Same low-wattage brain trust that decided having CINO McCain assure voters they had "nothing to fear from an Obama presidency" in 2008 -- and then spending the next four years relentlessly sabotaging the electoral chances of the one Republican (Palin) to whom the conservative voting base would unhesitatingly and unstintingly rally -- was "smart politics," essentially.
The (putatively) "adult" equivalent of crack babies, in other words.
The same ones who helped McCain gift Hussain the election last time.
I have been wondering for quite some time as to why Sarah did not take up the challenge. Maybe it is coming into view now as I suspected when she announced she would not run.
She was better situated to see the landscape with regards to the GOPe and what they would have done again to marginalize her while she also would have been taking it both barrels from the left.
So why not make your case as she did with the bus tour and then continue as a pundit to keep that message going all the while the GOPe would eventually marginalize itself again. I believe she feels that Romney will win but in doing so revert back to the same old Stupid Party tactics of the GOPe that will cause even more to look at her again for a primary challenge in 16. The general public will know they have been fooled twice in essence being mad at both party establishments and at the same time mad at themselves. This is what it will take to get a grand majority to take serious consideration of true outsiders.
By then, both party establishments will have marginalized themselves and voters on both sides will be looking for a true alternative. Ron Paul will be way too old to mount another challenge and his supporters will glob onto anyone espousing small government like she does. Also, if the GOPe continues playing the insiders game when it comes to energy, she will still be there with her wheelhouse experience to answer the call and the direction of true leadership.
In the mean time, we need to focus on getting true conservatives into office on a local, state and national levels. The race for the Texas Senate is a prime example of what can be done if we cultivate and present true conservatives, committed to service and not a career in our pockets, to oust the establishment types. Only then will someone like Sarah have the mandate and honest support to put this whole episode of the last 100 years of our progressive history behind us with a direction and drive to return to the founders ideals.