So. Farewell then McCain and Palin. The notion that Palin will somehow be a runner for office, even in the US madhouse, in 2012 is a bad joke. Let's hope it is the beginning of the end for the politics of hate and a third class funeral for the 'war on terror' bigots. Somehow I doubt it, though. Remember how Tony Blair was the great new hope in the UK? How did that turn out again?