As of today, he is absolutely correct. (He was 100% correct about O’Donnell — although he should have shut his mouth — she has been a disaster and will get trounced next Tuesday.)
Palin may be adored by a large block of Republicans, but some Republicans don’t like her, and she does not appeal to enough independents. One can call the disapproving Republicans RINOs, but it doesn’t change the high likelihood that she isn’t electable today. The Republican ticket needs the RINO vote to win the election...it also needs the independent vote.
Those feelings can change...I vividly remember when establishment Republicans scoffed at the idea of a Hollywood actor — B-rated at that — should ever be president...that was even true in 1980...sort of the George H. W. Bush voters in that primary season.
Sarah hurt her standing in the broad middle of the electorate — although not among the conservative/tea party wing of the party — by resigning the governership. I know there were reasons — MoveOn and Soros were on a personal mission to bankrupt her with daily false accusations — but nevertheless it painted a picture of a ‘quiter’ in some people’s minds. It also deprived her of experience on her resume.
I firmly believe that a HUGE (or make that HUGH) issue in the 2012 election will be experience. The country elected a person who’s never done anything or run anything, and we’re paying dearly as a consequence. The country will want to turn things over to an executive with proven leadership abilities, and 2 years as a mayor and an aborted term as governor present a weak resume.
Sarah would be in much better position if she runs for elected office again — too bad she didn’t run for Senate this year — and build up her experience. She’d be much more marketable to the general population. She’s young and she has the time.
“Sarah hurt her standing in the broad middle of the electorate”
I guess they never saw these numbers from Rasmussenand and last week Gallup confirmed the numbers.
Whose views are closer to your own? Palin/Obama
Overall: 52/40
Male: 55/37
Female: 48/43
White: 58/35
Black: 5/87
GOP: 84/9
DEM: 14/81
INDY: 59/27
Conservative: 80/12
Moderate: 28/61
Liberal: 14/85
Or these:
“.....76% of Republicans and 52% of unaffiliated voters now hold a favorable opinion of Palin.”
“...Unaffiliated voters by a 41% to 36% margin see Palin as good for the GOP.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2592751/posts?q=1&;page=1
The resignation was a tactical retreat, for the sake of her family, and whether you choose to believe it or not, the state of Alaska. After regrouping, she came back out for the sake of the country and her (and everyone else’s) children’s future.
Make no mistake: Sarah Palin is a fighter!
If she wasn’t, why would there be such a push to take her down?
Palin is positioned fine to take the primary. Do you think that Rove is against Mitt Romney? A man that only won one election in 18 years in politics, and that left that office with 34% approval and that turned that Governor's seat over to the the Democrats?
