The 2012 ticket will be Palin/Cornyn. She will need ‘gravitas’ more than a strategic geographical pick.
Gravitas? Is that like what Obama brought? Or Biden? Or Clinton? Anyone? Or is that a figment, propagated by the libs, to be used as a bar for republicans only? That gravitas?
Cornyn doesn't have "gravitas", he has sponsors in business. He's the new Phil Gramm.
Palin would do better with people like Fred and Dick Lugar in her corner -- there's your international expertise and "gravitas". I'd vote for Fred for President in a heartbeat. He didn't do well at all in 2007, started waaaay too late because of TV contracts and liabilities. But even one of the rivals' backers said that, looking up at Fred on a podium giving a speech, you could see that he was the President of the United States already. He had what it takes, the political guy recognized it, and Sarah needs that in her corner. Or she needs to be in his.
Dick Lugar, Dan and Marilyn Quayle, Fred and Sarah. Now that's the beginnings of a Republican conservative juggernaut.