Great article, which brought to mind one written by "conservative" columnist Peggy Noonan before election day.
She nastily, but so nicely, made continual mention of Gov.Palin's folksy manner, friendly approach, and the ongoing undercurrent of her lack of experience and knowledge of all things political, so dear to Peggy's own heart.
Gov. Palin has much to offer, and the Republican party, as usual does itself a disservice by it's failure to appreciate her and what she could bring to the long-dead, dull, and "Democratic" leaning party.
We are hoping and hoping to see a third, strong, party of real and sincere people emerge from this mess.

Palin and JOe the Plumber are excellent choices for the Republican party in 2012. They both appeal to low information voters whose opinions are fully formed by Fox News. We had 8 years of a willfully ignorant governing by GW. Let's try 8 years of intelligent (elite?) governing. After that, we can compare Republican governance to Democratic governance. In only 60 days intelligence has undone several years of ignorance.