Why is it automatically assumed that the female candidates named are unpopular simply because they are female and the reverse for the male candidates? I like Bachmann as a candidate and have support he, but am not ready to chalk up her polling problems to her gender. As for Palin, I am not crazy about her as a candidate, but that opinion has nothing to do with her gender.
I don’t think this is about gender nearly as much as it is about executive experience. Bachmann has little to none. Palin has some, but IMO, not enough, especially when you consider how small the population of Alaska is.