[molybdenum]

Oh, really savvy...by your reckoning, then, desert her principles (and conservatives') to forge her way. (In this case, she seriously miscalculated.)

You make it sound as though our side has no chance--we have to endure the power Establishment forever. Strange thing to say, when we actually are motivated, and winning important fights! But you have some company on this thread. Defeatists.

[magritte]

Stumping for McCain isn't "deserting principles"...Palin is a politician and realizes that she needs Republican establishment to forward her career...it's naive to think otherwise. Here's the thing: there will ALWAYS be an establishment. No exceptions. There is butt to kiss, contacts that have to be made, relationships to make. Do you think Reagan could have ever been President without doing all those things?

Besides, if not Palin, where do conservatives go? Jim Demint? Huckabee? I'm not ready to bail yet...Romney is working damned hard ... we've got to keep up the pace...magritte