Republicans' Best Chance to Beat Obama? Destroy Palin.

It sounds as though Wednesday morning, Republican 2012 nomination candidates will be waging war - on Sarah Palin.   According to Politico, Republican insiders worry that Palin could actually drum up enough support to win the Republican nomination and that would all but guarantee Barack Obama a second term in the White House.

"Interviews with advisers to the main 2012 presidential contenders and with other veteran Republican operatives make clear they see themselves on a common, if uncoordinated, mission of halting the momentum and credibility Palin gained with conservative activists by plunging so aggressively into this year’s midterm campaigns.

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There is a determined, focused establishment effort … to find a candidate we can coalesce around who can beat Sarah Palin," said one prominent and longtime Washington Republican. "We believe she could get the nomination, but Barack Obama would crush her."

 

...Top Republicans, from presidential hopefuls Mitt Romney and Tim Pawlenty to highly influential advisers such as Karl Rove and Ed Gillespie, are said to be concerned she will run, and could win, according to the officials. 

The idea of a pre-ordained, "Anyone But Palin" nomination candidate is fascinating.  Then again, not nearly as fascinating as an Obama-Palin presidential election.