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I think you're making a lot of false assumptions here. If you want to discount the group that yelled they didn't want Palin to run for president, that's fine, no big deal but I doubt very much they were a rent a mob from moveon.org but whatever, it doesn't matter.

However, the vote is a whole different matter. There is tremendous significance in the fact that Palin got no more than 35 write in votes. If Palin is as popular and in as much demand as the Palin fans believe her to be, people should have been crawling over broken glass to get to vote for her. They didn't, they are nonexistent.

Iowa's job is NOT to choose the winner--our job is to winnow the field. Pawlenty did not meet expectations and saw the handwriting on the wall and he dropped out. He knows the money is not going to be there.

If Palin is smart, she will look at this dismal showing and not run, Huntsman also needs to get a reality check, along with Newt. Those on the bottom need to drop out and let the support from them go to those still in the race.

For those who think votes are paid for, this quote by an Iowan at the SP is typical: "Got free tickets from Paul, ate Santorum’s food. Voted for Herman Cain."

This will eventually shake out.

I think you're making a lot of false assumptions here.

Lik what for example?

” If you want to discount the group that yelled they didn't want Palin to run for president, that's fine, no big deal”

If it's not a big deal how come you used that as one of your main talking points in your post?

“but I doubt very much they were a rent a mob from moveon.org but whatever, it doesn't matter.”

They acted and sounded like a rent a mob from moveon.org.(If it wlks like a duck...) Meanwhile, you are yet to provide any evidence that this small group of extremist crazies had anything to do with the GOP or the primaries.

“However, the vote is a whole different matter. There is tremendous significance in the fact that Palin got no more than 35 write in votes.”

In the minds of the anti-Palin nuts perhaps. In real life, its of little significance. These votes were bought and paid for at the rate of a a few dollars per vote.
If I recall correctly, McCain did not even bother to participate in the Iowa Straw Poll at all in August 2007, and in January 2008, he only came in 4th in the Iowa Caucus with only 13.1% of the vote, as against the 34% of the vote that Mike Huckabee (who won the Iowa Caucus) got. Who ended up winning the GOP nomination?
Hint: It sure wasn't Mike Huckabee.