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The Day After
Vodkapundit — ... president, and the real shame is that both of them couldn’t lose. It’s telling that the legacy media is still rushing to condemn the one big thing McCain did right as a candidate, which was naming Sarah Palin as his running mate. Despite the onslaught of fanatical anti-Palin invective that’s swept the airwaves and internet over the past two months, Palin shored up a conservative base that had little interest in voting for McCain beyond, “Well, he’d be better than the other guy.” Looking at the numbers today , it’s clear that Palin’s presence on the ticket played a major part ...

Some initial jottings on "what next?"
Stubborn Facts — I join Pat's last two posts in full, as I do Peter Kirsanow's post here, Scott Johnson's post here, Yuval Levin's posts here and here, and Jim Geraghty's posts here and here. I should also note Chris Beam's post here,and reitereate what we said after the last election (a memo we mentioned here): everyone in the House Republican leadership must go at the end of this Congress. A line must be drawn under the Bush-DeLay-Frist era; the voters are going to keep on punishing us until we grasp that much. Dan McLaughlin ...

Persons of the Year
RedState: Conservative News and Community — ... That is a misleading statement. What the exit polls actually showed was that 60% of voters said that Sarah Palin was a factor in their decision of which presidential candidate to mark their ballots for. Of that 60%, people were more likely to vote McCain by a significant margin. ...