Continuing to search for silly responses doesn’t advance your knowledge of the political reality, almost every conservative alive would look at the political effect the Governor has had on the GOP in the last 5.5 years and know that it is good, and that she has helped bring in a new breed of aggressive, confident conservatives.
Palin has moved the party right and helped create a hardened, conservative wing.
Wow, in the past 5.5 years the mask has fallen off the Republican party to reveal that there's no difference (other than campaign tactics/soundbites) between the two parties insofar as accepted policies go.
People like Cruz and Gowdy (sp?) are very rare exceptions in the party: people who are willing to rock the boat
for what they say they believe in.
I'm sorry but crediting Palin for them while ignoring that the majority of the party is (a) neutered, cowed, and/or (b) philosophically similar to Democrats, to the point there is no real difference [i.e. Statists], and/or (c) apparently incapable or unwilling of comprehending the Constitution and the limits it places on [federal] government.