Echoing your surprise here. I'm not sure what sort of logic or calculus the author is using, if he allows that Palin could miss three or four state primary votes and STILL come out ahead.
I know she's got mega support across the country, but that much? I dunno.
I suppose anything's possible, but Sarah would have to have nerves of gold plated titanium, if she were to pull off that sort of miracle. Has any candidate ever skipped a few early states, then gone on to win their party's nomination?
“Echoing your surprise here. I’m not sure what sort of logic or calculus the author is using, if he allows that Palin could miss three or four state primary votes and STILL come out ahead.”
It’s part of that ‘unconventional’ campaign strategy.
I don’t think so.. Also if she enters late beyond Florida, New Hampshire, and the other early primaries, she will tick off the people from those states.
The system today is a lot different with primaries everywhere and some caucuses mixed in.
Back in the 1960’s only a handful of states held primaries and only some of those had delegate selection linked to the primary vote.
The back rooms of local political power held the keys to being a presidential nominee.
Heck, the old tradition was for a candidate to not announce while his supporters lined up support in backrooms or ran him in the handful of states like New Hampshire or Wisconsin that held primaries.
The candidate would or could wait until close to the convention to announce.