I’m sure she knows what it is she is doing, and has a reason for why she is doing it.
But that doesn’t make it the right thing to be doing, or the right way to achieve her end goal.
Campaigning for McCain, sending out EMERGENCY fundraiser mailers for the RNC begging for money... I just don’t see these as things that are going to help us take the GOP back from the RINOs. And the GOP can’t win elections until that happens... nor should they.
“Campaigning for McCain, sending out EMERGENCY fundraiser mailers for the RNC begging for money... I just don’t see these as things that are going to help us take the GOP back from the RINOs.”
Helping Sen. McCain clearly doesn’t help to change the tide within the GOP, but I don’t think it’s an issue at this point. McCain won his primary, and he’s going to be re-elected. There was a personal loyalty issue in play there, so I’ve never had much of a problem with SP supporting the man. Much as I dislike Sen. McCain’s politics, I have to admit that he is very politically savvy.
As for her support of the RNC, remember that part of what the GOP does is GOTV efforts which really benefit all candidates within the party, regardless of how conservative they are. For every Christine O’Donnell or Rand Paul there are several conservatives running down ballot who are simply not going to be able to afford their own GOTV effort. Like it or not, they have to rely on party GOTV efforts to do that work. The RNC can’t do that if it doesn’t have the cash.
Much as I personally dislike the GOP leadership, and lord knows I do, there are some things that the party infrastructure does that are of use. GOTV efforts are on that very short list.
It doesn’t do Sarah Palin or conservatives much good to take over a party whose internal infrastructure has been completely decimated.