Those are Chuck Todd's words.  Think about it.  In one week she has energized the base in a way McCain can only fantasize about.  In that one week she brought in $10 million.

Now trolls, don't get me wrong.  I am not "running scared" that Obama/Biden will lose the election.  I think their campaign is too organized and disciplined to let that happen.

But I am damn scared IF McCain wins.  I think Palin is a far more frightening potential president than George Bush ever was and she will only have been assessed by the voters for 62 days before the election.  The prospect of her being a hearbeat away from the Oval Office truly scares me.  She is what the Christian right has been dreaming of all these years when they started putting their own on tiny school boards and city councils back in the early 90's with the hopes that they would work their way up.  Well folks, here she is.  Seemingly out of the blue (even though I'm believing that less and less).

In the words of Barack, "enough" and "not this time."  Voters got hoodwinked and then robbed in 2000, we got swiftboated in '04 and Kerry folded like a wet tent in Ohio.  We cannot afford another term of not the same but worse.  Palin is Bush without the insight.  She is Bush without the intellect.  She is Bush without the lack of internal motivation.  If McCain gets elected say goodbye to Roe v. Wade.  Adios to ANWR.  Kiss the endangered species act goodbye.  Look for further assaults on the LGBT community.  Watch a new energized Christian right assault libraries and public schools from coast to coast.  The Monica Goodlings of the world will be safe, secure and in power.

Sarah Palin is no fluke.  Believe them when they say she was vetted.  She was, just by their own unique criteria.  It is time now to move beyond the babies, beyond any possible affairs.  Let the National Enquirer handle it.

Here are three suggestions for how we as individuals can handle this and help Obama and, in the long-run, ourselves:

1.  E-mail three friends who are not a tuned in politically as you are and provide information about Palin's extremism.
2.  We should all get out of our comfort zone of echo chambers like TPM and work to convince independent/moderates who are more likely to frequent mainstream sites like the Washington Post.  Engage them in the comment section.  Use cogent arguments.  Avoid ad hominems and view persuasion as a long-term project.
3. Help the Obama campaign: canvas, phone bank, donate.

I love the conversation on this site, that means you Tena, but the country would be better off if we all agree to come back on Nov. 5th to celebrate what a great job we did.  No one here needs convincing to vote for Obama (with about four or so obvious exceptions) so what are we doing here?  Let's get out there and win this thing!