KING: Is Governor Palin the new star of the Republican Party?
MAHER: If they're not very bright, she is. I mean that's going to be the gut check for the Republicans, is what direction are they going to go in now? Now, I think politicians are usually led by the idea that they want to win elections. And Sarah Palin was a bit of an Alaskan albatross around John McCain's neck -- not that he would have won anyway.