[Signalman]

Palin has a controversial past???

What I'm referring to is her daughter's out-of-wedlock child, and her leaving her position as Governor of AK in the middle of her term. I'm not saying these things are right or wrong, just that the media and the Dems will have this to "use" against her should she be the nominee.

[ReneeLynn]

Those have been covered ad nauseum. For pete’s sakes. But, nice try bringing that back up.

T-Paw? Nah.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Pawlenty barely won both of his gubernatorial races; in fact he would have lost his 2nd one had it not been for the Green Party candidate. Palin, by contrast, took out a popular incumbent GOP Governor and a Dem ex-Govenor, in a year where Republicans lost seats.

Pawlenty backtracked from cap-and-trade AFTER he began contemplating a presidential run. He still supported it as recently as 2009.

Experience in terms of length of time spent in office doesn't mean squat. You need a dynamic, fiery candidate who can beat Obama. That is the X factor. No conservative is going to get out there and bust their @ss for Pawlenty when they hear him promising not to offend Obama or bring up his record, and talk about reaching out to Democrats and crap.

[mel]

I think that quitting governorship will give her big problems. I really don’t believe she has “fire in the belly”. It is one thing to fly around giving speeches and book signings compared to daily responsibility of government office.