PALIN IS THE 2ND COMING OF PRES. FREDO

Just like Fredo, she's ignorant and simplistic. Just like Fredo, she's been packaged as a regular person, a "hockey mom" who represents "real" America. The difference is that many of the conservative elite think she's a bozo who simply doesn't belong on the ticket and shouldn't have much of a role in the GOP after the election.

For the social conservatives, she's their new standard-bearer:

"I hope and expect that she stays involved nationally, and she can play pretty much whatever role she wants to. She's got momentum now, and I'd be surprised if she didn't play a leadership role in the party," Richard Viguerie, a prominent cultural conservative and chairman of conservativehq.com, told CNN.

A certified loony also likes Palin:

Brent Bozell, president of the Media Research Center, a conservative group, called it a “top order of business” to determine Ms. Palin’s future role. “Conservatives have been looking for leadership, and she has proven that she can electrify the grass roots like few people have in the last 20 years,” Mr. Bozell said. “No matter what she decides to do, there will be a small mother lode of financial support behind her.”

Finally, we have the imprimatur from this column in American Spectator:

The Sarah Party
By Robert Stacy McCain on 10.28.08 @ 8:20PM

SHIPPENSBURG, Pa. -- I've got news for the Christopher Buckleys of the world -- if Sarah Palin is enough to make you decide you're not a Republican, you're not a Republican.