Ex Rove Aide: Palin Will Consign GOP to Minority

Here is what Pete Wehner, a former key aide to Karl Rove, has to say about Sarah Palin: "She’s had more than a handful of chances to show her stuff; what we’ve seen has not been reassuring, and at times alarming."

Pete Wehner was a former key aide to Karl Rove. Before that, he served as Bill Bennett's chief researcher and right hand man. Now he is at the Ethics & Public Policy Center, where he is known for his patient willingness to rebut Dem assertions point by point in private memos circulated through conservative Washington. In other words: a conservative stalwart. Here is what he has to say about Sarah Palin in a New York Times round up today:

[E]ven those of us who were disposed to like her cannot deny that her public appearances have generally ranged from mediocre to awful. She’s had more than a handful of chances to show her stuff; what we’ve seen has not been reassuring, and at times alarming. If Sarah Palin becomes the face and future of the G.O.P., it would take a huge step toward securing its position as a minority party for many years to come.