GEORGE F. WILL, STILL A CLUELESS GASBAG

Will's latest bloviation in the WaPo is another testament to the inconsistent narratives employed by the GOP. He first notes that the election of Obama signals an end to the Democrats using "identity politics" to win elections and later describes Palin Mania as an example of the GOP succumbing to the same kind of politics.

Some conservatives who are gluttons for punishment are getting a head start on ensuring a 2012 drubbing by prescribing peculiar medication for a misdiagnosed illness. ... These conservatives, confusing pugnacity with a political philosophy, are hot to anoint Palin, an emblem of rural and small-town sensibilities, as the party's presumptive 2012 nominee.

The GOP has played it's own version of identity politics for years and it usually comes down to accusing Democrats and liberals as being unAmerican. Rove was a master at this and that smear is still in the GOP playbook and still being used, as we learned from GOP Representatives Hayes and Bachmann.