Why is Sarah Palin such an epic failure? Because she’s a moron? A racist? A dingbat? A national clown? Well, yes, but experts say the real problem is that she’s the last Republican culture warrior. The old GOP anger-bear army consisted of abortion-obsessed white losers furious over the existence of minorities. And they’re still out there, still angry and still illiterate. But there’s not enough of them to win elections anymore, and the new Great Depression has even knocked some common sense into a few of these people — this year, a lot of bitters sort of cleared the Rove Goo from their eyes and realized being permanently enraged about guns or Mexicans is not really the path to wealth and happiness. MORE »

Alaskan dingbat Sarah Palin quickly went from America’s Hottest Governor to local loser nobody wanted to talk about — and that was just here at Wonkette, before John McCain’s handlers perversely chose the empty pantsuit to be “vice presidential nominee.” Now the conservatives and even the easily amused national political media are wondering if McCain’s people will have to dump Palin before or after Thursday’s sure-to-be disastrous debate against Gaffey Joe Biden. [Christian Science Monitor/Washington Post]