The religious right have been catered to hand and foot in the last 8 years and they aren't about to give up influence. Hence they have become the most influential block in the Republican Party. McCain is not liked by them but he needs them to win an election, it's a mathematical certainty. So he thought, Sarah Palin! Religious nutjob and a woman. Those are two large voting blocks. Perfect!

 

Unfortunately the plan has backfired, as Palin is revealing herself to be a complete moron, dangerously unqualified, even ignorant. The non-religious right conservatives are furious with McCain and many are calling for Palin to step down.

 

The Republican Party gained so much power in recent times because they managed to combine the rural, religious conservatives with the Military and fiscal conservatives. The poorest and the richest. But these groups have little in common and the marriage could never last forever. Karl Rove's "permanent Republican majority" is crumbling.

 

Democrats work for the liberals, the poor, the middle class, racial minorities, the laborers, women, gays, urban, Catholics (and nearly all other religious who aren't Evangelical Christian) etc. They seek to help the greatest number of Americans, people are finally realizing that.

Look at this answer Palin gave in a recent disastrous interview...

 

COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?

 

PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.

 

She clearly just threw out every soundbite she's learned about the economy, resulting in plain gibberish. And yet, about 40% of Americans are still willing to let her become a 72-year-old's heartbeat away from the most important position in the world. It beggars belief.

Is she related to John Prescott?