[GunRunner]

Palin by contrast upended an incumbent Governor in a tough year for the GOP and got 51% of the vote in a three way primary. In a three way general she got 49% of the vote in 2006 (against a former two term Dem governor)while Perry the incumbent could only manage 39% against the likes of Kinky Friedman.

I don't see how the two compare. Texas has over 35 times the population of Alaska. It's like comparing a state Senate race to student council.

[Brices Crossroads]

“I don’t see how the two compare. Texas has over 35 times the population of Alaska. It’s like comparing a state Senate race to student council”

If you want to talk numbers, Sarah Palin got 60 million votes for Vice President in 2008. Rick Perry got 1.7 million for reelection as governor in 2006.

Alaska is nearly three times the size of Texas and very complex to govern. It is why the Governor is so much more powerful and her decisions so much more consequential than the Governor of Texas.

The fact that Texas has more people just gives nanny staters like Perry an opportunity to insert themselves into the lives of the people by forcing gardasil on teenage girls and forcing taxpayers to pay tuition for illegals.

No thanks.