Which is why conservatives should be looking beyond to 2012.
Another candidate will have to pick up on what McCain-Palin have tapped into. Part of this is anti-Obama movement in the campaign. Similar to Jimmy Carter in 1980.
“Which is why conservatives should be looking beyond to 2012.”
And beyond that as well. Unfortunately, conservatives have always tied their star to the GOP. Which is kind of silly, when you consider that the GOP’s reason for existence has nothing to do with conservatism per se; it exists to get it’s candidates elected.
One thing that I find very intriguing about Gov. Palin is that she is clearly not a GOP hack. An interesting video that is on youtube shows her giving a welcome address to the convention of the Alaska Independence Party when she was governor. Nothing in the way of “red meat”, but I found it very interesting that she would take the time to give a welcoming message for an opposition political party.