What I'm concerned about is the void of any electable Conservatives, as of now. I respect Bachmann, but I honestly don't think she can launch a winning effort from her current position.
I should note, last week during an interview, Gov. Palin made it a point of speaking to an electable candidate having executive experience. Also, John Ziegler has changed his opinion of a Palin run, saying he now believes it's 60/40 that she will run.
I agree with you about Bachmann, but she would make an excellent VP candidate, as would Col. West.
I am now, and have always been a Palin supporter. I think she has the best chances of winning, not because she is like Reagan in all her positions, but she has a quality that Reagan had. She has the ability to go around the MSM (or over if you prefer). She can and has taken her message directly to the American people. Her enemies underestimate her in this regard, and every time they think they have a new attack on her she uses it to speak common sense to the public.
She has been very smart on the Trump B/C issue. She didn’t upset the “Birthers” by by commenting that (paraphrasing) “there were a lot of questions Americans wanted answers to, but she also took a sit back, and enjoy the popcorn attitude that a lot of us took on FR. Now that Obozo has released something, no matter which way it plays with the public, she can step up and forward the fight. Brilliant, IMHO. I also believe Trump, and Palin have mutual respect for each other, and when she “officially” comes in, it would not surprise me to see Trump strategically pull out of the race.
The only way I don’t see that is if what has been said about him by some on this forum is true, and that he intends to try and split the party. I don’t think that’s the case though, and I read somewhere that he has all but made the statement that he would not go Independent if a solid candidate beat him in the primaries. I think he was speaking of Sarah, and might be trying to set himself up as her VP choice.
Maybe I have rose colored glasses on, but I’ve had a good feeling about Palin since she was asked to be VP, and if McCain’s people hadn’t gagged her, she might be VP now.
I have also always believed, contrary to what some people say is the Obozo’s amazing campaigning skills, that if we had run a strong candidate in ‘08, someone who distinguished themselves from not only the socialist that Dummy is, but had distinguished themselves from the Compassionate Conservative side of Bush, who without a whimper, crawled into a corner in his second term, and allowed the media to kick him until he was too bloody to recover, they would have won.