btw, just an aside here, i see more people now with "Palin supporter" on their facebook page than i did before the election. She's gaining strength and will likely start campaigning in 2010.
just read her facebook supporter page :
Login | Facebook and check the roughly 65,000 posts and 500,000+ supporters...
and yes, these people vote.
as for this particular issue: i think both daschle and palin made a mistake and i don't think it was intentional. It is ENTIRELY too easy to mess up filling out your taxes and miss paying something that may be politically damaging. I'm not a fairtax advocate bc i don't like their setup yet, but we definitely need something easier/better than the current encyclopedia of tax codes.