So I guess Sarah Palin is the new leader of the Republican Party now.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

Just sayin'.

[Blue_In_AK]

1. Let me be the first to say

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[lapfog_1]

2. I doubt it... the money interests that really call the shots

will not want a failure. There will be some meetings and then a new face of the GOP will emerge.

[hvn_nbr_2]

6. Their intra-party cultural war might be fun to watch.

The greed merchants vs. the screed merchants.

[whatchamacallit]

9. LOL

Well put.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

13. Can't wait.

Oh, I guess I can.

[Left Is Write]

3. I hope she is.

That ought to put the final nail in the coffin.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

7. I think she earned it, by willikers.

What the hell is a williker anyway?

[TwilightZone]

4. I really don't buy that.

I know it's the conventional wisdom, but I still think she's going to get run off, Katherine Harris style. I think that they're mere days from throwing her under the bus. Maybe hours.

I don't expect her anywhere near the top of the ticket in '12. I could (quite obviously) be wrong.

[lamp_shade]

5. No. She's already quickly heading for insignificance. Give it two weeks.

[zeemike]

10. My god I will miss her

She gave us so many laughs over the last few weeks.
But then we do have plenty of good comedians for that job.

So goodbye Barbie and don't let the door hit ya on the way out.

[ShenandoahAspen]

14. I won't miss her.

Especially not her voice. I never thought I'd hear someone whose voice grated on me as much as Dubya's, but I think she has him beat. Gah.

[onenote]

8. I would imagine that there are several repubs that would beg to differ

including Mitt Romney, for starters.

[A-Schwarzenegger]

11. Mitt Romney is only 27%

as funny as Sarah Palin. :thumbsdown:

[A-Schwarzenegger]

12. Who's got the base, baby?

[sampsonblk]

15. Only if we are lucky!

[tanyev]

16. I bet she thinks she is.

[rasputin1952]

17. I thought it was Joe the Plumber...

:shrug:

[OmahaBlueDog]

18. I'm guessing the House and Senate leaders and the head of the RNC are all fired

I read that there will be a meeting of party leaders later this week to do a post mortem and chart direction. I've said before that (IMHO -- purely speculation) that the GOP will ask Newt Gingrich to step in as RNC Chair. Whoever is selected for the RNC chair will be charged with quickly developing an obstructionist agenda.

Palin would probably serve herself better by finishing her term, not running again, and going to work for FAUX. I don't think she's a leader, but she is wildly popular with the Freeper base.