IWRC* Palin 2012? Gramm-pa McCain's advisor is speechless

By GottaLaff

Via DKos. I'm not sure whether to laugh or cry:

Via CNN:

Blitzer: Republican VP Candidate Sarah Palin now speaking out openly about her intentions in 2012 if - if - she and John McCain were to lose this contest next Tuesday. In an interview with ABC News, Sarah Palin is now saying she would be interested in remaining a serious national political figure going ahead to 2012. She was asked, what happens in 2012 if you lose on Tuesday - do you simply go back to Alaska - Elizabeth Vargas of ABC News asked her - and Palin said this, and I'll read it to you verbatim according to an ABC transcript:

Absolutely not. I think that if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender, I think that some of the political shots that we've taken - that that would bring this whole - and I'm not doing this for naught."

And that's a direct quote from Sarah Palin.

Dana Bash follows up with a Republican official's reaction:

Blitzer: Any reaction yet, Dana, from this blunt statement that she would in fact be interested in leading the Republican Party going forward after Tuesday if they lose?

Bash: I just got off the phone, Wolf, with a senior McCain adviser and I read this person the quote and I think it's fair to say that this person was speechless. There was a long pause and I just heard a "huh" on the other end of the phone. I mean, this is certainly not a surprise to anybody who has watched Sarah Palin that she is interested in potentially a future national run. Certainly she is being urged to be a lot of people inside the Republican Party if they do lose, but it is an if, and people inside the McCain campaign - they do not want ANY discussion that has in "if" in front of it six days before the election.

Hear that? It's the sound of the Republican party splitting in half like a cracked coconut: Those who think IWRC* is a $100,000-packaged disaster on one side, and those (including Bill Kristol and Brent Bozell) who think she's the doggone awesomest ever, blaming Gramm-pa McCain for everything-- even her illiteracy and ethics lapses, on the other.

Here's more on the calculated Pygmalionesque plans for her future presidency:

To create a Palin movement, Bonjean recommends, she should go back to Alaska, because she must remain an outsider. Plus, Palin should use the National Governors Association as Bill Clinton did, to "showcase his skills and make connections." Bonjean says Palin should own the energy issue, traveling the world to meet foreign leaders and establish relationships.

"All of which would set her up for a run on the 2012 ticket," he writes, which leaves open the question — for president, or this time just a better vice presidential candidate? Palin is no doubt a star, and no doubt making plans for her future.

Or, she could join Sam the Erstwhile Plumbing Imposter and start a garage band.

*"In What Respect, Charlie?"

Note from Paddy- Now, with video!!!