A very moderate W became a fire breathing monster.
An Arizonan from the center left became a member of the radical right.
A moderate leftist from Massachusetts became heartless, a man who killed some poor guy's wife.
Cruz is already being tarred as a bomb thrower who shut down the government, Walker as someone who stole money from teachers and dos shady back room deals. Just wait one of them starts gaining traction with the base.
The point is, they will ALL get the Palin treatment, and then lots of so called conservatives will start chiming in on how they're "unelectable".
Just like they did before, and are doing, with Palin. If you want to join in, be my guest.
I didn’t think Romney, or McCain, or Dole were electable either. But, I voted for them all. Reagan too. Does that tell you anything?