Palintology.

The hope that Democrats would so want a woman in the Executive Branch backfired,
and the photos show someone very out of place with the caliber to people she is expected to be a peer to.

However, a large percentage of the fundamentalist socially conservative GOP base has not abandoned Sarah Palin. Now that she is being almost universally attacked in the media; they are likely becoming more ferociously protective.

Why? For Democrats, it is baffling; not only the appeal of Palin, but how anyone could even consider voting Republican.

Jonathan Haidt, a University of Virginia associate professor of moral psychology, published an essay recently entitled, "What Makes People Vote Republican?" which shows some compelling arguments about how liberals miss the boat in connecting with non-liberals. He points out that conservatives can understand how liberals think, they just don't agree with many of their beliefs. But liberals just can't understand many conservative points of view.

He also links to www.YourMorals.org, which is a very interesting set of quizzes about morality, beliefs, political views, social issues, etc.