Every spurious attack angers, energizes and solidifies the conservative base. One more week of this crap and she will be forever insulated. Even if a valid scandal comes up, no one will believe it after all the false alarms.
When Sarah Palin was named VP candidate she immediately:
- Energized the conservative base behind her and whoever she's teamed with.
- Put some of the Hillary voters in play.
- Allowed McCain to run against Congress.
- Stole the thunder from the Democrat's convention.
Since then, we can add a couple more items to the list:
- Demonstrated the huge gap between the MSM "bubble boys" and the rest of the country. They derided her as a pick and now she's more popular than any of the men on the two tickets.
- Showed many feminists to be hypocrites.
- Brought out the misogynists among the Democrats.
- Forced the news media, pundits and other democrats to adopt hypocritical positions. Such as VP requiring more experience than POTUS.
- Got the electorate excited. Would McCain's acceptance speech have garnered such ratings if he had picked Romney?
I'm thinking the country's still 50/50 and the election will come down to the old folks supporting McCain and the kids supporting Obama. The old folks vote, every time. They see it as a sacred duty. We may hear a lot of Obama supporters on Election Day asking: "Dude, when was registration?".