Sounds like the “experts” (MSM) have moved from denial and anger, and are now into the bargaining stage of grief. “If Palin has to be the VP pick, could her star power fade out by Nov 4 so our guy can President?”
Look at the situation this way - Barack Hussein Obama, Jr., the charismatic, messianic Magic Negro, could sustain his star power for over a year and a half, with vastly MORE exposure to critical comment, than even the most concentrated barrage that can be set up over the next seven weeks or so.
There is just not enough time to overtake the huge emotional surge that has borne Sarah Palin into the heartland of America.
Should the McCain-Palin ticket manage to gain entry to the Oval Office, do not expect the caustic attacks to stop. They will only get more carefully crafted and work at more arcane points than the head-on collision by a locomotive that was the first response to Sarah bursting upon the scene.
For right now, Sarah has them discombobulated.