>>Well, Palin obviously really scares the Democrats.
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>>If you believe that "the only bad publicity is an obituary notice" then she's a massive winner. The pregnancy will continue to play out between now and the election with plenty of photo ops and family stories, there may be a marriage or a betrayal (neither will be a problem,) she'll be photographed/spotted repeatedly in airports all over the country with a cute child, a pleasant smile and some down-to-earth commentary... and then when the dirt is dug, people will already feel like defending a new sort of politician who reminds them of the good old days when people never had to lock their doors and mayors would stop for a chat on the street rather than clattering overhead in the taxpayer-funded corporate chopper.
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>Yeah, all is great now, but it could reverse itself completely between now and November...(the whole investigation thing on abuse of power could be the start of it) Of course, at this stage, hard to judge. The media so does like to blow this stuff up and exaggerate - it could be nothing, or could be HUGE.

That seems like a pretty safe prediction ;-)