I hope we will be at a point 12 months from now where the primary candidate for the Republican nominee will be a conservative/libertarian (constitutionalist) type. Obviously, the most representative of that type of candidate will present himself with the biggest crosshairs in the rifle scope to the media (analogy absolutely intended). The reason? Because the left is SCARED of conservatives. Conversely, we hope the left puts out the most EXTREME candidate, preferably an incumbent who doesn't triangulate. But the bottom line: WE must decide the candidate this time around, NOT the mainstream media, a fully-owned subsidiary of the socialist wing of the democrat party.
Unfortunately, at this time, the ONLY person we have on the horizon with executive experience is Sarah Palin. I would be tickled pink to have her president, to be honest, but to be quite frank, I hope we have a whole SLEW of candidates with Palin's validated conservative credentials. At that point, Palin may or may not be my favorite pick.
But we have strayed from the point of the thread: Has the shooting invalidated Palin's chances for president? I unfortunately concur that it has, at least for now, but how conservatives and libertarians respond, and more importantly, how the constituents of our existing GOP congressional members, or how opponents of incumbent RINO or leftist congressional members are able to discern through this vitriolic behavior of the left.