Thank you, righttackle44. I wholeheartedly agree with you. The reasons Mrs. Palin gave for leaving the AK governorship will only be magnified a hundred-fold as POTUS. Why would I vote for her? So she could quit half way through her first term as POTUS?
Exactly. In fact, the Dems will hammer that point over and over and over again if Palin is the GOP nominee.
If Sarah is the best candidate the GOP can field, we deserve to get our asses handed to us in 2012. The stupidest decision of John McCain's adult life was giving her a microphone. It was a desperate move that will likely result in the destruction of the GOP in 2012, either because she is the nominee or because she runs as a third party candidate and splits the vote.
So let Sarah run in 2012. She will lose and lose badly and may be lucky to win Alaska, where they probably wouldn't reelect her as governor only to see her resign again.
I reiterate, if Sarah is the most qualified candidate we can field then we deserve to lose.