MY time? i like her far better than i like Palin for the job, but as a woman myself, i am not going to excuse her from the consequences of her own foibles. I also believe the ones you list NEED winnnowed, as they cannot WIN. I am hopeful that others may still enter the field with more electability going for them.
I use my conservative non-freeper friends and twenty something children as a gauge on who is electable. If one never leaves FR and uses this forum as barometer, one gets a very unrealistic view of the voting populace, IMO. The “folks” are nowhere near as engaged or informed as freepers are, and they look at these candidates very skeptically.
Very good points re: not using FR as a barometer of the electorate.
Same with those who watch only Fox News and take pride in being ideologically pure and unmolested by contrarian views.
We must toughen up, educate and expose ourselves to the mood of the country, arguing points against us, and what’s at stake.