The real story of this campaign will be how absolutely terrible the female candidates were ultimately treated by the press and the party establishments.
I was totally amazed. If people in the private sector were so openly sexist at best they would have to attend classes to mend their ways. Likely they would be fired. The media and politicians acted as though it was fine to behave so badly.
I had a discussion with my oldest nephew this past May about how women are still discriminated against in business. He was incredulous and insisted it wasn't so. It's nothing to gloat about, but after the Palin campaign, I'm definitely going to email him and ask him if he still believes women are treated equally.