Obviously you found a good number of reasons to support Palin which is great. My point, she was on the last ballot with all those things on the table and didn't get the vote. I don't think any of the attributes you listed is a reason the left should fear Palin.
Again, these conservative ideas were on the ballot against a guy who said he would raise taxes on the top 5%, put us in more debt with a new health care program and had just voted in a $700 Billion bailout package with a promise that more was on the way. He was said to be a no eperienced socialist, Marxist, Muslim, big spender that palled around with terrorist and this guy won the election.
You have to come to grips with the truth that a lot of people vote for the person and not their ideas. Unfortunately Conservatives or Liberal ideas don't win elections, most people vote for who they like...
McCain drew about 800 in FL.
Palin drew about 3K to 10K
Obama drew over 100K.
See how it works?