[HereInTheHeartland]

“Sarah Palin is not the voice of [the Republican] party.””

Let's see; she drew record crowds, energized many of us who were passively on the sidelines before she got in, and added at least 10 points to McCain's numbers.

But I guess that doesn't matter to the “Anonymous’ Senator”.
Maybe his goal is to have the R party also be anonymous.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Governor Palin drew records crowds for three reasons: 1) She was a bolt from the blue about whom few had any background; 2) those who were aware of her policies were those among the drill here, drill now crowd and those who embraced her attempt to reign in corruption; and 3) women in the Republican Party who have waited for conservative women of merit to take their place (as have Republicans who are of Black or Hispanic descent) in the party.

Governor Palin was A) either mishandled by those responsible for grooming her on the international issues or B) needs time to mature and bone up on the issues because the media will relentlessly portray her as a neophyte or dilettante. Her educational background may not EVER satisfy an ever-increasingly educated populace — that's going to be her biggest obstacle.

I doubt very sincerely the religious right will care about that on an subjective basis, but they'd better recognize it on the objective basis.