My prediction:
The day Palin announces (presuming she will, sure hope so) this place will go nuts.
Volume will double.
People need actual motivation. We’ve been frustrated for so long. “My friends”, and everything else. George Bush calling some “vigilantes”.
The increasing uselessness of the GOP is the problem.
Turn around the GOP, and you set FR into orbit.
I'm thinking you've answered the question. After all the years of FR effort, we were left without leadership at the National GOP level. We got a GOP Congress that spent like a 'drunken sailor' with 'W' in the White House. Then they hit us with McCain. Sometimes, people just get tired carrying a heavy load when there is no leadership.
I worked hard to defeat Gore and Kerry. Then 'W' let the MSM hammer him in the ground along with the rest of us. 'W' didn't have what it took to stand up to the liberals.
And now, we got Romney in the lead?? We've got a GOP establishment in D.C. that's looking out for themselves.