New York: Gop

I just had one of those revelation things, I think. You know, when something just jumps into your head and the light goes on and all that.

Now, the first thing to keep in mind is that the following is nothing more than wild speculation on my part. It could be 100% wrong. It is nearly 100% certain that I am not 100% correct. Just keep that in mind as you read. And remember that this is more what I sort of think at this point and not what others, including the ex-Gov may be thinking/planning.

Sarah Palin has, to an extent, removed herself from the bright spotlight of the press while continuing to dominate debates with simple Facebook posts.

Cheers to the AP for the initial brief filed on the victory in Virginia for Republican Bob McDonnell. This is, of course, a severe blow to the Washington Post that exerted massive efforts to derail McDonnell, dredging up college papers or some such nonsense and trying to create a surge against him. It failed.

The initial brief from the AP is quick and honest - hard to tell if this type of honest, sober analysis will continue through tomorrow's post-mortems. I've underlined the stuff I'm (pleasantly) surprised the included:
Republicans wrested political control of Virginia from the Democrats on Tuesday as independent voters swung behind the GOP, a troubling sign for President Barack Obama and his party heading into an important midterm election year.

IBD's view:
But the reason Hoffman was able to end Scozzafava's candidacy is that the people in NY-23 preferred a Reaganite citizen politician to a party machinist doing an impersonation of liberal Sen. Olympia Snowe, the Maine Republican.

Now that Scozzafava has, in an act of incalculable pettiness, endorsed the Democrat in the race, Bill Owens, Gingrich looks like a professor at the Mister Magoo school of political science.

The Politico reports, "the White House got Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, one of the most powerful figures in the state, and New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to place calls to the assemblywoman on Saturday evening to coax her into" endorsing her former Democratic opponent in the race.

This odd (as in: hard to understand) headline had me clicking through to read more: Iowa GOP-ers wince at Palin fee. Turns out to be a story about speaking fees, stuck-up Republicans in Iowa (politicians should feel honored if we let them come speak to us!), and Sarah Palin. But there's a problem with the entire premise of the article, the central fact that has everyone so twitterpated. This is a long story, I'm just going to pull out the items that are directly related to the central premise of the story - even then you'll see there are a lot, underlining making it more obvious:
Rather than exciting conservatives about the prospect of a visit from the former Alaska governor, the group’s plan to raise a six-figure sum to bring her to the state has GOP activists recoiling at the thought of paying to land a politician's speaking appearance.