Palin's a terrible candidate in any circumstance. She couldn't name a Supreme Court case. If you have taken American Poli Sci, you know how easy that is. She isn't rhetorically incompetent like a GWB, who at least seemed to have a passably good grasp on American history and law. She actually and scarily incompetent. Enough for a lot of fence-sitters to switch to solid Obama supporters. Palin's incompetence made voting for her in any capacity infathomable to many.
And no American political parties are not disbanding. The Republican party will eventually realize they will have become more viable to the public to survive. It might take a while but that's what will happen. Happens all the time.
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