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She herself may not succeed, but what she represents likely will.
And this is where you and I disagree. I think some of what she represents may succeed, but for the most part what she represents is really why the ticket lost so many potential votes. While people have praised she isn't one of the "Old boys" in DC, unfortunately she is too new on the scene, in that she does not have enough understanding about the job of VP and all of the issues that go hand in hand with the role. Her stance on abortion, while garners vast votes from the pro lifers, is so extreme, it pushes away those who may have been able to see voting for GOP for being so. Politicians have to walk a fine line on stances in order to get the people on their side. Palin has done the opposite in most cases and only pandered to one portion of the entire country. And that one portion is not enough to get the vote. And the GOP party has taken note of that.
Both sides have needed a breath of fresh air, new ideals, and new excitement. It so happened that this time around, with the lowest polls on approval ratings to Bush combined with a fairly new guy, who still has a list pf experience in the govt, and has ideals that excite the country, the Dems have exactly that. You are correct that it is
not Obama himself everyone is excited for. And I think the majority of people out there realize what his goals are may not come to fruition the way he wants, or quickly. But it's for what he is representing, a new change, and change that can be made with tweaks that can still benefit the country as a whole that has skyrocketed him to where he is today. We can look at where our country is today and understand what has been done the last decade or so has not worked. And a change is desperately needed.
Again, it's why I would be very surprised if Palin is top of the GOP ticket next time around. They can garuntee she fills stadiums. They can gauruntee at least one portion of the Americans love her. But they have also seen how many people she pushed away from the party. And if they want any chance at winning, they will reorganize, come up with a plan, and get the change going from within, and find someone who can go across the aisle to get things done, and not be so extreme.
But then again we will see if my predictions hold true in 4 years from now. Until then vive la change
