It's gone down, big time. Matt Yglesias uses this as a retort to the many, many people who said that attacking Sarah Palin was bad, that it would cause a backlash, etc. I think it has more to do with the simple fact that, as people have gotten to know Sarah Palin they've come to like her less. And that's totally understandable--her social views are hard right, she's clearly not up to the job of president, and despite having an appealing story and personality she has some sleaze in her background. Plus, there's that (much-lauded!) convention speech that I think was not as effective as many think. She came across as just another partisan Republican while McCain was trying to make a show of bipartisanship.
Still, she's now got a negative approval rating? I didn't think it would happen this fast. My initial thought after that speech--and hearing all the Republicans talk about how they had found their Obama--was that they'd actually found their Hillary Clinton, minus all the policy knowhow. Something tells me that she's not going to be the magic band-aid to bring John McCain into the White House.
