Palin begins to pall...

Only Palin can save McCain, her party, and the country she loves. She can bow out for personal reasons, perhaps because she wants to spend more time with her newborn. No one would criticize a mother who puts her family first.

Do it for your country.

That's Kathleen Parker writing in the National Review. 

The bounce is over, the glory has departed. 

The Palin phenomenon is Ichabod... dead and done. And now all that's left is for Biden to put her away. 

This will go down as Walnuts' biggest gamble, the one that cost him the election.

Meanwhile, Mitt Romney bets on the economy tanking and bides his time until 2012.