If Sarah Palin (or some other conservative) has any chance to be the nominee of the GOP and beat the commies in the Democrat party, she will have to form alliances within the GOP establishment that make sense. She thinks McCain makes sense. If she is proven wrong, I'll say it. Can't stand the guy, personally.
A lot of the problems in our country are systematic.
The way to change a system that is rotten is not to cater to the rotten parts of the system until you can change it. The way to change a rotten system is to call out the rotten parts and burn as you go. But you have to shine light on the rotten parts so that as you burn, the part of the public that understands what you are trying to do supports you because they understand why you are taking the approach you are taking.
In other words, don’t fear public opinion. Tell people the truth, tell them why you are doing what you are doing, and then unapologetically do it.
Its the opposite of what the Left does, and we need to show that distinction, not get bogged down in compromises. In the meantime all the compromises become public policy too. And then you look back and you are part of the problem. At that point, the system has sucked you into its corruption, and to make things better, you would need to first denounce yourself. Bad position to be in.