The RNC rolls out its Reagan Purity Test, to be considered by the RNC, scoring Republican candidates as to how well conservative they live up to their ideology. If they fail on three or more points, the RNC will not back them.
The Tea Partiers elbow out a perfectly good local Republican candidate in favor of a weak, ideologically pure candidate. And the Democrat wins.
Sarah Palin makes cryptic remarks about Jews flocking to Jerusalem in the coming months. She appears to be preparing for a run for President, even though any sane analysis would indicate she has no chance of winning a general election.
SNL runs a commercial about the 2012 election, Palin, winning, and the ensuing apocalypse...and some in the right wing believe it is a positive portrayal of the former, not-quite-full-term Governor.
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