[cured]

I was watching extreme left wing propagandist Bill Maher on his elite librul show on HBO and one of the guests noted that Obama would have about a year before the jury is in on him. If he does well, it will change the conversation within the conservative party. If he falls flat, there will be a lot of wardrum beating going on within conservative circles that "we were right, he was wrong for us." Of course, it's their complete lack attention and care and refusal tobe critical of their own which has given us the past 8 years. 9/11 did a lot to shake this country and standing up to a republican president who went on the attack was never going to be a very popular position but it doesn't also mean that the principles on domestic issues had to be thrown out the window, as they were.

Why I say Sarah palin is done is because she's given the left plenty of ammunition for the next four years. Her record in Alaska speaks that she's really not in control of her own house and that she looks disdainfully on education (she managed to get a BA in journalism but her son dropped out of high school and one of her daughters missed about half a year of school). Perhaps, in time, she can find her own voice when it comes to international affairs but it honestly looks like she just hasn't been interested in all of that. That's hardly patriotic, in my view. If she really thinks she's the next big ticket for the republican party, that leads me to wonder how she will govern Alaska, given the increased scrutiny and how she can really raise concern over issues that don't pertain to her state. Besides, the GOP has someone they'll be able to rally around in 4 years and that guy is Bobby Jindal.