“Why is she any more or less viable than Michele Bachmann or Herman Cain?”
Schedule appearances at the same time; book an arena for SP, a big room for Bachmannn and a phone booth for Cain.
Oh. And ask 100 people on the street if they know who they are. 4 will identify Bachmann, Cain’s mother will recognize him. 99 will know SP.
Oh. And is there anyone in America who knows more about how to push the oil out of Alaska, just when we are going to need it most?
What good is name recognition if most have a negative association with the name?
There a plenty of candidates that have come out of nowhere to win nominations and the Presidents. It comes down to running a superior campaign and getting one's message out.