With respect, the obvious ploy is “never let the Left choose your candidate”.
The Left hates Palin and will hate her 24/7 for years, just as they hated Reagan and Thatcher. There will never be a letup. For - why would they stop, if it makes us change our candidates?
> There will never be a letup. For - why would they stop, if it makes us change our candidates?
There’s alot to be said for that.
The rationale with letting them tire themselves out on Palin is that the opposition can build all their strategies against fighting her. A last minute switch to someone like, say, Ollie, would leave them with the wrong strategy against the wrong candidate. Shifting the ground rules is an age-old sales strategy, and it is one that is best deployed at the very last minute, as it gives the opposition less time to recover.
With this suggested strategy you put Palin as VP, and thus have the benefit of her in office for potentially sixteen years (8 as VP and 8 as POTUS).