You honestly think people will reelect the 0bama train wreck for 4 more years?
People DON’T really know her. She was “handled” by McCain’s staff so tightly she never had a chance to show the country who she was.
The press has also done an adequate job of giving people the wrong impression about her. Someone with an approval number as high as she had in AK just has to bypass the press and let the people get to know her. That’s what campaigns do. There are many venues for that, including ads, debates, and appearances. Coverage of her tour has been pretty fair, actually. Mostly because she’s been available and answered the questions the press has put to her.
0bama’s base is completely demoralized and their turnout will be much lower. The Independents that went so heavily for him are trending to the right and the majority of the youth won’t even bother.
For someone who’s observed politics for 40 years, I’m surprised you don’t remember when Reagan ran. He couldn’t win either. Politics wasn’t as dirty then so there wasn’t the vitriol but she won’t sink herself to that level and that will be in her favor. America is desperate for positive reminders of our exceptionalism. 0bama feels like a dark cloud hanging over the country. My guess is people are sick of it.
Cindie
Politics wasn’t as dirty then so there wasn’t the vitriol
The Left in both US and UK were just as dirty and unprincipled back then. The difference today is that the mask has come off and we get to experience more of the Left's sick hate and despair. Their time is short.
I do remember Reagan. I remember that Reagan had two terms as the governor of the largest state in the Union before he ran for president. I remember that he lost the first run for the nomination. I remember that Reagan started the 1980 primaries as the front-runner, and I remember that he started the general election almost 20 points ahead of Carter. I remember that Reagan never had the kind of negative personal approval ratings that Palin has had over the past three years. Even most people who didn't want Reagan to be president liked him as a person.
None of those things are true of Palin. Palin also doesn' have the record of decades of writing and talking about conservative principles that Reagan had, nor has she earned all of the political favors that people owed Reagan (though she has been working on it).
The problem is one of numbers. The Dems start with about 40% of the vote. Palin starts with about 20% - the most conservative part of the GOP base. Unless she can get the rest of the GOP and the independents, she has a very hard row to hoe.