wow, i didn't know the 'first dude' wasn't in the GOP. I know he spent a decade in that separist party.
will be interesting if Palin tries a far-right 3rd party gig for 2012. However, you toss in the regular GOP candidate and it would be giftwrapping the election for the dem candidate. And while I firmly believe in the 'pendulum', I think Obama has done 4 years of damage in 10 months, and the pendulum may swing conservative in 2012, easily.