[FrankR]

I admired Joe for snapping back at obama...obama deserved (and still deserves) it.

But Joe is merely a symbol and not an important player in the conservative revolution. He's an "agree-er" not a leader.

I trust Palin enough to know that she has a good reason for her to endorse McCain't...maybe a sense of obligation, who knows. But I think she thinks it's the honorable thing to do, and "honor" is something that is sorely lacking in government these days.

McCain't will probably lose the election, it's time for him to retire.

Either way, as Governor or Alaska Sarah wasn't a RINO, and her speeches don't reflect any RINO influence, so I'm guessing it's merely an obligation she feels she must honor, and that's good enough for me.

If anyone has any proof otherwise, post it.

But either way, what Joe the Plumber thinks is immaterial...he's not the E. F. Hutton of the Republican party.

[ThreePuttinDude]

I’ve become a very critical reader/listener of the news
and other reports from the Politico/NYT/Alphabet networks etc.

That being said, just what did Joe say that many of us wouldn’t
say? I too don’t think McCain should run. He should just
fade into the sunset gracefully but his ego wont let him.
Joe WAS just a campaign stop news blurb nothing more than
a voice of the common man.

[kabar]

I trust Palin enough to know that she has a good reason for her to endorse McCain't...maybe a sense of obligation, who knows. But I think she thinks it's the honorable thing to do, and "honor" is something that is sorely lacking in government these days.

Palin has yet to distance herself from McCain on the amnesty issue or to recant her Univision interview. It is her position on this issue that I am concerned about more than her endorsement of McCain over a true conservative, JD Hayworth.

[misharu]

Major dittoes, Frank, major dittoes.

[Russ]

Joe shows his ignorance of real politics. If Sarah Palin has any chance of running for president and winning she will need the support of the center/left of the Republican Party and Independents. This isn't open to debate, it's a fact. McCain is currently the leader of that faction so, without compromising her own positions she has agreed to campaign for him in return for his support later on.

Reagan had to name Bush, who was the leader of the moderate wing, as his running mate in order to win. Goldwater got clobbered when the moderates sat it out. If (and it's a big IF) Palin gets the nomination don't be shocked if she names a moderate as her running mate. She understands political reality even though many of her supporters do not.

[Lion Den Dan]

I notice that Sarah Palin has been very quiet of late where McCain is concerned. I hope she has done all the endorsing of the old fraud that she will do.