KoRun, you are on. When the time is right, Sarah will run, and she will win. If the time is not right, she will not run - simple as that. And, if/when she runs, right-wing nut-cases like me will be on the phones 24/7 - prodding. We got the vote out in an off-year election, in record numbers. We will do it again. Screw the loony-left and the fence sitter “independents”. We have enough base to put her in with Reagan type numbers. They just need a little “prodding”.
You're probably right, but unfortunately unlike the early 80s, California has become a 2nd world(almost European) quasi socialist state. New York has also changed for the worst. That leaves the Republicans having to run a nearly perfect campaign, 'threading the needle' by running the table in a BUNCH of smaller states along with FL and OH. A very difficult task, even for the most seasoned candidates/campaigns. McCain failed miserably. Bush almost didn't pull it off himself. It's so sad that such large areas of our country have become so liberalized/feminized that a conservative candidate is dead on arrival during a presidential campaign. We could be entering into a new period which will be the opposite of how things were during the 2nd half of the last century. The Congress may be solidly republican for decades while the presidency tends to be democrat. This past congressional election points to that IMO. We shall see.