It would’ve been a different situation, but she still would’ve been a top tier candidate. In that instance, she’d be a successful and outspoken Governor into her 2nd term, and our most prominent woman in such an office. Since most of us tend to look to Governors for leaders (and for Presidents), she’d have been a natural. She had been, of course, largely ignored by the media (as they tend to do with those who aren’t White males in the GOP), and would never have been the central focus for destruction (or rather, they wouldn’t have had enough time to do so, which was redoubled with great effort AFTER the ‘08 election in order to make her thoroughly unviable for ‘12, which has failed).
Well, does the GOP establishment like her now? Does the MSM like her now? Why would the GOP establishment and the MSM like her more if she wasn’t the VP nominee.
Yes, she’d be a successful ..., and our most, and all that.
If the MSM didn’t like her, they wouldn’t have destroyed her, they just would’ve ignored her. They wouldn’t have run her up the flagpole, if they didn’t like her. She’d be more ex Louisiana Governor Buddy Roemer (not mentioned at all by anyone) and less like ex Utah Governor Jon Huntsman (treated like a serious candidate almost a frontrunner in delusionland.) Why is one Governor not mentioned and another treated like a frontrunner. Because those are the prepicked acceptable candidates. Palin wouldn’t have been one. If she had run in 12 (and wasn’t VP nom), she certainly could’ve won a lot of fans in the process of running, but she would’ve had a very large name recognition deficiency. Would’ve ended up in a better place for a later race. At this point in the race she’d be pretty low in the polls.