Unfortunately, for OCD's, to quit obsessing is impossible -- so the more they publicly rant and rave over her, the more popular she becomes.
It's a bit like telling someone not to look at something -- you have guaranteed that the person will turn and stare.
People who either know little about Sarah or had a negative view of her (especially when jealous, catty, RNC longknives out for her blood continue to obsess over her as much as the brain dead libs) people pay more attention to her.
The reality is, the more exposure of her, the more people find that she really is not the buffoon trailer-trash she has been portrayed.
The other point is, just as people began to feel sorry for Hillary with Bill's public catting around, people who really never cared for Palin (no I don't mean libs but apolitical types) the more sympathy they find for her, especially as a mother whose daughter was defamed by that paragon of virtue, Letterman, etc.
Indeed. The buffoons are slashing themselves to death..... with their own swards. :>)