America likes aesthetically pleasing, smart women.
Ok, this is the locus of disagreement with you and me, and why we're getting tetchy.
There is a hell of a lot of resentment swirling among women toward each other. Have you heard of the Mommy wars? Do you think that they don't apply to the Republicans the way they applied to Hillary and other Democrats?
There are a lot of older women who will see not themselves in Sarah Palin. I don't see any problem whatsoever for Palin among the men of America, but she's not a gimme for women.