Palin, for now, defies that pattern. Vast swaths of the GOP have taken to her like caribou to the Alaska countryside. But what happens when her spell begins to wear thin, when her misrepresentations and mischaracterizations of Obama are seen for the partisan sniping that they are?
As one of those under the Palin spell, I assure you that those of us who were truly excited about the pick will be standing by her barring some kind of
actual scandal. The fact that her approval ratings are so high in Alaska should clue the partisans in that she's a very skilled, likable politician and that turning her into a monster is going to be a tough sell.
Mostly, all I've seen is one-handed reporting from DailyKos. Calling those diaries half-truths would be generous.
