Huckabee can't play outside of rural areas. It's not just the South. But a grip on the rural areas is powerful within the GOP.
Palin is going to get part of the blame for McCain's loss if Obama wins. She's going to be ridiculed by the competition. And she's not likely to handle it well. As you know, she's kind of an idiot. She came off as doing pretty well in the Veep debate, but that was only because she had index cards to read from. Take the index cards away, and what have you got? My guess is you're back to Palin the Idiot in that case.
A lot will depend on the state of the country. If the economy turns around by 2012 (and I think it will by then, although 2010 midterms could be a little rough) -- again, assuming for simplicity's sake that Obama wins -- it'll probably be an election much like 1984 -- meaning the Reps will run some "electable" loser whose "turn" has arrived, and who'll get his ass kicked in every critical state.
A win for Obama also means he has four years to keep building his ground game for the general instead of just 6-11 months like he had this year. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
There are now three political parties in the US: Dem's, GOP's, and Obama's.
Will he win there? I don't know. I went back and forth on NC all year, never really willing to believe it unless Obama got into the high-40s and at least tied. Suddenly, Holy Mother of Jesus, the little fucker got to 50. Now I'm a full believer that it can be done. And now he's eating them alive on voter registration. Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin
