[LS]

"As for the Democrats like myself, we want former Governor Palin to run." This is utter tripe. You know I have had concerns about Palin, but it is absolutely clear that the lefties do NOT want her to run, and if the campaign were today, she would, by far, give Obama the toughest battle of any declared candidate today. She can match, or beat, Mitt in money (no one else now can do that); she can deliver the rhetoric of a Cain or Bachmann (most of the others don't even come close); she is fundamentally conservative (Mitt isn't, Newt isn't, dunno about Pawlenty); and she has charisma that only a Cain or Bachmann can approach.

Dems are terrified of her because of her money and because of her willingness to take on Obama by name, personally, and not waffle about generic policies.

[harmonium]

” it is absolutely clear that the lefties do NOT want her to run, and if the campaign were today, she would, by far, give Obama the toughest battle of any declared candidate today.”

Honestly, I think Leftist are sick enough that they sink so much of their persona into hating Palin, and other Republicans, that they crave this. It’s like watching angry alcoholics who think drinking makes them fun.

With Palin there is no moral dilemma. They just instinctually go into hate mode, and that’s easier than justifying their vote for Obama.

I also think they want to see someone call Obama on his crap, on some repressed level, because they’re too scared to. Doing so would be an admission of their own guilt, so they want someone they think is evil to come and do it for them.