Nate Silver's advice:
To defuse the Sarah Palin Phenomenon, Democrats need to explicitly give voters permission to both like her as a person and then also not vote for her.
But the press and the blogosphere first need to find out as much about her as we can - so voters can make up their minds with fact, not mere feeling.
This article available online at:
http://www.theatlantic.com/daily-dish/archive/2008/09/permission-to-like/211616/
