Why would it be a disaster ?
Her run for the Presidency would result in the middle thinking that Conservatives are a bunch of stereotypical yahoos.
It doesn’t mean that she hasn’t learned and and that she has become astute. But her being hamstringed out of the gate created a hill too far.
Don’t blame Mrs. Palin. Blame the freaking McCain people who should have kept her away from the limelight until she was well-seasoned and then SEASONED her.
Still today most of America doesn’t understand her and, sadly, her quitting the Governorship (if done for all the right reasons) was the final nail in her political coffin.
Worse, though, is that if she runs, she makes it look like Conservatives are all style and no substance — the very meme the libs would love to have at their disposal.
I now stand ready for the Palinbots to assail me for speaking blasphemy against Their Chosen One.