“Sarah Palin’s Problem” is that under-30 voters have accepted the comedy show caricature of her hook, line, and sinker. There’s no way back from that - she’ll be a joke to them forever.
“...she’ll be a joke to them forever.”
Well, hopefully only until their hero makes it impossible for them to find decent jobs, earn a living wage, buy a nice home, and furnish it. Then he takes away some of their freedoms, and forces them to ‘volunteer’ for the state. Then, maybe, they’ll stop laughing and start taking their citizenship more seriously. It’s easy to be a liberal when your parents are paying the bills and you have no responsibility.
Not necessarily. After all, four years is a long ways away. She could do a superb job as governor in the meantime, also learn the ropes in how to do PR and handle the media.