Sarah Palin has shown herself to be intelligent, articulate, and, above all, principled and solidly grounded in the values that made this country great--and she has a proven track record to boot. That is the source of her appeal to conservatives--and it's also what drives the Giulianians, the Romneybots, the Hucksters, and the McCainiacs crazy.
McCainiac now? That’s a new one. Yep Fiji, I supported John McCain. He was and is a good man. Palin was his biggest error in judgment, and although I can’t prove it, I’d bet money that he chose her because of undue pressure from campaign staff who insisted he needed someone younger and sexier on the ticket. If you have a problem with that, tough.
However, I do not think that she is qualified for the toughest job on the planet (very light CV, and, positions, tweets, reality TV and FB posts do not experience make) nor do I think that she could get the 65-70 million votes needed to win. IMO, if we nominate her we lose.
Proven track record? Maybe you missed the news flash on July 3rd, 2009, when she announced she was QUITTING as Alaska's governor effective 7/31/09, after serving LESS THAN one term. Then again, I note that stating facts about Palin on this board is very unpopular, to say the least.