The unofficial theme of this conference was of a movement at a crossroads, with a choice between our most deeply cherished principles and our understandable concern in accidentally empowering an insane and openly fascist Republican Party over a corrupt, ideologically conservative, and fully propagandized Democratic Party.

If Mark Halperin wrote for TMZ this is exactly the post that he would write:
“Two Years Later: Sarah Palin Has Come A Long Way From The Slaughtered Turkey Video…”