[Heartland Mom]

Finally, I will vote for Sarah Palin, not because I've left the Democratic party of my youth and young adulthood, but because that party has left me. In fact, it no longer exists. And no amount of elegant speaking, exciting choreography, and moral alibis will bring it back.

Heartfelt and logical realization that the author's party has morphed into something unrecognizable because it has been hijacked by radicals. I know many blue dog Dems who haven't had that epiphany yet - but if The One and his attackers continue with the path they have chosen - they will.

[gridlock]

We welcome Suann Therese Maier to the party, and wonder what took her so long. Maybe she just likes to make a grand entrance... Fashionably late, and all that...