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I agree that Palin was far too coy, and that her hesitation and lack of clarity weren't helpful. At the same time, I just assumed she'd done the math and figured the media had scarred her too badly for her to be able to run. That's my opinion. She would have been a great candidate, but she would have been an already injured candidate before she even began.

I blame the candidates themselves (conservatives) for slicing and dicing each other and for not figuring out which one stood the best chance. Apparently the GOP-e can agree on a candidate. They operate knowing that conservatives can't. Therefore, the split vote belongs to conservatives who ran. Some should have stepped aside MUCH SOONER.

Next, I don't think the GOP is salvageable. I believe it is a wholly owned subsidiary of groups that have been writing its rules for so long that they have fireproofed it from takeover. Tea-parties, reform groups, firebrand leaders — none will be able to shake the hold the old guard has on the GOP. It is best to abandon that failing house and build another.

Finally, I don't want Obama or Romney. I honestly think that one is as bad as the other, so in that sense defeating Obama is not priority one. Priority one is defeating both of them. If Romney is permitted to continue his charade as a conservative, he will ruin the brand name for generations.

It is necessary, therefore, to have true conservatives in rebellion, so that his foolishness is exposed for the future as the liberalism that it is.

How will we do that? By voting for conservatives wherever we find them no matter the letter beside their name.

-"I just assumed she'd done the math and figured the media had scarred her too badly for her to be able to run."

I've struggled with this rationale, but I keep coming back to the 'fighter' part in her. If we were to believe that she was the 'fighter' that she portrayed to be, then why not try? After all, look at what happened to those who were polling even LESS than her at that point in time - how did they make out once the primaries started (Rick and Newt)?

This country is too big and important to rely on the hopes of just one single person or candidate to turn things around towards 'perfection'. The most important thing that I see right now is to put the brakes on the utter destruction that Obama and his administration is doing at lightning speed. I don't want to sacrifice another 4 years (to cement a total of 8 years of his destruction) on mine and my kid's future for the sake of pure 'ideology' of having the optimal choice. I believe that the majority of the country feels this way.