And before I get flamed for the Palin comment...she is a terribly flawed candidate and comes across as lazy and uninformed. 2008 became doomed once she started doing interviews and is going to be the only R to lose in AK this year because people hate her and honestly for good reason. And before anyone says “but but ranked choice”...why didn’t the Begich voters choose her as a second choice?
I actually was going to mention Palin in my post #44. In a way, Barnette reminds me of Palin.
Palin had a lot going for her. And she would have been a strong voice for good. But she was doomed by her many missteps, and by relentless media attacks. To this day I wonder why she didn’t get better advice. Or maybe she did, and ignored it. Who knows?
Ah, what might have been.