I view Sarah Palin as a “rich-mans” Sharon Angle or Christine O’Donnell. i.e. a decent person with the the correct viewpoints. But also not someone of enough substance to convince that 15-20% of the electorate in the middle to vote for her.
You must have that 15-20% of the middle to win the Presidency or win a statewide race like a Senate seat.
Palin has a huge vocal group of supporters. Probably the largest single block within the conservative/republican party. But she also has a hard ceiling on her numbers. And that is why she won’t work as our 2012 candidate IMO.
Again, we ran really competent Tea Party candidates across the board here and Wisconsin. And they all won. The voters in the middle want some heft to your resume in the big races. Especially after being burned on Obama as they were two years ago.
We are in a distinct minority here- and may be vilified- but I agree with you.
It may be a nice fantasy to see Palin as President but it is not likely to happen, certainly not in 2012. Putting her up is a near certainty of a disastrous Obama second term.
We don’t live in a Republican/Conservative bubble. Other people vote too.
The Angle and O’Donnell losses- and others- should be a wake-up lesson on the danger of overreaching. Unfortunately some prefer to hold to unbending opinions that make them zZealots at first and martyrs after.
And then they relish their martyrdom as the rest of us suffer with their choices.
Nothing in 2012 can be worse then Obama winning again and the most crucial requirement of his GOP opponent is that it be someone who can win.