Palin is a divisive figure in the GOP, with social conservatives loving her and the fiscal conservatives aghast. She will not be able to unite the party because shes the main reaso so many prominent Obamacons – including Chris Buckley Jr – jumped ship. However she doesnt need to unite the party to win the nomination.

That said, Palin has such low favorables nationwide that if she does win the nomination in ’12, she’ll lose badly to Obama. Romney is a much stronger candidate because he can credibly follow McCain’s model of arguing that he’s an independent-minded politician.

At any rate, 2012 is a long way away and the Dems will definitely have 60 seats if the GOP doesnt get focused.

I don’t see Gingritch in 2012.  He’s too far removed from the public eye and has got too much baggage left over from the 90′s.  If he were to run he’d have done so this year.

No, I’m betting on Palin in 2012.  She’ll have more executive experience to draw from and be more refined.

The party needs Palin and I think she’ll be there for them when they come calling in four years.

I don’t see Palin or Romney as the 2012 nominee in any event. Palin’s got a very negative public image because of her performance in this campaign, and many Republicans blame her for McCain’s loss. Romney’s support this year was pretty shallow, mainly people seeing him as the best of several bad options; I don’t think that gives him a good base for the next round of primaries.

And I’m going to hold him to it. 

We gave him the power.  Now he better fix it….

Elisha Feger’s last blog post..When the second amendment goes horribly awry…

And thank God that racism is now off the table in America.   

No more talk of reparations, or the evils of Jim Crow, or affirmative action. 

Those wounds have been healed, and we’re beyond that now. 

Sorry, that wasn’t clear, as Aziz made the same point, which J.A. was echoing. 

Still, we should let the left celebrate; it’s nice to see them happy for a change.

Tomorrow, they take up the burden of answering for everything that goes wrong with their policies.

Obama Supporter:   "Die, McCain.  Die.  Die.  Die."

Man:  "Now, now…"

Obama Supporter:  "What?  He going to be dead soon anyway."

Yeah… the next four years are going to be full of wonderful leftist tolerance.

I wasn’t talking to Aziz.  I was talking to J.A. Eddy.

Hey! Leave Aziz alone, it’s his time to celebrate a great victory over the half of America he hates.  Must you rain on his spiteful parade?