My sister, God love her, is a unrepentant liberal. She’s a retired government school teacher and apparently the long-time union indoctrination finally overcame her conservative raising. She’s 73 and reliably votes Democrat.
But even she is appalled at the hysterical attacks on Sarah Palin by the Drive-By Media. If she sees it, we can be sure anyone who’s on the fence will notice it also.
I think you are correct. I’ve heard of several elderly (older than me) hardcore Democrat women who just can’t take Obama. They just plain don’t like him.