Ambinder gets it.

Ticking off the reasons McCain lost, MA writes:

-- Sarah Palin. Polling shows that she drove some voters away from Sen. McCain and to Barack Obama. Voters judged her to be too inexperienced to be president. Also, instead of appealing to independents, she became a polarizing figure. ALSO -- her persona highlighted McCain's age and health since she could have taken over. ALSO -- her selection killed the "inexperience" argument against Obama.

But over at The Corner and at Putz's at Dr. Helen's and Red State and Michelle Malkin's, they'll keep insisting Palin is awesome and she should be the nominee in 2012.