[Carry_Okie]

People were very aware of her. They had a chance to vote for her. They didn’t. Instead they voted for 0bama. Either a candidate has it, or they don’t.

Reagan lost the GOP primary against Ford. Nuff said.

I'm not saying that because I think Palin would win or not, merely that this is an unsupportable conclusion. Even Obama lost an election. It is a truism that isn't true.

[counterpunch]

Yeah, Reagan lost the GOP primary against Ford.
The Republican party ran the wrong ticket in 1976.
They do that a lot.

Ford-Dole was a losing ticket, just like McCain-Palin.
Dole went on to lose even bigger on his own.
Is that what you’re looking to repeat with Sarah Palin?

That is the only thing I can glean from what you’re saying.
Because I know you know better than to compare an intra-party primary to a general election.
They aren’t the same thing. Candidates who are not nominated by their party are not electoral losers in the same way that a losing general election candidate is.

Most nominees run a couple times for the nomination before they get it.
Not being chosen as the nominee in prior cycles does not have any effect on their future electability.