Republicans in the wilderness

It is already starting to be a long night at Fox News, where anchor Brit Hume raises the question of who will lead the Republican Party _ even before one state is called.
There are a host of potential leaders lurking _ from Sarah Palin to Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney.
Much of the mood at the network has focused on what went wrong with the McCain campaign and the direction the party needs to take to return to be competitive with the Obama-led Democrats.