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Points well-taken - yes the MSM trashed her because she had the image of being very conservative and it shattered their idea that a woman President has to a Hillary Clinton type. But at the same time she stumbled on the global warming questions from Charlie Gibson and didn’t seem to know how to answer Middle East conflicts, etc. So the question is - does she really understand conservatism completely and can she articulate the message? If not, then she might not get as many conservative votes in a general election as she needs.

You’re right, the MSM wants to destroy conservatism. But is Palin really the best advocate for it? The MSM might be betting that she’s not and has become too much of a caricature for the majority of the electorate to take seriously.

Mika is a shrewd liberal. She’s betting that Palin will be an embarrassing Republican Presidential nominee, paving the way for a big Obama re-election. Please don’t be fooled. This is their strategy - advocate the weakest opponent.

Correct. They’re building up Giuliani, Romney and Huckabee because they’re the most wreckable. Thompson and Duncan Hunter are being underplayed because they can’t be destroyed as easily.

Where do they go to get their reputations back???

They can’t go anywhere, because they destroyed their reputations themselves with their childish “victim” reaction to Imus’ comments. More examples of people who play the victim routine and look to others for the blame and the remedy.

But American is a nation with a culture and laws; we are not a contract employer. Are they in this country to be Americans, or are they here to be a 'something else' working in America?

Having more people in this country to buy consumer goods isn't a real net gain, because they also consume resources, like schools, hospitals, etc.

You are correct. As long as it takes 60 to stop a filibuster, 55 Republicans are useless in this case. Realistically they need about 65 to overcome McCain and others like Specter, etc.

Also regarding Bill Richardson .... If he doesn't win the Democratic nomination, he could be picked as the V.P. nominee. With his Mexican-American background, he could go a long way toward helping Democrats pick up New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada in the '08 Presidential race. That's 19 electoral votes changing hands and it would force Republicans to have to pick up least one blue state.

Everybody also please anticipate many Democrats changing their party registration to Republican in the next couple of years, in order to vote for McCain in the '08 primaries and get him nominated or cause public confrontation at the Republican National Convention. They desperately want McCain as the nominee because it would ensure that a conservative can't be President and would drive conservative voters away in November.