Thank God enough of us didn’t swallow the “electability” canard in 1980. The idea that the same people who served up Ford, Bush, Dole and McCain (not to mention Landon and Dewey)should lecture us on electability is a stunning example of hubris.
We ain’t swallowing it in 2012 either.
Not to mention the last "bolt-out-of-the-blue" GOP candidate -- the unforgettable Wendell Wilkie in 1940. LOL.
Brices, I was one of the most vocal supporters of C. O’donnell in Delaware...perhaps you don’t remember me, but I remember you were also...so your electability argument that you’re trying to apply to me doesn’t make sense.
I will vote for the most conservative electable candidate...not the most electable Republican, the most electable conservative....if Demint runs, Palin is no longer the most electable conservative...I would have never voted for GHWB in 1980, just as I would have never voted for Castle in 2010.
You and the others you felt the need to cc in your message to me are only proving my point. I like Palin...a lot...but I’m not a cultist, and will not sacrifice conservative legislation to send some kind of statement in a losing cause. But if she is the most electable conservative (not republican, CONSERVATIVE), then of course she’ll get my vote.