[randita]

Remember zero has had about a year now to raise money and raised almost a billion bucks during his campaign and now has the entire U.S. Treasury at his disposal and he will and already has used every dime he can to buy votes with!! How the hell is any candidate on our side supposed to counter that kind of fund raising. It is a mammoth job!

Important point! We can't compete with the massive war chest Democrats are able to amass. NO MORE MATCHING FUNDS!

Another thought - there is a LOT of virulent anger out there. If it's not channeled positively, it will manifest itself in negative ways. Anger can be a force for ill or a force for good. Sarah might be able to help funnel that anger toward positive action.

I think we have to be careful not to expect that Sarah is going to ride in on her white horse (or white snowmobile), clean up D.C. and guarantee GOP victories for the next decade. She can certainly provide leadership, but she can't do it all alone and, although I have great faith in her courage and fortitude, I'm not expecting her to be a miracle worker. She'll need lots of help.

[rodguy911]

She'll need lots of help.

Most assuredly.

Don't get me wrong Sarah is far from a finished ready to go candidate by any means.

She still has a long way to go. Travel abroad, and many other things will help round her out. But she has the basics that we all admire and respect and that a great starting point.