This unceasing barrage of Palin unelectability stories coming from the Left is actually rather laughable. If Palin is so “unelectable”, simple logic would dictate that the Left remain silent, laughing up their sleeves in anticipation of another cakewalk to the White House in 2012. Why warn the Republicans against selecting yet another bad presidential candidate like McCain? The truth IMHO is actually quite the reverse; they are patently terrified of running against her.
The motives behind similar stories emerging from the Right are far more prosaic. A number of individuals are eyeing a run for president and Palin is “in the way”. Also, on a more subterranean level, I think the current power brokers within the Republican party see Mrs Palin as a real threat to their grip on the levers of the Republican party.
Bingo.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
Many people like Sarah Palin for the same reason that the Republican elites hate her--she isn't willing to "go along to get along" with the Democrats, and she won't cover for RINOs who do. Sarah's election would mean the political death of the RINOs who have been selling out this country for years, and the RINOs know it. If RINOs hate Sarah, that's good. The only way for conservatism to win is for it to stamp out those who would undermine it; the more quickly the RINOs draw the battle lines, the easier that will be.