“Maybe the complexity of governing a state with 35 times less people was why she quit after two and a half years”
If she hadn’t resigned and come south to campaign for him, Rick Perry would very likely be private citizen Perry right now.
I guess she would have hung around collecting a check from the taxpayers of Alaska and campaigning for Ricky, even running for President. But that would be dishonest, wouldn’t it? Especially if, in order to get elected, you promised them you would not run for President?
Or maybe he would have won by just 6 points instead of 12.
I'll repudiate (or as Sarah says, 'refudiate') Perry when he's been wrong since I'm not tied to any particular candidate. But I really think its wishful thinking to compare the executive experience of a half term as Governor of the fourth smallest state with 3 terms in the second largest state and the world's 15th largest economy. The Texas governorship is famous for being weak, but that's more because the Lt. Governor is so strong rather than it being a neutered position; it's not.
There's legitimate criticism that he didn't really beat anyone of merit, but I also don't think that Sarah being able to save McCain from a Goldwater loss by delivering him a Dukakis loss exactly fires me up to send her back up on the national stage, especially considering the fact that she has the lowest ratings against Obama than any GOP candidate. I don't think you'll be able to dance around that one when the time comes, if it does at all.
I don't see her winning the nomination, which is why I put money on it.
I think Perry will do better.