Conservative pollsters show Palin with high negatives along with Newt Gingrich. Frank Luntz said on Hannity the other night that Palin's biggest weakness is with independents.
So name recognition doesn't mean a lot if the majority have an unfavorable view of the candidate.
And in Politics, the name is the game.
Ronald Reagan wasn't anymore well known nationwide than Michele Bachmann in 1978. Obama wasn't well known in 2006.
“Ronald Reagan wasn’t anymore well known nationwide than Michele Bachmann in 1978.”
Sorry, Chief, but you just rang the ignorant (or troll) bell. Ronald Reagan was a household name. Are you from America? Or are you a kid?
This is just flat out the dumbest thing anyone has ever said on FR.
Honestly, where do you come from that you don’t know this? Or are you so desperate to make a point you are willing to say such a stupid thing?