Resigning as governor was not a mistake...she had no choice with Pete Rouse’s Alaska wrecking crew effectively bankrupting her and her family, as well as her staffers. It was a brilliant move, but went for naught when she decided to not run for the Presidency (for whatever reason).
I agree 100%. Even George Washington was a believer in strategic retreat when necessary. It's a time honored tactic in politics and war, and clearly it was the right thing for her to do under the circumstances. It was the only way she could keep her promise to serve the interests of the people of Alaska. Staying on to become an immobilized figurehead, just because it would enhance her long term political aspirations, would have been slouching into the typical political narcissism that is destroying the rest of the GOP. That courageous, unselfish act sets her apart as more qualified for office than any other recent contenders, including the current resident of the WH. It is one of the best things on her resume.
Yet we, who built the party of stupid (yes, it takes folks like us to empower the GOPe), are still wringing our hands over it like it would mean anything negative to the vast majority of voters. Idiocy. Most folks I talk to, even here in deep blue IL, get it, way better than the echo chamber here at FR. The ordinary voters most affected by it seem (to me) to be those who already despise her. We could roll through this boogieman objection like it was nothing but a morning mist, if we only had the courage of our convictions.
Because we here at FR and other concentrations of conservative thinking and activism are the difference makers. The left knows this. There's a reason they send the trolls and other witting and unwitting disinformationists here. If they block us, through discouragement or misinformation or whatever else, then they block multiplied thousands of others. Think force multiplier. What we think here matters, and we need to not let them keep telling us who we can run and who we can't, unless of course we really want to keep losing.