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Sarah Palin is an Inspiration
Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys.. — ... attitude towards the "serious"business of national elections? Well, it is because Palin is a novelty. She represents one of the first times in a long time that "We the People" actually have a candidate in any national slot who is from "We the People" as opposed to a candidate from "Some of the People". That inspires me. As a member of the "vulgar" hoi poloi, if Sarah Palin is the "vulgarization"of our politics, let me just say...I LIKE IT! Let that be a reminder to the Republicans talking about rebuilding the Republican party and brand . It isn't about populist ...

Conservatives Think About Post-Tuesday
The Page by Mark Halperin — ... and Politico on secret meetings, the Palin focus, and conservatives who don't stop thinking about tomorrow.       ...

Palin for President in 2012?
Politics Daily — ... Politico says that if McCain wins, the discussion will feature much talk of, "How do we work with this administration?" - since it's no secret McCain isn't exactly a conservative darling. Palin, however, is. ...

ThinkFast: October 29, 2008
Think Progress — ... Politico reports: “Two days after next week’s election, top conservatives will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one of the movement’s most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive” the party. The meeting will include a “who’s who of conservative leaders.” ...

New Obama Ad Hits Palin
Taylor Marsh — ... So much for that "secret" meeting to figure it all out. Assuming that Obama wins on Tuesday, though it’s never over until it’s actually over. Ayone who thinks Sarah Palin is going quietly into the shadows just doesn’t know how hungry the right has been for a new leader. Reagan is long gone, with his ideas shattered. Falwell’s influence receded long ago. Dobson doesn’t have it. They’ve waited a long time. Can Mitt Romney challenge her? Not if Huckabee has anything to say about it. The ...

Morning Links
The Agitator — Say, isn’t the government’s bailout of Chrysler 25 years ago supposed to be the great success story illustrating why taxpayer rescues of private corporations such a great idea? So why are we now being asked to pony up another $10 billion so that failing company can merge with another failing company? Sad story. If the GOP hedges its future on Sarah Palin, the GOP is going to be the minority party for a long, long time. Georgia Gov. Sonny Perdue gives Japanese automaker Kia a sweetheart corporate welfare deal to open a plant in the ...

Building a better astroturf
Nitpicker — According to Jonathan Martin, conservatives plan to meet after the election to figure out how they lost the people. You know, it's weird, but that word: grassroots--I don't think it means what they think it means. Two days after next week's election, top conservatives will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue next year. The meeting will include a ...

Conservative heavyweights planning post-mortem
Political Animal — CONSERVATIVE HEAVYWEIGHTS PLANNING POST-MORTEM.... This ought to be interesting . Two days after next week's election, top conservatives will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue next year. The meeting will include a "who's who of conservative leaders -- economic, national security and social," said one attendee, who shared initial word of the secret session only on the basis of ...

Dreams and Nightmares
N/A — ... “There’s a sense that the Republican Party is broken, but the conservative movement is not.“  The Right People have to re-make the Republican Party to The Right.  Righteous. Or something. ...

One Point to the Palin '12 Camp
The Stump — ... and Politico have stories today previewing conservatives' plans to meet shortly after the election to chart the movement's course over the next few years. One of the likely topics, both reports say, is Sarah Palin's future--which looks bright from the perspective of these activists. In fact, it sounds like the meeting could provide the beginning of a campaign and fundraising apparatus for a future presidential run. Here's the Times: ...

Sarah Palin, still a liar.
INSTAPUTZ — Pants on fire. She's really in a league by herself. That's why this stuff makes me so happy: "There's a sense that the Republican Party is broken, but the conservative movement is not," said this source, suggesting that it was the betrayal of some conservative principles by Bush and congressional leaders that led to the party's decline. But, this source emphasized, the meeting will be held regardless of the outcome of the presidential race. "This is going on if McCain wins, loses or has a recount -- we're not planning for the loss of ...

Palin on 2012: “I’m not doing this for naught”
Hot Air » Top Picks — ... a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we’ve taken, that … that would … bring this whole … I’m not doin’ this for naught. Eh. They’re trying to spin that last bit as though the VP run is just a vehicle but it reads more to me like, “I won’t give my critics the satisfaction of seeing me slink home with my tail between my legs.” It’s a statement of defiance, in other words, not ambition. Or maybe I’m totally wrong and she’s already thinking ahead to the big social con powwow next week. We’ll see tomorrow when they air the clip. Exit ...

The ultimate humiliation for McCain: Faux News labels him (D)
pandagon.net - we are the public option — ... * Conservatives plan secret post-election strategy session. Again, the body isn’t cold, but plans are under way to remake the GOP. ...

George Will Compares Selection Of Sarah Palin To Iraq War
Firedoglake — ... Wrong. Everyone knows Palin has energized the base and is the future of the party and the next Reagan and a real conservative and will completely unstoppable in 2012. Polls are based on the methodical analysis of empirical data, which means they're totally useless.  Palin is central to the GOP's future. The Ditthoeads and Malkinites know it in their gut. All that matters.

No More Mister Nice Blog — ... We haven't even gotten through this year's election, much less the next four years, but I think some Democrats are already feeling unusually confident about 2012. They're thinking we'll have a President Obama, and four years from now he'll be facing the person who's greatly impressed many of the prominent conservatives planning to gather soon to strategize about the GOP's future, the person seen by many as ...

Election 08: You Call This Unity?
The Nation: Top Stories — ... defeat will hasten that conversation, but surefire losses in Congress will require the party to plot a new course regardless. Will Republicans lurch right, under the banner of Palin's social conservatism and faux-populism? Or will they try and recapture the middle, reconnecting with suburban voters and independents and Hispanic voters they've lost ever since 2000 by advocating competent government and pragmatic problem-solving? Don't count on the latter. Reports the Politico's Jonathan Martin : Few believe that the Republican party will respond to another brutal election by ...

Fix the Movement, fix the Party
The Next Right — This is wrong... Two days after next week's election, top conservatives will gather at the Virginia weekend home of one of the movement's most prominent members to begin a conversation about their role in the GOP and how best to revive a party that may be out of power at both ends of Pennsylvania Avenue next year. [...] "There's a sense that the Republican Party is broken, but the conservative movement is not," said this source, suggesting that it was the betrayal of some conservative principles by Bush and congressional ...

Novak: Gingrich Will Be The Conservative Movement’s ‘Moses’
Think Progress — Conservatives are reeling after Tuesday’s progressive victories, desperately insisting that the country remains center-right, holding secret soul-searching meetings, and floating the idea of a revived “Project for a New American Century” to help neocons in the wilderness. In short, conservatives are holding out for a hero. In his newest column, Robert Novak says that former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is shaping up to be the best hope: In serious conversations among ...