re: #3 Cineaste

cynical but true thought: Many of the disabled (even severely disabled) can and do vote.

Since in general their caregivers decide what to vote for they tend to vote for public health care and services.

Downs people especially tend to get the ballot, so Palin should be happy, in 18 years Trig will be a free vote for whatever she’s running for (unless she dumps him in a home, which is my suspicion!