I’m afraid I must dissent, I don’t believe that they’re the least bit afraid of her. Why would they be? They know that the R party has washed its hands of her now that the election’s over, and she’s expendable. Why would they be afraid of someone who doesn’t even have the support of her own party? It must unprecedented that the day after the election, a presidential candidate’s campaign is sniping at the VP running mate. She served her purpose, she’s been cut loose. She wasn’t there long enough to achieve the clout to have any support from the big boys on the Hill.
McCain didn’t have the support of his own party either.