You are correct.
DUers are thrilled to death that he punched Palin below the belt. They are reading this as deliberate, which is why I think the National media is picking it up.
This reminds me of the ending of that movie the Dead Zone. Except instead of holing up a baby to be shot, the candidate calls a female VP candidate a pig in lipstick.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus