The media would NOT rejoice.
Actually, they would rejoice. She would suddenly become smart, Russia wold be proven to be seen from her house, her kids would be off limits, she would suddenly be sophisticated and hip, and they would fawn over her every word being championed as a wonderful candidate.
Are you kidding? If Palin switched parties, the media would immediately declare her the smartest white woman on earth and begin babbling about her wonderful homespun ways and her brave struggle raising a mentally challenged baby while balancing work and home lives.
They only hate her because they deep-down respect and are scared to death of her political potential. This ain't your grandfather's GOP. They know how to beat an elitist establishment GOP/RNC of Steele/McRomneybee.
“The media would NOT rejoice.”
Disagree. They would declare that Sarah had “matured”.
Of course, “mature” in their language means that your brain has atrophied and that you were no longer capable of doing anything save processing food into bull-Obama.
Ergo- she’d be a dim-bulb-crat.