Of the 2008 race...considering the four ‘players’, it was the most marginal group in the past fifty years to run for office. McCain and Biden were career Senators, with blemished records and had shown incompetence at various levels. Obama and Palin both lacked experience, and had short resumes. If Palin had served two terms as governor of Alaska....I might feel different, but she really didn’t have a long record to make her attractive at the national position.
“...but she really didn’t have a long record to make her attractive at the national position.”
Part of her appeal is that she is NOT a career politician, but instead is “one of us”.
She would have made a better president than Obama, Biden, McCain, Romney or Ryan.
I would submit Sarah Palin had enough leadership experience at several levels of government plus the Palin family business. She is a people person. Her administration as President, instead of any of the other 3 participants, would show she would pull in pro business leaders from various segments of the economy as advisors. In contrast, Obama brought in his fellow radical travelers from the academic world and Chicago thugs; socialists who had never held real jobs. The possible exception was a wall street big banker or two. The result for Obama is lots of regulations that strangle businesses. McCain and Biden as presidents would rely friends and aides in the Senate and the usual suspects of do-nothings as advisors. Palin was the outsider who was the only one of the 4 who had the potential to create a recovery. A President really sets the policy and advisors carry it out. Obama doesn’t know how to lead, so he golfs and campaigns. Sarah would be in the office constantly seeing to the nation’s business. She spent the time in Alaska studying the oil industry and came up with deals that benefited the citizenry. That is accomplishment.