The facts about Palin and her general cluelessness may not get through to large numbers of those who are predisposed to be charmed by her. Perhaps the news from Wall Street will prompt people to consider Republican economic policy, and at least temporarily set aside their current obsession with a new-on-the-scene personality.

The bad economic news should, very justifiably, hurt the Republican ticket. This has little or nothing to do with the person recently chosen as the vice-presidential nominee.

It's interesting that many of us (not just the OP ~ I'm sure many others would have said something similar) would tend, today, to personalize the GOP ticket as "Palin." That says a LOT about the temporary success prompted by her asscendancy.