The Democratic Party establishment absolutely despises Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, in part because of the obvious boost her presence on the Republican ticket gives John McCain in his bid to win the White House come November. But there is actually another, even stronger reason why they hate her so much: If she succeeds in her quest to become the nation’s first female Vice President the Democrats will almost surely lose a huge chunk of one of their most solid voting blocks - female voters.
The problem for the Democrats is that Palin is the polar opposite of the type of woman they want to see attain power in our government. From their point of view, as a pro-choice, “gun toting”, highly successful female Christian conservative, Palin’s election to the second highest office in the land will send a signal to millions of other women that they can indeed succeed in America without the help of “big brother” government.
In the few short days since McCain selected her to be his running mate, Governor Palin has already transformed the political landscape in ways that nobody would have predicted even a month ago. She has become a new kind of role model for girls and women who have been quietly longing for an alternative to Hillary Clinton and all the others who are constantly preaching the “benefits” of big government and a quasi-Socialist agenda. Virtually overnight, countless female voters have come to realize that a woman candidate for high office need not toe the Democratic party line – and neither do they.
While the election of McCain and Palin would certainly be a bitter pill for the Bush-haters to swallow, they would get over it soon enough were it not for the fact that it will also entice legions of women to switch political parties and “grow” in ways that could damage the Democratic party’s chances for electoral success for generations to come. Yes, they would certainly hate to see John McCain become the next President of the United States, but the prospect of Sarah Palin becoming the first American Vice President simply scares them to death.