Because I'm a masochist, I spent a little while last night looking through various pro-Palin sites, and I admit I started to feel really bad for these people. Leaving aside Palin herself, the need for these people to be invested in a savior was truly alien to me.
It's the way The Left was caricatured for supporting people like Obama and Dean, though I never came across anyone who thought either of them were Our Saviors. Even the most diehard supporters I came across had quite the practical, if optimistic, view of these men.