People are too emotionally invested in Palin and I say that as a supporter.
That said.
SCREW McCAIN!
To some degree, it is grasping at straws. She seems the only on who can lead the conservative charge, but she is human and a politician, who may be seeking political office, and deals need to be made. Renaldus, himself, spent 1977 through 1980 building a base within the GOP.
It’s my reason for pessimism. Both parties are full of self serving corrupt individuals because, as Frank Herbert has said, power does not corrupt, it attracts corruptible individuals. Anyone seeking political office, and anyone in political office seeking to get anything done, needs to make deals with such devils.