She does indeed have nine more weeks of experience in being a vice-Presidential candidate than Romney does.
Romney has a year and half more experience as an elected executive than she does.
But we're not really talking about Romney - who is not a conservative and not a very strong candidate.
We are talking about Reagan - and the main thing about Reagan is that he was a real conservative who was still able to win over a ton of Midwestern and even Northeastern Democrats - he won New York, New Jersey, Vermont and Massachusetts in 1980 despite the vote being split in those states by liberal Republican defector John Anderson. Reagan won in the Kennedy stronghold of South Boston.
Palin, who is - despite some of her critics' claims - also a real conservative, does not have that same crossover appeal.
That's the difference. She knows it. And that's what this whole Sarah Palin's Alaska/Facebook/Dancing With The Stars/Twitter/America By Heart book tour is all about.
“She does indeed have nine more weeks of experience in being a vice-Presidential candidate than Romney does.
Romney has a year and half more experience as an elected executive than she does.”
Nope. Remember that Palin was the elected mayor of a town before she was elected governor of AK. The only elective office that Romney has ever held was governor of MA. Palin also was on the town council of Wasilla before that. She has won more elections than Romney has.
Now, if you want to say Romney has more executive (not elected) experience, I’d definitely have to concede that point. Then again, Romney’s also about 20 years older, too. He has also NOT run a small business that I know of, just big ones. Palin’s family has a fishing business that Todd and Sarah have run for some time now, on top of all the rest. Sarah also seems to be doing quite well in building herself a small media franchise.
Palin has also done a LOT more for the GOP than Romney has done, especially if you adjust for party efforts not directly supporting them personally. Palin raises money and ground troops. Romney opens a checkbook.
I know it’s heresy here on FR, but I’m not anti-Romney per se. It’s just that there are so many BETTER possibilities. Can’t really argue with Romney’s financial acumen, but he fails on most of the social issues that are also very important.
Palin has more experience than Mitt Romney, Governor Palin’s 18 years of experience in government and politics surpasses Mitt Romney’s 18 years to lifetime of political experience, Palin has been successful.
Mitt Romney has only won a single election, and he governed miserably, leaving office with 34% approval, being forced to drop his plans for reelection, and turning the seat over to the Democrats.
Palin is facing a national media that even Reagan did not face, and she is having to duplicate while under attack, Ronald Reagan’s lifetime of selling his best image and popularity to the American public, but Palin’s political popularity before the national media’s onslaught, and her 93% approval rating in the Governor’s office, reveals Governor Palin’s ability to win crossover approval.
The question is, can Palin win the primary, most of us believe that she can, then the question becomes whether Presidential candidate Palin can spend 700 million dollars and equal Reagan’s 50.7% of the vote in 2012, I think that she can, and I think that she can beat Mitt Romney.