Well put Political_Junkie! (In terms of comparing Governor Palin’s resume to former Speaker Ryan’s) To add:
As has been stated elsewhere on the thread, Palin had to resign because she didn’t have money to fight back all the high powered frivolous lawsuits thrown her way. She is not rich like Donald Trump. And Alaskan governors aren’t afforded the same legal immunities as the President either. It didn’t help that even to win Governor of Alaska, she ousted the state’s then most powerful Republican: Frank Murkowski. (RINO Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Father) - So she never had the support of the state’s GOP to begin with. She was against them from day 1.
Upon leaving office, Palin’s endorsements and support of candidates like Rand Paul and Nikki Haley catapulted them to front runner status in highly contested races. Rand Paul was in 5th place in Kentucky polls I think! Haley was also behind. Now look where they are!
On her Facebook profile (Facebook was still new back then), she coined the term ‘death panels’ to describe what government rationing would be like under Obamacare and permanently altered the national discourse over the matter.
She was arguably the leading voice of the Tea Party movement which garnered massive Congressional gains for the Republicans in 2010. At the height of the Obama era. The Obama Admin did damage enough but imagine how much more without the seats that were won in the nick of time!
She as mum on Mitt Romney in 2012 as his people were among the many forces trying to keep her down and out of the running...but she was all in for Trump from the get-go and arguably set the stage for his candidacy! We, her country, owe her efforts a huge THANKS. And we see to what great personal cost to her that much of this came.
And one of the purported "Republicans" who stabbed Governor Palin in the back - Nicole Wallace - is actually a Democrat.
I say this because Nicole Wallace is rooting for a Democrat replacement for President Trump.
Her desired Democrat replacement would be appointing foaming-at-the-mouth partisan Democrat "judges" to the Federal bench.
We've seen the Democrat Federal judge sock-puppets of Peanut Boy, Rapin Bill and ClownBammy running the country from their chambers for the last three years.
THIS is what Nicole Wallace wants.
Oops realize that should be reversed. Haley had more opponents. Regardless Palin’s endorsement was the game changer for both.