How can you place Governors Chris Christie and Sarah Palin in the same sentence?The context of my comment was decidedly not "who has similar policy ideas or records." It was clear from my comment that I was commenting on people who had a legitimate shot at the 2012 GOP nomination for President. You really have to expend a lot of mental energy to NOT see that.
Didn’t you forget Charlie Crist, Jeb Bush and Arnold Schwarzenegger?Charlie Crist and Arnold Schwarzennegger had no chance at the 2012 GOP nomination. Arnold does not even qualify. Jeb Bush, practically speaking, had almost no shot at the nomination primarily because of his older brother George. I am not a fan of any of these three.
Christie had a fantastic shot at winning the GOP nomination and winning the election. He had big money chasing him and begging him to run. Very popular. Don't agree with much of his policy but in comparison to Obama he is by contrast like Buckley. Palin could have won the GOP nomination, but probably emerged so damaged that she would have limped into the general election.
Neither is Marco Rubio or Bobby Jindahl, yet they keep talking them up.