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To: Steve Lokness who wrote (82040)	9/4/2008 11:35:47 AM
From: JohnM	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542019

I guess I should be clearer, Steve. As I understand it, the delegates at this Rep convention are more conservative than the 04 crew and the 00 crew. Which were the most conservative to date. She is the face of that convention. And these are the troops. These are the folk who will do the work in the primaries in 2012. If she performs reasonably well between now and the election and the McCain ticket loses by not too much, she has a huge head start on the 2012 nomination. And McCain will probably fade away and leave the party apparatus to someone else. That part will be a struggle. My guess is she will not be able to gain control of it until 2012. But that all puts the Reps much further in the woods with the wacko right wing. We used to bemoan the moment a member of this group gained control of a board of education in Kansas or the school textbook certification process in Texas or became mayor of a small town in Kansas. I remember in 2000 when we all could not believe the platform of the Rep Party in Texas. Those folk will now control the party. Dale's beloved Rep moderates are, very likely, no more. Will be interesting to see what Collins and Snowe in Maine do; Spector in Pennsylvania; and any number of members of the House of Representatives.

To: Steve Lokness who wrote (82040)	9/4/2008 7:15:59 PM
From: Cogito	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 542019

>>You think a republican who is tied to her church and God and does not believe in stem cell research, does not believe in abortion for rape and incest, who does not believe in equal rights for gays, who wants to teach creationism in schools and does not believe in right to die with dignity is the future face of the Rep party? ..... I think it is the face of the past and if republicans can't see this they will cease to exist as a viable party.<< Steve - You know, I would have agreed with John about this yesterday, but thinking about it today, I was starting to wonder about that. Your post crystallized those thoughts for me. I believe you are correct. Palin won't be a power in the party, really, although she will have a public place in it. But her views are too far right for the majority of Americans. - Allen