Former member of the Ronald Reagan administration essentially tells Sarah Palin that if she wants to leave the Republican party not to let the door hit her on the ass on the way out.

Image courtesy of a Palin-bots Facebook page.

Courtesy of Commentary: \

Several things are happening, I think. One is that some elements within the GOP base are in an agitated mood, spoiling for a fight, eager to make themselves look principled by constantly asserting the GOP is unprincipled. It’s similar to a quarrelsome marriage; every word one spouse says is interpreted in the worst possible light by the other. Sarah Palin and those like her are now disposed to attack the GOP, and perhaps even looking for reasons to break from it. But let’s be clear: It’s being driven by her/their frame of mind, not the heresies of the Republican Party. 

The other thing that is occurring is that Palin and those like her have undergone a fairly dramatic shift in the last few years. One telling example is her reaction to Edward Snowden and the National Security Agency leaks. Palin has gone out of her way to defend Snowden and asserted that America is “becoming a totalitarian surveillance state.” This is a silly charge–and evidence that Palin has lurched in a much more libertarian direction since she enthusiastically agreed to be John McCain’s running mate in 2008. 

It may also be that Palin, having quit after serving less than one term as governor, is simply not very serious about, or even all that interested in, governing. She does seem better suited to compose tweets and star in reality shows than to carry out the duties of governing. 

But Ms. Palin is right about this: No one forces us to be enlisted in either party. She is free to leave the GOP at any time, for any reason. And there may be more than a few Republicans who hope she will, if only so that they do not have to spend any more time explaining to the rest of the world why the GOP, for all its shortcomings, is far more serious than Sarah Palin.

The author of this commentary, Peter Wehner, not only worked for the Reagan administration, but also the George H. Bush administration as well as his son, George W's, administration. 

I certainly do not share his political viewpoints but do concur that having Sarah Palin leave the Republican party could only be seen as a positive. And while she's at it, perhaps she could take Louie Gohmert, Ted Cruz, and Rand Paul along with her.

Not that I think it will help. The cancer infecting the GOP has metastasized, and simply cutting out these obvious pus oozing infections will not solve the problem for long.

Still, you have to start somewhere.