Palin MAY have been Quayled...it is hard to say...the times are far different now than they were at that time.
To me a LOT depends on how bad the economy gets by summer 2011. If it gets much worse, this kind of thing might actually become an advantage. People will be ready to look to “citizen” government again. But it is going to thing another leg down in the economy IMO.
I actually think Huckabee and Palin’s chances are tied to things being very bad. If things get a good amount worse, advantage Palin, if things get a LOT worse....like scared of the abyss worse...Huckabee could emerge. Never discount his ability to be the comforting pastor who will take you through the wilderness. He reminds me a bit of the Preacher character on 7th Heaven actually. The guy who doesn’t excite you in normal times, but if you thought the world was literally going to end, he calms the nerves.
Palin represents “shake them up” change. Huckabee is “Oh My God we are all going to die what are we going to do” smoother in chief. And that is NOT a joke....if things get REALLY bad, we will need someone who can keep the country from going off the deep end.
This is NOT an opinion of who SHOULD win, just a gaming of how the election will go...those are entirely different things. Perception and reality can live on different sides of the street.
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