Sinatra, I will hold you to that silly statement. No wonder we are going to lose again. We have idiots who think like you thinking they understand what is going on. OK, I am writing slowly ~ Sarah cost us 2008, she cost the GOP the 23rd NY district. She is not going to be given a place at the table in the future. That is why she is making all the money she can from folks like you. And, yes, I will remind you of this post at the right time.
Do you think I come in here out of idle time? Not quite...
Trust me - if not now you will later, the Palin influence is legit within the Republican Party. There is a backlash from the imbedded Republican elite - the same group during the Bush era, who did great damage to the brand name and ran scared from the core conservative values that once made the party so dominant on a national scale.
Whether or not Palin herself will be the vehicle for change remains uncertain - but what is certain is that the idea of Palin WILL emerge as the dominant factor in the coming 2010 election. There are powerful forces now aligning from within the party that are finally understanding what took place last summer, and continues to foment now.
NY23 was not a loss - it was a message that struck fear in both spineless Republicans and liberal Democrats. And yes, that seat WILL return to Republicans in 2010.
Internal polling already shows this to be the case. If you don't understand the message of that election then you don't understand what is going on with the party right now.
There is an ongoing fight within the Republican Party machine, but as stated, forces are now falling in place and a new direction will emerge. It has taken place before, and is doing so again - and "Palinism" is now a quickly emerging and powerful force within that change.
The party in far greater dissaray right now is the Democrat Party. Watch the next 3-6 months - it's gonna get very-very ugly for them. The infighting is becoming epic...[/QUOTE]
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