There Could Have Been No Better GOP Ticket Than McCain/Palin

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For the Democrats, that is.

Look at it. You have a shotgun wedding between what is considered the moderate wing (HAH) in McCain and the The/Neo-=con wing in Palin.

The reasoning the theo/Neo-cons pushed Palin was they wanted her branded as the future of the party. They wanted to introduce her in this election because they know they can control her like they controlled the blivet. They miscalculated horribly because of how Palin was handled. Her narrative is set and they will have to spend most of the next four years remaking her.

Meanwhile, the polling information will support the more moderate elements of the GOP in the contention that Sarah Palin was a drain on the ticket.

This sets the stage for the most brutal civil war in GOP history. The moderates will point to the radicals as the reason for losing and the radicals will point to the moderates with the same disdain.

One of the two sides will win in the short termn. This, however, does not matter because the other side will be so jilted they jump ship.

Had the TheoNeocons allowed McCain to go with his gut and put Lieberman on the ticket, the moderate wing would have been 100% to blame for the loss and teh theoneocoons would have been triumphant with little in the way of a civil war.

Attempting to marry the two wings in what was inevitbaly a poor year for Republicans was the best possible outcome for the Democratic Party. While they fight their civil war, the Democrats can work to hold onto their majority in 2010 as well as move their agenda forward with little in teh way of obstruction from the minority party.

Furthemore, it looks like Barack Obama will devestate the old GOP "Souther Strategy". It won't work any more.

The Democrats gave teh Republicans enough rope. They've now shot themselves in both feet.