Time will tell. You don’t need decades of compelling writings and Palin has plenty of policy positions (many via facebook) and 2 books. She didn’t spend 2 terms of governor but she has been in politics for a very long time, including 10 years in municipal government. She has truly worked her way up which gives her a unique perspective (one of which is the effectiveness of a strong local government when the feds stay out of their way).
Negatives are turned around all the time. How many products whose reputations were in the tank for one reason or another, whether their fault or not (Tylenol is still around), seemed as if they’d never survive their negatives and are now trusted brands? It’s simple marketing. In 0bama’s case it was slick & deceitful but Palin doesn’t have to do anything but her record and her love of country. As I said, the country doesn’t know her. Her negatives are built on a false image. And she knows how to get around the establishment Republicans & the press. Heck, she’s got them following her all over now doing off the cuff interviews with the whole press corps at once, no filter no editing.
She has one of the keenest political minds I’ve seen and I’ve been amazed at how tough she is. She’s got a whole slew of proof...how she never backs down no matter how much she’s maligned. You watch, just like her recently released emails, this too will be turned on the press, the left, and the establishment RINO’S.
And Reagan was 30 points down a week before the election. But I bet his internal polling said something different. Bet Sarah Palin’s does too.
Cindie
Not true:
"Three weeks before the election, for example, TIME'S polling firm, Yankelovich, Skelly and White, produced a survey of 1,632 registered voters showing the race almost dead even, as did a private survey by Caddell. Two weeks later, a survey by CBS News and the New York Times showed about the same situation.
Some pollsters at that time, however, were getting results that showed a slight Reagan lead. ABC News-Harris surveys, for example, consistently gave Reagan a lead of a few points until the climactic last week of October. "
"Nation: Where the Polls Went Wrong", Time Magazine, 12/1/1980
Reagan was actually ahead of Carter after the GOP convention. From that point until the 2nd debate, the polling had them within a few points of each other, with the lead changing hands several times. But Carter was not ahead of Reagan by a 30-point margin after the early primaries.