own but a result of the fake image of the massive media onslaught.
In 2007, she was described by The Weekly Standard as probably the most popular elected official in America, at any level, with negatives of only 7%, that reflects her real self.
She runs for President, people see her, directly, in debates, unfiltered. They like her or they don’t. When do the high negatives become a problem? November 2012? If Palin can’t get the message out as the nominee, lower her unfavorables by just being herself, I dunno.