“Exit Polls Reveal Conservatives Abandoned McCain” is the headline of NewsMax.com.

“Democrat Barack Obama garnered a surprising 20 percent of the vote from conservatives who cast ballots on Election Day, top-ranked radio-talker Rush Limbaugh told listeners.

“Citing exit polls, Limbaugh also said on Wednesday that Republican John McCain lost independents and moderates by a margin of 60 percent to 39 percent.

“’McCain only got 89 percent of the Republican vote,’ Limbaugh said. ‘He only got 80 percent of the conservative vote.

“’And therein lies the tale, the recipe offered up by the wizards of smart in the Republican Party and on our side — for whatever reason we have to abandon our base, and we’ve gotta broaden our base.”

And did Reps see Dems-for-Hillary abandon the Dem ship when B. Hussein got the Dem nod?

Not.

Yet John McCain played up to bipartisan with the hopes of getting those on his side. It did not work.

Sarah Palin was pulling for genuine conservatism. But apparently she was allowed only in her one speech to mention “jihad.” After that, I bet the Rep heads told her to gag that accent. Not another word about Islam World Rule. Not another word about Muslims taking over the Republic. Not another word about the major danger facing America.

Sarah Palin would have had plenty to say about being an all-round conservative. But no doubt the Rep leadership told her to go for independent energy and the like instead of Koran devotees.

McCain, known for his “reaching across the aisle,” tried it in his campaign. But that did not fly.

Further, McCain was very late in coming on the campaign trail. B. Hussein was out there in front miles ahead of McCain. We wondered if McCain got lost somewhere along the way. He was in the dust, for sure. Remember?

When he did appear, he muffled his sentences. He did not attack his opposition head on. In other words, he played it safe. But in playing it safe, he lost conservatives who know their Republican Party platform and are aligned with their convictions so as not to compromise.

As far as those conservatives were concerned, McCain was a compromiser. He was playing both sides against the middle. He was doing in the campaign what he did in Congress—reaching across the fence; but in that his hand got bit—big time.

May it never happen again. Never.

The next round will need a charismatic speaker with a sharp mind and absolute loyalty to conservatism at its most eloquent level.

The next round will demand someone who can draw the crowds because of honesty, integrity, powerful delivery and sharp-shooting values punctuated without apology.

Is there that individual in the Republican Party?

Certainly. And we have found her. She is Sarah Palin.

Bets on the table that Sarah Palin runs for the highest
office in the land the next round. Of course, she says she follows God’s will in her dedicated Christian life.

If God informed Sarah Palin not to run for U. S. President, she would bow to the heavenly throne. If God gave her the GO sign, she would do whatever the divine will told her.

Admit it: it was Sarah Palin who drew in the crowds cheering her accented sentences, her total sincerity, her wit, her biblically moral base, her reputation as a trustworthy individual who bowed to no party antics. She was above party. She was above opportunism. She was aligned with the scriptural ethic.

So, enough of Rep bipartisan talk.

You can be certain the left-of-left B. Hussein will have no bipartisan bone in his body. None. He will guide the nation left-of-left till it falls into the hole. His disaster plans are already on the chart.

Will the Reps learn from McCain’s weakness? I think they will because the percentage of conservatives who voted for B. Hussein surely has been tabulated by now by the Rep higher echelon.

Time will tell, however.