Reagan may have been despised by the Rockefeller wing of the Republican Party (the original RINOs, I guess), but let’s not forget the fact that he made a heck of a run for the nomination in 1976 and quickly brushed past George H.W. Bush early in the primary season in 1980 and became the front-runner. It was quickly apparently that there were a whole lot of us Republicans who bought into his conservative, pro-America, limited government message and were rejecting the more RINO (for the time) Bush. The Tea Party taps into the same vein that Reagan tapped into and is a reaction from people like us who believe that the Republican Party strayed from those roots over the past 20 years.
Palin taps into it in a way that the retreads like Huckabee and Romney don’t. The fact that some of us have doubts about her ability to be elected in today’s environment doesn’t mean we are rejecting the message she is espousing!
He didn’t quickly brush past 41, it was a struggle. He lost Iowa in the primary. It wasn’t until the debates, and he had to fight to be included in that, that he started gaining on Bush.
Let’s look at who’s more qualified, owebama or Palin. Who would you trust the country with? Palin was a governor who did a LOT for energy, Owebama, he fixed potholes and is a proven failure.
God help us if Huckebee or Romney or Gingrich, and as much as I love him, Barbour, are our choices.
If that’s the choice, I’m voting 3rd party, no more McCains.
Pawlenty, the cho-choo train formor gov from Minnesota, ethanol supporter isn’t an option either.
Who’s a conservative candidate willing to run? Barbour is the most conservative out of the above ruling class, he’ll never win. Who else? Palin can win, she’s got the personality that ticks off the left. How fun would that be, the first female president to be a conservative?