We liberals were concerned. Admit it out there leftists. You were befuddled by the impact Sarah Palin had on the race. The polls seemed to be slipping away; moving toward McCain and his new “Ear-mark Queen”. We were not nervous because Palin was a strong pick to be VP. We were nervous because just like the climate that got Bush elected twice, despite the logic that said he should not hold that office, the same strange reasoning seemed to engulf the Palin phenomena.

But don’t despair. The glow of the halo is rubbing off. When you have a thin resume you better make sure the history you do have is clean. As the RNC built up Palin’s leadership story, almost everything she championed in her political biography is crashing down. Especially damning is her earmark requests that included $4.5 million for an airport that served 100 people and $9 million to help the oil companies in Alaska. And of course don’t forget her John Kerry moment in that she was for the “Bridge to nowhere” before she was against it. You want foreign policy credentials? Don’t forget her trip to Iraq to support the troops. Actually she didn’t make it over the Quwait border. That would have been impressive if it was 1990, but that was an old war. You must also add her trip to Ireland to her resume, even if it was just a refueling stop.

What has brought about the winds of change. First, I think the Saturday Night Live skit portraying Palin with Hillary was extremely funny but damning at the same time. The McCain campaign understands this too as they have called the bit “sexist”. This coming after Palin, when asked earlier in the week, said she thought it was funny.

The second factor that has changed the dynamic was the collapse of Lehman Brothers and the subsequent drop in the Stock Market. This has shifted the campaign back on the issues and whenever that happens McCain loses. The Arizona Senator has bungled the talking points in regard to the economy. But you need not be surprised since Phil Graham is his go-to guy on the economy and was the man largely responsible for the conditions that led to the melt down we are experiencing.

As the McCain campaign continues to protect Palin from the evil media (well, except Sean Hannity) and the news of her governing history continues to flow from Alaska, the country will begin to see what an error McCain has made. Just like the real estate and oil bubbles, the Palin bubble is about to burst.