It’s interesting how liberal journalists (I’m thinking this guy is one, based on tone and content) are undone by their prejudices—they think that since the average Republican is just plain stooopid, so much less intelligent than a lib, then of course a lib can figure out the Republican PARTY in seconds.
Liberals have so many blind spots when it comes to the right, and one they are always blinded by is that when conservatives are unabashedly conservative, they can win where it previously seemed they didn’t have a chance.
Huckabee, Gingrich and Romney are so incredibly unattractive in different ways to large enough groups of people that while I can see them getting the nomination, I think all three are losers against Obama. Palin is our best choice of the group running, but I don’t know if she can beat Obama (spare me the polls, which mean nothing at this point, including those showing Palin being unpopular).
I don’t think she can pull it off, but we gain nothing by putting up these weak, tired Country Club types like Romney, or these unattractive and flawed Huckabee types, and we at least have a shot with her.
I think Palin has the best chance of winning against Obama compared to the others, but the country made not be ready by 2012. We could still be in this malaise economically and voters are still willing to give Obama another chance. If we experience a stockmarket crash, increasing job lost, $2trillion+ deficit per year, crashing USD. Palin will have a great chance of winning the general election. Still too many people believe stimulus help the economy, even amongst the establishment GOP