Okay, let's do a thought exercise. Suppose you're a Republican running for congress in Iowa or Florida, just to use two examples. Your opponent, an incumbent Democrat, has a good sized war chest and the backing of the DNC, White House and the Clintons. Who do you ask to come to your aid, Senator Santorum or Governor Palin? Be honest. Who do you think can draw large crowds, numerous donations and local/national press attention? Here endeth the lesson.
I will not attempt to deny your words. They are true.
However drawing crowds to hear the message doesn’t translate to votes in the primary nor the election.
We can discuss what we think on the subject of Sarah, but it might be prudent to ask, What does Sarah think?
We don’t know of course, but she obviously made a conscious decision that she lacked the votes to prevail in 2012. I am fairly certain she knows that she is still very popular but not popular enough to win.
To return to the original thought, she must enter the political arena and put it on the line. The Senate election in Alaska is the overwhelmingly logical race.
Kristol is correct on thispoint