[NativeNewYorker]

Sarah is a charismatic Conservative. As such, she is anathema to the press, and MUST be demonized/destroyed. That’s all there is to it.

[yarddog]

They are trying and probably will accomplish the same thing they did to Dan Quayle.

They are trying to destroy her.

[Big Horn]

Sarah is a charismatic Conservative. As such, she is anathema to the press, and MUST be demonized/destroyed. That’s all there is to it.

You got it and it will be over my dead body. She is super great.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Sarah is a charismatic Conservative. As such, she is anathema to the press, and MUST be demonized/destroyed. That’s all there is to it."

Well, that's part of it, but the other part is that the "inside-the-beltway" types inside the Republican party are making a pre-emptive attempt to keep "outside-the-beltway" Palin from becoming a "party power".

Palin was the only part of the McCain campaign that actually WORKED.