Oh Stop It With Palin

Stop. Stop. Stop it. Stop throwing Sarah Palin under the bus over the election. I love it how everyone is pointing the finger at her like she was the problem. The problem for Republicans was a majority of Americans preferred Barack Obama over John McCain. That is why the GOP lost. Anyone short of Jesus Christ reincarnated would have lost against Obama. Well, I think Pope John Paul II could have beat him even if he was the leader of the Catholic Church, which a lot of folks might not like, but he's deceased, too, and not likely to return.

This loss by the GOP can't be blamed on Palin. It shouldn't be anyway. She tried her best. Is it her fault her party didn't prepare her for Katie Couric? No, that's not her fault. That's the party's fault. You would think that the McCain campaign would have help from the most brilliant minds of the party. What was Karl Rove doing during all of this? Isn't he supposed to be a genius? Where was he? He sure didn't get his party in the oval office again.

Honestly though, the GOP's biggest problem was the cyclical nature of politics. The pendulum of momentum swayed left after swinging right for two straight elections. That's what happened. No one can control that. Too many voters wanted the exact opposite of what they had, so they voted for Obama, a black, bi-racial liberal with better diction and brighter promise as a leader.