The woman didn't get where she is by being an idiot. I think she should have had a chance to speak for herself. People have put up all sorts of fragments of her writings or speeches, culled things from many years ago, etc. If she was an embarrassment, I'm sure she would have been quietly told to withdraw at that time, and because she seems to be very loyal to Bush, I'm sure she would have done so.
I still will never understand why people didn't want to hear her out. I will also never understand the venom that went into some of these posts, where people on the one hand called her a lesbian while others decided that she had had an abortion and yet others spent their time criticizing her make-up.
I've mentioned it numerous times...If she proved to be too liberal for the Republicans, the Democrats plus a few of the liberal Republicans could still vote her in...The sad thing is, FR seems to loaded with plenty of Rinos who would side with the Dems as well...
Fortunately, there are still enough people across the country that made enough noise that the President came out of his trance and did the smart thing...