South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford, writing for CNN.com fires a broadside at the GOP saying the 2008 election:

was not in fact a rejection of [our principles of lower taxes, smaller government and individual liberty]  — it was a rejection of Republicans’ failure to live up to those principles.

A couple of days ago, I wrote:

The Republican governors need to move the center of the party out of Washington.  Take it from Senators and House leaders that are too removed from the citizenry and bring it closer to Republican roots.  A subtle but very important point came out during Sarah Palin’s candidacy – executive experience.  Governors are the Nation’s company commanders – they are doing the hands-on work that immediately affect Americans.  From roads to schools to business incentives and the environment, these are the men and women who know the country – the PEOPLE part of the country – best.  The state house is the nexus from which another Reagan Revolution can be launched and from where the GOP must – MUST – concentrate its next group of leaders.

Have the first shots of the Conservative Revolt been fired?