What you say is probably true, but the die has been cast on Palin.
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The same die will be cast by the same people against any conservative candidate. It is the same thing they did with Bush #2 and with Reagan.
But Reagan had the ability to go through or above the media. Even so, as popular as he was, maybe his landslide victories would have been even bigger with a fair media.
I like Palin, but I doubt she could win a general presidential election.