Palin is a Rovian Candidate - but not quite up to Par.

Sarah Palin is a Rovian candidate, but she doesn't have the broader populist appeal that George W. Bush had. This article in Harpers argues that she fails not because of her shocking ignorance, like most of us assume, but because she worships the false god of Patriotism over her religion, thus alienating mainstream protestants, a key swing constituent of the GOP's religious base (southern baptist, born-again evangelicals, and mainstream protestants).

Very interesting.