80% to 93% approval ratings means unifying, not polarizing.
and 80, 85, 88, and 93% does not leave many demographic leafs unturned.
And that my friend is proof of someone, that in between the normal media assaults that all conservatives endure in between self advertising election campaigns, wins people of all persuasions to her support.
NO, NO, NO.
OK...one at a time....just so you understand.
1. The approval ratings you cite above were from Alaska...and ONLY Alaska
2. You have no idea (nor do I, truthfully) as to how the polls were done, nor the sample of the population that responded.
3. To be sure....these are both significant and "great" numbers for a governor. I don't believe any governor of any state ever achieved anything even remotely close to that.
4. That said....these data were compiled BEFORE she became a national figure. You simply cannot apply data gathered in a "tiny" state (population-wise) and apply it to the present time and circumstance. You just can't.
I'm pretty sure you know that there is a huge gap between the "left" and the "right" in this country. A "unifying" or "uniting" individual would be required/tasked to join or unite at least some of these two sides.
In Mrs. Palin's case...this hasn't, isn't, and won't happen. Period.
Hell, she's even "divided" (or to use the "evil" word - "polarized") the right (or repub/rino/conserv/tparty)! She does not have even grudging support from all members of the Republican party. I might even go so far as to say that some actually hate her (Krauthammer, O'reilly, j. williams, m mcconell, etc.). This does not signify "unification".
Understand...please...I am a Palin supporter. I am sure she would make a wonderful - if not great - president. But is she a "uniter"??? No. Hell No!
But that's fine by me. I'll march in her "army" and be united with others of similar mind and political bent. But I will never, ever kid myself into believing that because she "is now president" that a mass unification of "left" and "right" will occur. It won't. Truth be told, the division will become deeper and wider. Hatred knows no boundaries, no law, no rules. It just hates. And - unfortunately - Mrs. Palin is hated (to some greater or lesser degree) by many voters in this country. And that is not going to change. Not now, not ever.
I support your support of Mrs. Palin. But if we (you, I, and others) are going to go to war with her, we'd better understand clearly one thing. This is, in fact, a war. It is a war against those who would tear this country apart. Bankrupt it. Destroy it. And leave an empty shell for our children to live in. I don't want that. And if I must fight to prevent it, than I will....along with Mrs. Palin.
But...and it'a big BUT...there are just as many enemies that would have all of us shipped out or destroyed could they manage it. And if they can't, they'll settle for tearing our country apart and bringing it down around our collective ears.
"Uniter"??? Mrs. Palin??? No...not by any measure you'd care to name. "Polarizer"??? You BETCHA! And high time too!