[OldDeckHand]

"She needs to devote her time now to changing that number. I think she can do it - this is a woman with enormous personal magnetism. Once people see her and hear her directly instead of through the MSM's filter,"

I think she can do it as well. The question becomes, will she do it. I've seen several pundits give some very quality advice to her the last several days. Unfortunately, some of this advice would result in Palin changing or altering some things that her most fervent supporters love.

You'll frequently see comments like, "don't change a thing Sarah". Unfortunately, if she doesn't improve some aspects of her viability, she'll never begin to reduce her negative numbers. Contrary to what the Palinphiles think, she does need some professional coaching, she does need to improve her vocabulary and she needs to stop speaking in bumper sticker - essentially she needs to become a little more conventional. That's not going to be well received by her base.

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Contrary to what the Palinphiles think, she does need some professional coaching, she does need to improve her vocabulary and she needs to stop speaking in bumper sticker - essentially she needs to become a little more conventional. That's not going to be well received by her base.

I think the people who like her now for her "one-of-us" appeal will still like her as she gains experience and poise. The Gibson and Couric interviews mostly showed me that Palin is very inexperienced with hostile interviews and that the McCain campaign did not have decent media advisers or prep people. Palin's resignation speech made me think she needs better speech writers. But she did a good job in her debate with Biden, and her speech to the convention revealed real star quality - the kind the GOP hasn't had since Reagan.

[PA Engineer]

Contrary to what the Palinphiles think, she does need some professional coaching, she does need to improve her vocabulary and she needs to stop speaking in bumper sticker - essentially she needs to become a little more conventional.

For a newbie you are one prolific poster, especially your manipulative postings of "Governor" Palin. We do not need liberal posters to tell us how to be conservative, nor newbies to come on board pretending to have conservative bona fides.

You better check your posting history if you have a problem with this.