I'll go with the first version- He has what it takes to save our stupid butts from the damage that "we" inflicted upon ourselves last November. Sarah, God bless her, has the star power to help the team, and to make a great VP, and a great punched ticket for her own run in 2020. GQ Magazine Dec 2008: "Leader of the Year: Right Man, Right Time". I think that they called it right.
You may be right, but I am not so confident. Based on what I’ve seen since the Reagan years, I noticed that generals and admirals seldom make good politicians.
Their training and instincts have been developed and refined in a totally different arena. I think that by the time the nomination fight rolls around, Sarah will have been tempered under sufficient fire and will have gained the body of knowledge and insight she will need to be successful.