1.) Sarah Palin's newness will wear off, her cloud of various ethical scandals and outright lies will come back to bite her, and two months from now she will be seen properly for what she is--Dick Cheney in a skirt, a long-shot gamble to rally the rapidly shrinking Republican base. She will not survive a debate with Joe Biden without America learning that she is a staunch creationist, opposes stem-cell research, and is opposed to choice even in cases of rape and incest. Once the initial sheen wears off, all of these things, and her basic capability to serve as President of the United States, will begin to sink in. Post-election, it will be determined that she cost John McCain more votes than she gained for him.
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