I have no such hope for any of these so-called "friends" of ours in talk radio and the MSM.
90+% of them are still parroting the left-wing's anti-Palin talking points, and those who aren't, are expressing strong doubts that she will run, or if she does, that she stands any chance of winning the nomination, or of beating Obama.
Thankfully, the top tier conservative talk show hosts all agree that she's a force to be reckoned with, and has the potential to not only win the nomination, but to go on and trounce Obama in the general.
Rush, Levin, and Hannity, all sing a completely different tune than what I'm hearing out of the 'back-benchers'. Rush, in particular (and more recently, Levin) is a staunch Palin advocate and defender. Read between the lines of what he says, and it's pretty clear that she's his personal favorite to unseat Obama, and become the 45th president.
For what it's worth, Greta is also in the top tier camp, but she stands nearly alone as a talking head who gives Sarah a fair and unbiased hearing.
Perhaps Chris Wallace could be considered fair after Sunday’s interview and critique of it. I think that Michael Reagan, once the debates commence, will be back in her corner, but who knows? Rush and Levin have been virtual spokesmen for Palin during the last few weeks. THEY don’t want the left to choose our candidates.
Rush indicated that he had a tiff with one of his friends over Palin recently. It’s fair, I think, for some to believe that she is “damaged goods”. But then when I hear her cogently and cleverly express solid principles every day, I tend to think that it won’t be difficult for her to win fair-minded people over to her side.
Her caricature has low ratings. The real Sarah impresses more and more folks each day. I think that we’ll soon be calling her “45”. Bob