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Sarah Palin has energized the conservative base, there is much to like about many of her positions, but until she actually declares her candidacy for elective office, she is just one more political celebrity.

Yup.

While Sarah Palin has many qualities that would certainly endear her to many Reaganites, she is not at all in the same league as Ronald Reagan, not at this point in her political career. The fact is, her experience could be compared to that of Ronald Reagan about 1962. Still conservative, but still 'in development'. Reagan did not truly come on the national stage until 1964 with his nominating speech for Senator Barry Goldwater, and it was 2 years later that he was elected Governor of California. The rest is history.

Reagan ran for the nomination in '68, 4 years after his first major speech and two years after being elected governor. Reagan tried to maintain his responsibilities as governor while he ran for nomination.

Sarah served two years as governor and gave her first major national speech in 2008, four years before a possible presidential run. Sarah has major league experience on the campaign trail and in the VP debate during the 2008 election. Sarah still has a year or two of experience to gain as a public speaker, political analyst, policy wonk and campaigner for other candidates, before her possible run in 2012. Potentially, I would compare Sarah's experience a year or two from now to Reagan's experience in 1968 or even past that.

Have you actually read the '86 legislation that was signed into law by President Reagan?

Yes, it's amnesty.

How many mistakes will you overlook?

I don't overlook mistakes. All positives and all negatives will be considered about all the candidates.

You would do it differently?