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To the original question, many of the political shows this weekend addressed the schism in the party as have several articles in the news. I don't think Palin is causing the schism. I think it's being highlighted because of the combined ticket. When a lot of independents and moderate Democrats wanted McCain in 2000, the Republican party really wanted Bush and therefore, they got Bush. I think McCain would have won easily in 2000. Instead of embracing the fact that many declared Democrats voted for McCain in primaries (like in Michigan), they accused those Dems of trying to throw the race by voting for someone who couldn't win. They never considered that those Dems would have really voted for him. The schism has been there, it's just growing. This year, the Republicans seem to be realizing that the extreme conservative right is not the popular opinion and they need to move to a more moderate stance to get the independents and the "Reagan Democrats" that they talked so much about in 2000, but couldn't win over.
It's the same basic issue that the Democrats have had in the previous elections. If Bush hadn't done so miserably in the past 4 years, I'm not sure the Dems would be doing as well as they are now.
ETA: They've already predicted on Meet the Press that the economy has nowhere to go but up so whoever wins would be able to claim that success.
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