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Romney could handle the job? He didn’t quit? Are you kidding me?

No.

He completely rolled over for the Dems in the MA legislature,

You don't know your facts. On the Romneycare bill which you and I seem to agree on (and which Teddy Kennedy loved) vetoed major provisions which were in turn replaced by the democrats. This is a liberal democrat state. That's a fact. He did what he could in such a state, and indeed vetoed major, objectionable sections. Obviously this isn't enough for me, but he didn't completely roll for the Dems.

he quit actually tending to his gubernatorial responsibilities and started campaigning for president close to full time only two years into his one term and yes,

That's not true. His term ran from 2003 to January 2007; he formally announced in February of 2007. Of course he was doing work before that but I was here all that time and I don't recall any complaints about him not being around to do his job. I mean, which was it, he was creating Romneycare which he signed in 2006, or he was nowhere to be seen? As for leaving the governorship to campaign...as opposed to Palin, who didn't even fill out her term?

his self-proclaimed signature achievement was Romneycare which does move government into a bigger, more statist role.

OK, we both object to Romneycare, already dealt with.

I was there, he was a huge disappointment. But he can ‘handle’ the presidency?

Yes. You don't seem to be able to see a difference between someone being capable of doing the job, and someone doing a job as we would like it done ideologically. Just because I say someone can obviously perform the duties of a job doesn't mean I like them ideologically. I object to many of the things Truman, FDR, Wilson (all of whom did far more harm than good in their tenures), but they obviously were capable of doing the actual job. Obama is not.

Palin had a one-year tenure on a state board, which she quit; during a four-year term as governor, she took a couple of months off to campaign (which you find so objectionable in Romney, though he didn't even announce until the month after he left office), then quit the governorship after two years.

Is that sufficient experience to take command of the largest economy in the world when it is undergoing complicated, historic change?

I was in and in the GOP and worked to get him in office. He most assuredly was traveling out-of-state on the flimsiest of excuses and being called on it, and Romneycare was one of the few governing initiatives that wasn’t driven by the Democrat legislature, which probably ran the state (and the governor) more than at any time in the Commonwealth’s ignomious political history.

Gov. Palin in contrast has a record of getting real achievements accomplished as governor, knowing how to inspire and how to lead. She’s clearly got a better grasp on nationwide influence, the media, clearly espousing and sticking to principles and just about anything else that is actually part of a president’s portfolio.