Primary season is already here. The GOP’s spineless but surprisingly nasty RINO/Establishment branch keeps egging on the Dems and the media to take Palin out for them. And the Dems and the media keep trying to oblige.
The sorry truth is that the Dems, media and RINO’s are all going to be allied this year at least up until Palin is vanquished from the 2012 race. If she actually becomes the GOP nominee I’m not sure that GOP Establishment will acquit themselves much better than they did in Christine O’Donnell’s senate race.
The establishment was able to demand that Reagan include GHW Bush as VP to serve as RINO fifth columnist. That turned out to be a multi-generational disaster. If Palin wins the nomination, RINO's will probably demand one of their own as VP again.