Look, I agree that she’s energized the base, and has tapped into something special. But she is no Reagan. Reagan was truly special — a type of person we’ll never see for a long time. Reagan’s twin accomplishments of cutting the top marginal tax rate from 90% to 39%, and ending the Cold War are unbelievable achievements. Truly special.
I could easily argue that Jindal is far more special than Palin (I really don’t like to get into these comparisons, but I will). Youngest Governor in the nation, competent as heck who handled the recent hurricanes, Rhodes Scholar, I mean the list goes on and on. And the best part, he won the Joe the Plumber vote in Louisiana by a landslide.
Maybe a Palin/Jindal ticket? Sarah is the new Ronald Reagan in my book. She is folksy & connects with ordinary Americans. She walks the talk when it comes to real conservatism.
I am old enough to remember the things they said about Reagan - what was the movie he did with the monkey? “Bedtime for Bonzo”? I heard that over & over, like they said “Chimpy” for Bush. They tried to make it look like Reagan was stupid too & “was going to start World War Three”.
Palin’s a great communicator, with a little more experience - yeah - I think you could be looking at another Ronald Reagan. That’s why you’re hearing this $hit now about her - they’ve got to destroy her ASAP.
Resumes don't win elections. Palin has the most favorable ratings of any governor in the country. She is telegenic and an excellent communicator--superior to Jindal. In any event, both of them represent the future of the party. We need to bring them into the national spotlight and send a lot of these old hacks into retirement. Our candidates should not be chosen on the basis of seniority ala Dole and McCain.