knicks742 wrote:^^^
American doesn't hate her. Democrats do. She is very popular with the Republican voters.
I don't think that's accurate.
I think republicans are supporting her because they have to. It's her or Mr. Obama and that's not much of a choice for a republican.
Some republicans have spoken out against her publically and there was talk about removing her from the ticket prior to the debate. that's not democrats who get to decide that, it's only publicans. How well liked could she be if there was talk about removing her? That's only happened once that I know of. It's got to be pretty bad to remove a VP.
People are saying that she did a "good job" on the debates, but she still lost. According the polls I saw, 20% of republicans thought Biden won the debate. 11% of democrats thought Palin won, and overall, and the consensus among independents is that Biden clearly won the debate.
I cannot agree with you when you say "Sarah Palin is very popular" among republicans - she's what they've got, and I think people like her, but as a VP selection, she is NOT popular, even among republicans. She's drawn mixed feelings from her party, and she's disliked by women and by democrats.
I don't want to make it sound like she's hated - I don't hate her, I just hate her politically, because she's a slogan machine and she doesn't even know where she stands on most of the issues. She's the most incompetent person to ever get this close to the whitehouse.