This kind of full frontal assault happened once before, when Bush II flew onto the carrier and had the whole nation in the palm of his hands. Scared the MSM to death, and they went after him with everything they could. Propped up the terrorists, kept them alive and got them started on the bombing campaign, and they did the bomb story every day until people were so sick of the story that they thought they were sick of the war. It wouldn't have worked, except Bush didn't fight back worth a damn.
Let's hope Palin fights better than Bush.