The second answer is quit underestimating the enemy. The Obama people knew we were down after the loss Tuesday night: Wednesday they launched the attack.
They're ingenious, ruthless and currently way ahead of us, in terms of modern political warfare.
I didn’t believe the stories about Palin to begin with- it sounded like spiteful gossip to me or someone wanting her to take a fall for the loss. It is a good possibility it was someone that wanted to remove her from the playing field.
It it was a hoax from the start it still may go back to one of the above reasons. We’ll see.