She ain’t no Reagan, but she’s the next closest thing out there.
She ain’t no Reagan, but she’s the next closest thing out there.
Rick Perry speaking about Sarah Palin ...
"I love Sarah Palin, I love her positions, I think she was a good governor. . . . I want her to be engaged in this rebuilding of the Republican Party. . . . She is substantially more the face of this country than some other people who might want to be the face of the Republican Party. To me she's the face of America. I mean she's a hard worker, she didn't come from money, she didn't come from privilege, she just worked hard. . . . I have not seen another person who invigorated the Republican base [like she did] with the possible exception of Ronald Reagan in 1976—the speech he made at the Republican Convention. People were looking around and saying, 'we nominated the wrong dude.'"
Sadly, the times make the man. Anyone who starts with substantial potential will shine in the 2012-2020 time frame. I wish we lived in less interesting times, but the next president will have to clean up a whopper of a mess after Bush's fiscal blunders (especially in his last few months) and the four year gap in presidential leadership. The right choice will shine brighter than anyone imagines, even brighter than the biggest Palin fans imagine.