I am going to go out on a limb and suggest that most independents do not think that Gov. Palin is a bimbo. They see her as a good, decent person and an effective leader.
The media can cast her as being a bimbo all it wants but I think that most people who have conservative leanings already think more highly of Gov. Palin than they let on.
I think you’re probably correct for a good portion of the country, but I’m up here in the Northeast where Palin-trashing is proper cocktail party drivel.