>> Palin badly miscalculated in her home state — proving she cannot carry water there. <<
Tsk, tsk! You shouldn’t be saying such a thing. Criticism of Sarah is banned.
There is an enormous and valuable range of opinion on personalities and issues in the center-right world. If posters at Free Republic cannot handle internal dissent regarding the relative merits of various presidential candidates, then they are not ready for the big leagues. And I would bet that Jim Robinson would be the first to agree with me. This is a forum about the respectful exchange of views.
I will speak freely, often and respectfully regarding all presidential aspirants. If that is problemmatic for some, so be it. But I will not be silenced.
So, I will reiterate: I will vote for the GOP nominee for president in 2012. More than any other issue, the Supreme Court is at stake. But at this juncture I do not believe that Palin is the strongest GOP presidential candidate.