Sarah endorsed McCain. There are some who were mad at the time.
But it doesn’t mean that McCain is suddenly Sarah.
She endorsed McCain - doesn’t mean McCain is any good
She endorsed Perry - doesn’t mean Perry is any good
Logically, Palin helped Palin out, and now Perry is helping Palin out, exactly how, I’m not sure. But when Palin gets in (and it looks like she will - she said there had to be a good conservative in there for her to stay out, and Bachmann isn’t viable, and Perry is just awful, so, Palin is really needed), Perry won’t get in.
Bachmann’s background is disqualifying. Not an acceptable substitute for Palin. 2 weeks ago I thought differently. But 2 weeks ago I hadn’t really stared at that wikipedia bio, tried to figure out a timeline, hadn’t searched for Marcus Bachmann on youtube.
And Perry is just awful. If I had to choose between Bachmann and a sure loss, with a huge dose of humiliation, and Perry. I take Bachmann in a second. I don’t think Bachmann would be bad for America. I’d worry Perry would sell half of the US to the Chinese because the Fed said it was the only way. If Merck pitches a microchip scheme to Perry, well he has a nasty track record. Michele is facepalm (not yet, of course), but I’d vote for her without hesitation if the only choices were her and Perry.
The more I hear about Perry, the more I see how his minions act, the more I like every single other candidate, and with Michele’s unviability, I’m looking at people like Santorum more closely. If Perry can fake tea party, so can Santorum, and there’s nothing on Santorum’s solid (but not true tea party) record that’s disqualifying. It’s pretty impressive.
college degree, mba, jd (Romneys degrees more elite, but Santorums schools were all plenty solid). Then a good law firm, then a US Rep, then a US Senator. Solid. And proven on social issues. Santorum says “10th Amendment” a couple of times, “limited constitutional goverment”, and he’ll get a look. There’s really nothing bad there.
So, I’m looking at Santorum as someone who could put on a fresh coat of tea party paint. Santorum does have the clear advantage over Perry on education. Perry over Santorum on military. Ron Paul is the only one with Military and elite education. Air Force and Duke Medical.
I haven’t researched Pawlenty, Huntsman, Gingrich
Santorum is reliable but Pennsylvania politics and RINO’s kind of put him in a box to support Specter over Toomey. He did. There are enough of those who find that error permanently disqualifying. They will give you as big a headache as those whining against the Perry-this and Perry-that crowd.