>>Mike, agreed.
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>>My opinion is that the US is about to get a good president whatever happens, so people should relax! ;-)
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>CNN has just forecasted that Palin will 'bow out of the race for personal, family reasons' next week.

If that happened and I were a cynic, I'd almost be ready to believe the whole thing was orchestrated. Her nomination gave the reps a real lift in the public eye when they needed one badly. Her daughter's pregnancy gave them a lift in the sympathy department, and her bowing out will give the reps a huge bonus lift again in the sympathy department. Of course, it also would help if she got out before the court case really got steaming along.

At this point though, it's not a fact, just a prediction, so I will, for the time being, put my cynicism on the back-burner.