[HereInTheHeartland]

“1) She was a bolt from the blue about whom few had any background; “

I didn't know a whole lot about her, but I instantly recognized what she stood for. I saw her as someone who was not from the normal Beltway mold, and I very much liked that.
I could see her character, integrity, patriotism and base conservatism. Those things are the most important character traits for a president. Plus Alaska is a very different place from the rest of the US. It has a lot of the spirit that built this nation, again something I really liked in Palin.

We won't get a true change agent that passes the filter of the mains team media; it just won't happen. They will have disdain for anyone who is a real conservative. A faux conservative they will bless.
But a honest “lets get government out of our lives” conservative (like Reagan) will be ridiculed.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

I disagree. Reagan (whom I adored) had one thing Gov. Palin doesn't have — a career in the media — that covered a multitude of lack in other areas. He also had lived life for a few more years and experienced what this country runs on — the corporate world. He was grounded in what helped build this great nation and managed an education during the most difficult time to get one. He was blessed with a bullshit meter and knew how to deliver the lines when his knees were knocking. We need a media savvy, educated, experienced candidate who can drive a truck to the right of the center line and “sell it, Baby, sell it.”