Heck, I would be astounded if someone of her limited skills was selected to lead my local PTA.

Once again, your links don’t say what you claim they do. What you link to for Dems realizing their attacks are “doing little to help them” actually is a rant on the silliness of the unfounded personal attacks on Palin (I agree secret baby stories are silly). If you’d like to have a link that discusses the success of the Dem attack, here’s your good friends at Kos, pointing out that Palin’s favorables have gone from 52% (Sep 11) to 41% (Sep 19). Her unfavorable ratings have gone from 35% (Sep 11) to 46% (Sep 19). I’d say that a ten point swing on each is decently effective. It’s not the most conciliatory post, but here’s the link if you’d like to check the numbers: http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/19/11359/9896/418/603674