I hope my own pessimism is denied and she does declare. To date she looks, in one respect, like traditional Republicans in that we are all waiting for her to decide when it is The Right Time to make The Move. I waited for George HW Bush to do that but he never did and lost. I waited for Dole to do it but he dithered on. I waited for McCain but he never ramped it up at any strategic moment. Even W never kicked it into gear in the second run but he managed to get by anyway. Palin is outside the process now. If she fails to jump in she cannot win no matter how bad the kenyan is and we all must lose.
What are you talking about? Dole, McCain and 41 all secured the party nomination, they were just lackluster “moderate” candidates.
There’s nothing lackluster about Palin and she’s a genuine conservative—she just hasn’t entered the race or secured the nomination yet.