Froma Harrop has seen Palin for what she is. She's a woman, yet she is the antithesis of what the majority of women want in a candidate.
Harrop may be very sorry when MCain-Palin gains the Whitehouse. And Harrop will share the blame. Harrop has been a huge Hillary supporter -- throwing her share of scare bombs about Obama.
EXAMPLE: Sophisticated commentary now notes the growing creepiness of the Obama campaign: Its aversion to substantive policy discussions. The sermonizing — “In the face of despair, we believe there can be hope.” And the messianic bit — “At this moment in the election there is something happening in America.” (That would be he.) - Froma Harrop - Vaporous Obama obscurity irks centrists - Feb 2008.
There is much more of that. Froma did her share to tear the Democratic party candidate down.
Too bad Harrop couldn't separate out the fact that while Hillary and Obama do not share two X-chromosomes, they do share almost the exact same policies.
Froma, you reap what you sow. Sorry you didn't come on board earlier to support the Democratic party principals when it could have done some good.

Interesting column today. I did not see any reference to Senator Obama's characterization of small town America.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/14/barackobama.uselections2008?gusrc=rss&feed=networkfront

I suppose his comments are not divisive if you consider they were made to an audience in San Francisco that wants to believe Obama's characterization of a large segment of America. I note that he continued to defend the remarks after being questioned about them

Gov. Palin's comments were divisive because they were made on national television as opposed to at a San Francisco fundraiser? Gov. Palin's comments were divisive because they were positive comments about small towns and not derogatory remarks about people who are presumably not like Senator Obama?

So, we hicks, rednecks, and yahoos are being divisive? Just exactly how are pundits and the MSM behaving when it uses such pejoratives freely in reference to rural and small-town folks?
The 2000 census tells us that 17 percent of the US population lives in "nonmetropolitan" areas. Exactly where the line is drawn between "metropolitan" and "non-metropolitan" areas isn't clear. Nor does this demographic describe the millions of us from rural and small-town roots who live in metropolitan areas by necessity, but long to return to our non-metropolitan roots. Indeed, the 2000 census indicates a net out-migration from metropolitan to non-metropolitan regions over time.
We hicks are drawn away from big-city life largely for spirtual fulfillment and authenticity. We prefer to grow our own vegetables and raise or hunt our own meat for personal fulfillment. We don't face ridicule if we drive a pickup truck in order to haul lumber, rather than drive a Prius to demonstrate our conformity to "green" correctness. And small-town women don't need silicone implants to validate themselves.
And we're damned tired of being ridiculed by urban pundits who suffer from perpetual hypoxia by carrying their noses so high into the stratosphere.
Colorado Hick