This was always going to be a hard mountain for Palin to climb. That said, I suspect that the fix was in to save the Times from Discovery.
The left tried to destroy that woman minutes after accepting the VP candidacy and it has never stopped. The whole “cross hairs” thing was ALL on the left especially Moveon.org. The left are the scum who targeted (cross hairs) Rep. Giffords leading to the horrific murders and maiming by a freak leftist.