[WilliamofCarmichael]

Though Gov. Palin does not have all the bona fides of Barry Goldwater there's a perfect match in one area: she is also feared and thus hated.

Nelson Rockefeller's attitude about Goldwater according to Stuart Spencer (Rockefeller's public relations head in 1964) was, "We had to destroy Barry Goldwater as a member of the human race."

The Conservative Revolution: The Movement That Remade America, by Lee Edwards.

I don't know if Goldwater ever played organized sports -- though he was a brigadier general in the USAF Reserves -- but Ms Palin is a competitor.

She is now free to suit-up and return to the court of public opinion.

The game is about to resume and she is ready to kick some butts.

[Arizona Carolyn]

Personally, I think we are about to see a battle royal for the soul of the GOP and it will be waged between Palin(ites) and Mittens.... she will wage it out front in full view of everyone, he will do as he did in 2008 and do it through minions and Politico and NRO, etc.