[C. Edmund Wright]

Thanks for reading: keep in mind:
The piece was edited down by 600 words - not my choice. Sarah Palin was, and remains, a factor in this wave. My published works include many articles lauding her and in fact I was one of the first. Not every piece can include every single pertinent thought. And yes, Palin is pertinent.

[Timber Rattler]

The piece was edited down by 600 words - not my choice.

So who edited her out? That's a pretty glaring omission, among all the other names you mentioned.

[ConservativeDude]

This is a fine piece of writing. Seriously.

Thank you and keep up the awesome, awesome work.

(and start reading Mark Helprin’s latest novel in your free time.....)

[conservatism_IS_compassion]

The piece was edited down by 600 words - not my choice. Sarah Palin was, and remains, a factor in this wave. My published works include many articles lauding her and in fact I was one of the first. Not every piece can include every single pertinent thought. And yes, Palin is pertinent.

Congratulations on an excellent piece.

There is no gainsaying that Palin is pertinent. I tried to take the lead at the end of ’09 when I adopted the tagline DRAFT PALIN, seeking precisely to head off Romney by promoting the ’08 VP as being next in line for the presidential nomination. But it seemed that everyone had their own favorite, and we couldn’t coalesce until the Rick Perrys and the Herman Cains had burned out. Our only chance was if we had succeeded in drafting Palin into the race, and she had preempted Perry, Cain, et al. I have contributed more money in this election cycle than ever before, and I’d have done twice that and more for Palin.

But we were fragmented, and Mitt is the result. But at least I dearly hope that your “wave” is exactly right. And that the GOPe won’t sell us out after being handed the WH and both branches of Congress. lf Romney wins, the proof of the pudding would come with a SCOTUS nomination.