Just the people doing the thinking are not talking. Chuckling, yes. But not talking.
***Unfortunately there has been talk. The indicators behind the scenes are that McCain is livid about the press treatment of her, and that he views his relationship with the press differently as a result of this “betrayal”. That means he didn’t foresee it. We’ll probably never know, but we can only proceed from what evidence is presented.
If he is finally feeling betrayed by the press and will view it/them differently (at last) then that is another benefit from all of this.
Maybe he will hear what Democrats are saying about her too and “see the light.”
I understand you strategy perspective, and that you feel this is more happenstance than savvy planning.
The media’s/Obama-ites’ behavior does not necessarily need much emphasis from McCain to be noticed. It is getting noticed plenty right now. Deservedly so, if you saw the “ebay” listing of the Palins’ youngest child, though I suspect it was merely a photoshop.