Where's Palin?

By Zamboni

We cats have noticed something about today's USA Today/Gallup poll, "Who speaks for the GOP?"

Sarah Palin is nowhere to be found. At least, not in the top group of losers — oops, we mean, leading Republicans — whom respondents were able to identify.

Rush Limbaugh led the sorry pack with 13 percent, followed by Dick Cheney, John McCain and Newt Gingrich. George W. Bush came in fifth.

In the current parlance of FOX "News," we find this very interesting. Unlike us Democrats, the GOP is a very hierarchical party. Therefore — under normal circumstances — a previous year's Vice Presidential nominee would figure prominently in a poll like this.

But these are not normal circumstances. The Republicans are completely shut out of power after being soundly repudiated in two national elections, sure. And they're faced with a highly popular Democratic President. But more to the point, their Vice Presidential nominee last year was an ass.

And people obviously know it.