[Quix]

She has served as a shining bright beacon of light in a very dark period.

She will always be that to discerning folks.

I don’t think good people will have any hope of being elected this side of Christ returning. Afterwards, I suspect it’s all HIS BRIEF to assign roles.

[meandog]

Well, I hope she won’t demure too long.

[exist]

I hope Sarah Palin goes home to Alaska for a while. The GOP needs to decide if they’re going to follow Frum, Brooks, and Parker, or if we’re going to follow Newt, Cantor, Jindal— true conservatives.

If it’s the latter, than Sarah Palin can be play a huge role in 2010 getting conservative Republicans elected, setting her up for 2012, if she wants it.

But if it’s the former— I’d rather she not waste her time with these idiots.

[ABQHispConservative]

Sarah, please lead the way to the rebirth of the conservative movement. Time to get rid of the old, east-coast, liberal-rinos from positions of power in the Republican party. We need new, dynamic leadership.

[SeeSharp]

Sara’s biggest contribution was in fund raising.

[Danae]

I am very very grateful to her!

I most certainly hope that she runs Nationally again! She is among the best of us!

[tubebender]

I hope she comes back as a Senator from Alaska and reignites the conservative movement...

[randita]

There’s no doubt she helped among lukewarm McCain supporters, but personally I spoke to several McCain supporters who through her resume was too thin. They voted for McCain anyhow.

[chimera]

She was good on the campaign stump, about even in the debate against an intellectual douchebag, but stunk in those one-on-one interviews with the pressitutes. They just rolled her. Palin needs to understand that the press will always be hostile to conservative, pro-life candidates. She can't afford to walk into those ambushes.

[carjic]

Carl Cameron from FNC said he would be on Bill Orielly tonight to give all the secrets he could not talk about until after the election about Sarah Palin. I hope he does not trash her.

[Navy Patriot]

Sarah politely demurs, because the PROBLEM must be fixed before any other action.

The problem is that the Republican party USED Sarah to run for the Presidency.

No slight to Sarah, but Sarah should have used the Republican party to run for the Vice Presidency.

The fix is to fix the Republican party so as not to stupidly squander those irreplaceable assets.

The Republican party needs to be completely cleaned and sterilized of RINO's. Completely taken over by conservatives, rules installed to prevent infiltration of party or primaries, and only then should Sarah, or similar candidates USE the Republican party to gain the Presidency.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

I went out this morning and took a knife to my 4ft by 3ft sign.Now it only says PALIN.The rest went in the trash.My neighbors love it.I will let it stand for as long as need be.

[US_MilitaryRules]

I called the rnc this morning and told them to take me off of their mailing and calling lists. F’em. Sarah was the only reason I donated to them. McCain is a LOSER.

[wizr]

Without Sarah Palin to buoy our spirits, this election would have been a rout.

She fought hard to bring back confidence in conservatism. But, she could not do it alone.

We must thank God that John McCain chose her. We can only hope that God puts her in the position to rally conservatives in the future.

IMHO, she is our Joan of Arc, our mighty warrior, unafraid in battle, a Godly wisdom and soul to match.

[AuntB]

From the article.....I wish the media would stop reporting the opposite!

Exit polls show Palin appeared to help McCain by energizing the pro-life Republican base and were motivated by her selection to support him.

Some 60 percent of voters said Palin was a factor when making their vote and they split for McCain over Obama on a 56-43 percentage point margin.

[Ken Fulk]

It's understandable that she'd be hesitant. I don't think she really trusts the Republican party. I can't blame her.

Remember what she said to Fred Barnes:

"I don't know what kind of role the Republican party would want me to play," she told me. "In the past, I have not been one to be considered for anything by the hierarchy of the party. Certainly not in my state. In some sense, I ran against my party."

Palin remains skeptical of Republicans. "I would love to promote the party ideals if we're going to live out the ideals and maybe allow other American voters to understand what the principles of the party are," she says. "We've got to be assured we have enough people in the party who will live out those ideals and it's not just rhetoric. Otherwise, I'd be wasting my time. There are a lot of things I would and should be doing."

[Joe Boucher]

” it was his time”.
It was not McCains time. If McCain ever had a time it was in 2000.
But in 2000 he got beat by G.W> bush for the nomination.
McCain had no business being the nominee of the Republican party.
Go home John. Retire. You and so many other republicans are old farts with nary a new idea. Go home John, and take a whole passel of old folks with ya.
Time for some new, Conservative Republican blood.