Stacy, you couldnt' be more right about Palin becoming the
frontrunner in 2012, as I noted
back in early September:
But more importantly, it could restore to the GOP the
principled and inspired conservatism that has been absent from
the two top spots since Ronald Reagan left office in 1989.
Recall the last 20 years and sigh: Bush/Quayle, Dole/Kemp, and
Bush/Cheney. President George H.W. Bush squandered his
inheritance and was never in the Reagan mold. Sen. Robert Dole
was the "it's his turn" establishment candidate that did not
enthuse. And our current president was not the
conservative that his early anointers pretended he was.
So the McCain/Palin ticket -- dead even
with Obama/Biden, who enjoyed no Democratic convention bump --
holds the most promise in years for delivering the Right from
the wilderness. It may not pay immediate dividends in a McCain
presidency, but Palin could represent the beginning of a
conservative restoration for a long time.
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