What is happening to the Republican Party?

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Did someone serve a slow-acting hallucinogenic at a gathering of Republican governors that's only now taking effect? Sanford and Palin must've drunk a lot of the crazy punch -- their rambling logorrhea is uncomfortably similar.

Sarah Palin resigns (CNN)

Text of Palin's speech (Alaska.gov)

Sanford confesses affair (YouTube)

The level of self-destruction is getting comic-book bizarre. If I didn't know better, I'd say the Brotherhood of Mutants was involved. :)