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Shoulda, woulda coulda.

The conservative vote may not have been split as much with her in, but the Establishment would have ensured Romney an advantage just by carrying what are the “blue” states anyway. For example, Romney would still win just about all the Northeast states, the Island Territories, the Mormon Western States, and AZ/FL whether Palin was in or not. The exceptions are MI, OH, AK, and VA where Romney would have lost those states had the vote not been split. Given how “conservative” “red” states seem to be more Proportional and “moderate/liberal” blue states WTA, this would have probably been headed for the convention.

The rules as they stand now will prevent a conservative from ever getting the nomination. The formula needs to be reversed (Southern states need to be WTA and Blue States need to be proportional). The way it’s set up now, we have a nominee that’s going to win by not carrying a single southern state in the primary/caucus season. If Romney wern’t a Mormon, I’d doubt he’d have won any traditional Republican states.

Hey, she made a decision with God and her family that she shouldn't run, and I'm fine with that.

She would have had to struggle with the idiots on our side who decided to believe the MSM narrative, or the idiots on our side who claimed she wasn't a "true conservative", or the idiots on our side who simply couldn't abide a capable woman executive, or the idiots on our side who were too neutered to come to her defense. Heck, she had all of the above right here on FR bitching about the dumbest crap. Shame on them all.

She is still a great force for good, a champion of conservative values, one who fights for them. She would have been a far better candidate than the three we have, but sadly (for us, not for her) it's not happening this year.

We will never know. Let’s be blunt.... the problems in our nation are far beyond the ability of one leader to fix unless that figure was a charismatic messiah that drove our fellow citizens to believe in self-sacrifice and discipline for future generations.

I don’t think any mortal in history could fix our nation. The problem is not our politicians. We are the problem.... we want an easy life and if our children and grandchildren pay for it, that’s ok with us.

We latch onto the next great hope as if they are going to reverse universal laws and our priviledged lives will continue without effort. We won’t even have to be involved.... just vote for X and he/she will take care of us!

It won’t work. Every day we are told... if only X ran things would be different. Fact... social security is broke and even FReepers don’t care. They tell us it’s not broke. They tell us the politicians (they elected) squandered the funds. They tell us they “earned it” and it’s their money!!!!! They were promised to be on top of the pyramid scheme!!!! What about my children? What about yours? My grandchildren and yours? Where is the payout for them? They don’t care. They bought into the utopian dream the politicians promised them. It’s the biggest union in the world and those of us who challenge it are scabs. Think I am wrong? You are not following the debate.

I really like Sarah and I wish she had run. However, if she had taken even 1/4 of the steps necessary to make our nation solvent it would have been a tumultuous four years and a one term proposition. There are plenty of conservatives who don’t have the stomach for sacrifice and we are the minority.

Perhaps Sarah understands these things... I don’t know. Personally, I am glad for her and her family that she did not run. Understanding the reality of our situation, you could be elected Captain of the Titanic when the stern was pointed straight up and half the ship was underwater.

America is going to elect the Captain they want. We are divided along party lines about 50/50 for those who even bother to vote. The Captain, D or R, is going to smile and promise them everything they want even as our nation disappears. We can’t even cut 10% of the budget!

Tell me where I am wrong?

Assuming Romney gets the nomination, he could go a long way to repair the splits in the Republican/Conservative alliance by choosing Sarah Palin as VP and giving her the freedom to campaign as she sees fit.

If elected, put her in charge of US energy independence, a program with the highest priority for the next decade.

Or, at least, to nominate her for a high cabinet position.

My preference is VP, or merge the Depts of Energy, Interior and EPA into one unit and put Sarah in charge of that.