Why are you so anxious about dismissing such a strong conservative like Palin?
I mean, we haven’t had a single debate, yet you seem to be as concerned as the liberal leftist media about the possibility of her being the next president.
Mccain was supposed to be the perfect candidate for the so called independents just as Dole was before and what did that get us but huge losses.
I have to question someone who will make blanket statements and spend so much time trying to spin a poll of 170 people and make it look like its over for her.
Sorry my friend, my instincts tell me you have a clear agenda and even if you are not a liberal like I suspect, you are not doing this nation any favors by spreading lies about a true patriot.
Cheers.
I am not "anxious" about Palin. I believe she is a good conservative, but that fact alone does not make her a good candidate. Some of her personal qualities repel people whose support any candidate will need to have in order to win. Instead of attacking people who express doubts about Ms. Palin, try asking them what bothers them about her. Hint: for many, it has nothing to do with her conservatism.
As for John McCain, he was not nominated because he would appeal to Independents. He was nominated for the "traditional" GOP reason: he was the next Establishment guy in line, and early primary voters split the non-Establishment vote among several other candidates. Exactly like Bob Dole, as a matter of fact. Now, Bob Dole was a solid conservative, and a war hero, too. But he was a lousy candidate - just as McCain was an awful candidate, and George Bush (41) was an awful candidate in 1992 (he won in '88 because he had the good fortune of both following Reagan and running against an even worse candidate, one Michael Stanley Dukakis).
So, in light of history and present circumstances (the country is in dire trouble), I am seeking the most conservative candidate we've got, who also has the personal and professional qualities that will make him - or her - more likely to beat Obama.
As for polls, I sent you a link not to just one poll but to many. I really urge you to look at them in detail because they tell some stories - not clearly, yet, but enough to be of concern for Republicans who love Sarah Palin and want her to be our next standard-bearer. If she is, I will not only vote for her, but I will actively work for her election. That intention will not change my concerns about the breadth of her appeal.
I have no agenda. As Glenn Beck likes to say: "the truth has no agenda", and my purpose is not to "spread lies" as you seem to believe, without example or evidence, I might well add. If Sarah Palin truly wants to be President (and I'm not sure she does, at least this time around) she first needs to do several important things, in my opinion. I will not list them all here, unless you ask me to, which you have not yet done. One of them I have already mentioned: she needs to adopt a more serious, and less "folksy" tone when discussing issues of national importance. Palin would do well to listen to the speeches of Margaret Thatcher, read some Winston Churchill, watch Reagan's debate performances.
We are headed into seriously dangerous times. They call for an equally serious candidate, and I believe that it is a nagging uncertainty about her seriousness - not fear of her conservatism - that makes many people nervous about Sarah Palin.