Its like a self-inflicted death spiral that can only further alienate the Independent swing voters who are key to electoral success.
Crunch the numbers....most polls put about 40% of the voters as self-identified Republican or "leaning Republican" (the number is at an all time high for Dem/leaning Dem -over 50%).
Of that 40% of the US electorate who are Republican, just over half say the party should be like Palin. So...about 20% of the total electorate are Palinists. That is not a winning number!
If I were a Republican, I would be seriously concerned by this recent Gallup poll:
The...map shows party strength by state for 2008, ranging from states that can be considered solidly Democratic (a Democratic advantage in party identification of 10 percentage points or more) to those that can be considered solidly Republican (a Republican advantage in party identification of 10 percentage points or more). States in which the partisan advantage is less than 5 points in either direction are considered "competitive."
http://www.gallup.com/poll/114016/St...filiation.aspx
But as for me, in the words H.L. Mencken, "In this world of sin and sorrow there is always something to be thankful for; as for me, I rejoice that I am not a Republican. "