No, they're on the other side. They're antagonistic to Palin, because they want Their Boy Mittens in the White House. They'd rather put up with four more years of Obama, and a Democratic successor to boot, than have Palin lead the Unwashed into the inner sanctum of the Republican Party, which is theirs!
RatRoots.
I like that.
What do you do if you have an insidious, endemic, Rat problem?
You deploy your snakes and cats.