Given the deep desire some Americans have for simple-minded, "I feel it in my gut so it's true" demagogues, it's safe to say that Sarah Palin stepping down as governor of Alaska will lead to a Richard Nixon-in-1968 or Ronald Reagan-in-1980 comeback:
http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2009/08/sarah-palin200908
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31726640/ns/politics-more_politics/
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/2009/07/03/palin_resigns/?source=newsletter
http://www.thedailybeast.com/blogs-and-stories/2009-07-03/did-a-scandal-sink-the-uss-palin/?cid=hp:mainpromo2
http://www.slate.com/id/2222221/
http://www.slate.com/id/2222230/
Except that Palin--a dimbulb compared to Nixon or even Reagan--will have to rely almost 100% on divisiveness to make that comeback possible.
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