Ronald Reagan was behind in the polls into October, 1980 - and proceeded to blow away Jimmy Carter when we actually voted in the general election.John McCain was the nominee in '08, and he showed how not to run agains Obama. Romney would make no effective attacks on Obamacare, at a time when defeating Obama will be critical to any hope of saving medical choice.McCain used to joke about the media being "my base." How did that work out in a race for the presidency against a liberal Democrat?? We know that "objective" journalism is interested only in its own importance, and that "liberals" get that positive labeling simply because they agree with "objective" journalism that "objective" journalism is more important than food, clothing, and shelter.
Since the Democrats are in symbiosis with "objective" journalists, it should - if your take is valid - be impossible for be impossible for any Republican to be elected president, ever. But that is not the case. In fact, Reagan won big, even with a Republican running as an independent in a three-way race. Landslides occur when things line up in a perfect storm - a weak incumbent, a bad economy, a charismatic challenger. There was nothing the media could do to save Nancy Pelosi's majority last year, and the way things are headed at the checkout register and the gas pump, there won't be anything the media can do about a Republican victory next November, either.
Right. I'm not saying it can't be done. But if Palin is to win the nomination and get the Presidency, she's got an uphill battle ahead of her, more so than a lot of others in the GOP field.
Of course, she's got a lot of fight in her. And she knows how to fight without looking like she's even breaking a sweat. That's one of Palin's best characteristics.
If she wins the nomination, she's got my vote. But as I say, rightly or wrongly (and I would argue wrongly) she's got a lot of KNOWN AND DEMONSTRATED negative public perception she'll need to overcome.
That's all.