Sarah Palin, Voted Miss Popularity of the Republican Party

Sixty-nine percent (69%) of Republican voters say Alaska Governor Sarah Palin helped John McCain’s bid for the presidency, even as news reports surface that some McCain staffers think she was a liability.
Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
Ninety-one percent (91%) of Republicans have a favorable view of Palin, including 65% who say their view is Very Favorable. Only eight percent (8%) have an unfavorable view of her, including three percent (3%) Very Unfavorable.

Considering the short time that she had on the national stage, not much more than two months she did a great job impressing the base. In that short time she ran from a unknown to a contender for the leadership of the party.
On the other hand the amount of hate and vitriol directed at her by the lefties in the media certainly had an effect. The same story says that “81% of Democrats and, more importantly, 57% of unaffiliated voters had an unfavorable view of her.” Well the fact is that these people really never got to know her over the noise the media addressed.
The post election fallout reminds me of the treatment the press always gave Reagan before, during and after he was President. They constantly trotted out people to denigrate Reagan’s intelligence or judgment. The thing is that it didn’t work with Reagan. He was able to connect directly with the public which is something that Sarah Palin seems to be able to do as well.
The lefties in and out of the media are scared to death of Sarah Palin. This lady is going to be a force in national politics in the years to come.
Note I notice that Robert108 got to this story before I did. However I had a take on it that I thought was worth doing.