You can hope for whatever you want but Sarah Palin isn't going to get into a public fight with John McCain. There is no point in her doing so, just to satisfy those who despise McCain but don't think much of Sarah Palin, either. If Palin attacks McCain, he'll fight back - viciously - and the left will be happy to hold their coats while taking McCain's side, calling Palin 'disloyal' and, all together now: 'extreme'.
Unlike some, I won't go quite so far as to predict that Sarah Palin will run for president, I simply hope she will. If she does, I seriously doubt John McCain will be much of a factor in her campaign. She'll likely accept his predictably tepid endorsement and then, ignore him. Picking a fight with McCain at this juncture (presumably pre-announcement) or at a later date, is counterproductive for Sarah Palin. She doesn't need John McCain and ignoring his sporadic anti-conservative tirades is the best way to diminish him.
She is going to run.
At some point during her campaign, when asked if there is any animus between her and mclame, she ought to just flick her hand like someone brushing a mosquito off her shoulder, toss her hair, wink, smile, and say, “Heck no”.
Can you imagine what the lamestreams would try to read into that?
“She doesn’t need John McCain and ignoring his sporadic anti-conservative tirades is the best way to diminish him.”
Agreed....