@DrewDad,
One thing you have to keep in mind is that Sarah Palin is the only real Republican who has been in the news much recently; McCain, Lieberman, Rudy Giuliani and several of these other people you read about are basically 1950s Democrats and Giuliani has stated that Barky is basically the least qualified candidate for president in the last 100 years and possibly more than that.
That would make me think pretty hard even if nothing else did.