Understand. But he has said he won't be a candidate...and I'm inclined to believe him.
On the other hand, DeMint has given every indication that he would endorse Palin if she runs. Over timem, of course, that could change. But, if the election were next month, I believe DeMint would endorse Palin. They seem to be two philosophical peas in a pod.
Why do you think she couldn't win in the general?
I think she can’t win for several reasons:
1) The media has savaged her image, probably irredeemably. It’s not fair. But it’s true.
The comparisons to Reagan are simply off-base. First, Reagan had aptly demonstrated his ability to govern the nation’s largest state for eight years, so attacks on him as a lightweight rang a little hollow.
2) She simply has no serious record of accomplishment. Now that didn’t hurt Obummer, but the media will pound home over and over that she was a half-term governor of a sparsely populated state with not much of an impact. They won’t let her off the hook as they did with O.
3) She has left no trail of spending a lot of time considering great issues. Reagan had literally decades of speeches, all of which he wrote himself, in addition to his two terms as governor. Can you honestly say she’s ever said anything that you haven’t heard said by others and better a hundred times?
4) I’m sorry, but the fact is that she does come across as fairly shallow. Compare her to a DeMint or Gingrich who’ve obviously given lots of thought and study to theories of governance and big ideas. Do you really believe she’d do as well in a debate with Obummer as DeMint or Gingrich? Try to be honest with yourself. There just isn’t a lot of evidence of intellectual curiousity there.
She’s a solid person with a compelling story. She’s right on the issues and has been treated very unfairly. She isn’t the total dunce that half of America believes her to be.
But we can do so much better.
Hank