by Eric Dondero

It was late 2009. Two big elections, with national implications loomed. The liberal media orgasmed over the fact that the campaigns of Bob McDonnell for Virginia Governor, and Chris Christi for New Jersey Gov. had not yet invited Sarah Palin to their states to campaign for their elections. Notably, outside of Rudy Giuliani in New Jersey, virtually no national political celebrities participated in either race.

And in 6 short months things have changed dramatically.

From Politico "Demand for Obama wanes among Moderate Democrats":

Some cite the president’s surely busy schedule. Others point to a practice of not bringing in national politicians to appear on their behalf. While these members aren’t necessarily attempting to distance themselves from the administration, there is nevertheless a noticeable reluctance to embrace him by a certain class of incumbent now that the president’s approval rating has fallen to a new low in the latest Gallup survey, 46 percent.

The White House got a taste of the awkwardness to come last week in Missouri when Democratic Senate candidate Robin Carnahan and Rep. Russ Carnahan (D-Mo.) were both no-shows at a fundraiser Obama keynoted in suburban St. Louis. (Sen. Claire McCaskill, an early Obama supporter who received some of the event’s proceeds for her 2012 re-election campaign, did attend.).

Meanwhile, Gov. Palin is criss-crossing the country, appearing for Republican candidates, at local GOP functions, at Tea Party rallies, and even sold-out co-appearances with Glenn Beck. Just in the last few days, she's been to Melbourne and Orlando, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Oklahoma.

And her speeches are punctuated by increased confidence, a sassiness, and a notably more biting tone against the administration.

In Orlando, according to NewsMax she told a packed audience of 1,300:

"These days, the left lectures us, and they apologize for us, and they mock, and they spend the better part of a year talking down to us. Then they tell us that Americans would learn to like their programs if only we were smart enough to understand them.

"Well I’ve got news for them. We understand plenty. We know what they’re trying to do... We don’t like it. We don’t want European-style ObamaCare. We want a system that reflects our values, and our principles, and Americans’ love of freedom... We want solutions that are uniquely American."

Obama meanwhile, went to Missouri late last week. There were empty bleachers. He was off-key and inarticulate. And as the Politico story points out, he was snubbed by the Democrat candidate for US Senate, in Carnahan's own hometown.

But according to the big media mavens, Palin's still the one who's "unelectable."