My opinion not that it matter a bit, but Howlin was tough. Turned off a lot of folks and perhaps sent more people packing over the years than this thread could even begin to touch on. She is the leader of a new site that will not be focusing on being an anti-freeper site, but a site that will work in the interests of the right side of the aisle albeit perhaps not as conservative as this one. I wish her well, and perhaps she may come back - who knows...?
One thing I have learned over the years is that everyone is replaceable. There are many things that some of the departed freepers will take with them, but with that comes opportunity. Opportunity for some of those that stood in the shadows to rise up and fill a void, lead a movement, lead a cause. Action not words - we must all get involved.
Howlin is no more the leader of wideawakes.net than mkjessup is the leader of Free Republic.