The lesser of two evils is all there is. No candidate is perfect. No candidate will measure up completely. Remember Reagan? He used to be a Democrat and his wife was a kook. She brought palm readers into the white house and reintroduced booze to their parties. Reagan was a divorcee with kids that hated him. That wouldn’t fly today. But thank God for Reagan. Who will be the force we need? Who will beat Obama? They are ALL the lesser of two evils.
Palin doesn't have any policy defects on ANY major conservative issue.
Defence? Read Going Rogue: "We win, they lose." She even got a new foreign policy advisor and her new position is not Nation-Building, but go in with a defined objective, kick ass into the next continent, then get out. Check.
Oil? 'Nuff said. Check
Jobs? Eliminate regulation and taxes. Check.
Pro-life? Trig. Check.
Crossover appeal? She even has Tammy Bruce pulling for her, and her husband's a union guy. Check.
Elitist. Idaho State or something, not Harvard. And she field-dresses moose. Check.
Pro-2nd Amendment? She's shown shooting guns on Sarah Palin's Alaska and discussing with her dad how the sight was misaligned when the gun got dropped. None of this "Can I buy me a huntin' license here?" like Kerry. Check.
Pro-military in general? Track. Check.
Judges? Stated she wants Constitutionalists, not activists: and the pick she made in Alaska was *her* version of "the lesser of two evils" as she was presented with two and only two candidates, one of whom she HAD to select.
Endurance? Check.
Photogenic? Check.
Up on electronic communications? Twitter check.
Family values? Still married to the same guy, check.
Cut spending? You betcha. "Cut the crap and balance." Check.
Knows how to take on entrenched interests? Look how many people she put into jail for corruption in Alaska. And what she did to Exxon / Mobil. Check.
Youth? Check.
Populist, not a RINO, insider candidate? Check.
Persuasive ? "Death Panels" Twitter. Check.
Unafraid? Look at her in Madison with rows of protestors shouting obscenities at her. "Mr. President, game ON!" Check.
Waiting for some of the pretenders to leave the field, and for most of the public to pay attention? Check.
She's not perfect, but she's obviously the best we have.
Cheers!