Think about this, though. Can you imagine Chuck Schumer (or any other Democrat or Republican) being able to withstand what Gov. Sarah Palin has gone through since September 2008?
It’s an uneven playing field - we both know this. A GOP candidate basically needs to be bulletproof because the media will be looking for any chink in the armor they can find. If you get Obama off the prompter, he sounds like a blabbering idiot - uhhhh, ummm, let me be clear, make no mistake, uhhhh, but they write how smart and measured he is. I don’t know if there’s a bigger idiot in the senate than Barbara Boxer, but they would figure out a flattering way to portray her too.
Palin put some blood in the water with that Couric interview, affording the media the opportunity to caricature her in a way she hasn’t been able to shake. It doesn’t help that the media has been savaging her at every turn, but have you see her numbers among independents? They’re terrible, and unfortunately, we need them to win, as we do every election.
I’m not saying we need to elect a RINO - I think a strident fire-breathing conservative can win over independents, but he/she needs to be able to articulate his/her principles in a persuasive way to win over the squishes. I don’t think that’s her. This matchup would be Harry Reid/Sharron Angle II, only Obama won’t be as unpopular as Reid come election day.
I’m not sure it matters for her anyway because it sounds like Bachmann is running, and they will cannibalize each other in Iowa.