The fact of the matter is that she wouldn't be where she is today without the star-making cachet of having been chosen as McCain's VP. Without that, she'd be a one-term governor of Alaska, which isn't exactly bursting with electoral votes. That's she's attractive wouldn't be enough for her to go on, and frankly, the MSM wouldn't have promoted her moose-hunting, pro-life self if they had any excuse.
McCain's choice gave them NO choice, and I'd love to see this list of Republicans who aren't running for national audience or who have a regular column who the MSM would have given so much airtime to as they did Palin.
Without McCain's choice, we wouldn't be talking about Palin except as a one-term governor of a state that's no electoral prize. You can spin it all you like, but when you look at the reality of how national political figures are decided, Palin simply doesn't have the track record that would have her taken seriously on her own. If she weren't pro-life or Republican, you, too, would be saying "She's a one-termer from Alaska, you call that enough of a resume to be president? Don't we have enough trouble with a guy who's a one-term senator being president?"
You are insane, how do you figure that the governor with the highest approval numbers in America is a "one-term" governor?