We, eventually, lined up behind Jorge Arbusto for both terms. But no, we have never had universal agreement here. Here, it should be safe to do so. To talk through differences.
It helps to be honest about them though... Which some folks ditch early just to score "points" on some imaginary score card in their heads. So you end up with threads like this one. Spouted by an ideologue by an ideologue against someone who really doesn't deserve it.
Is Palin a perfect candidate? Probably not. Is she the best one to have stepped forward so far? Quite possibly. Depends on how much traction Cain can get...
She isn't as good a candidate as Herman Cain or Michele Backmann.
In fact, her incredibly high negative ratings make her one of the worst candidates if the goal is beating Obama.