Why is the right so afraid of the media and what they think?
This is an issue and will be until Dan Rather produces the real one.
The right isn't afraid of the media, but the pseudo right is. That would be RINOs and other liberals.
The right has always had the truth on their side. When a politician absorbs conservative principles and makes them their own, they cannot be cowed by the running dog press.
Sarah is showing the rest of the Republican political class how it's done. Many will experience major personal realizations watching her, and will find their own courage, through truth. Some won't. We will know them by how far they stray from the new benchmark being set by Sarah Palin.