The problems for Sarah:
1) Obama was and is a con man. Sarah is not. Politics is a dirty, dirty business and without playing dirty it’s hard to win a big election.
2) The media has had an enormous influence on everyday people regarding Palin. A lot of people have been mislead into thinking she’s this uneducated, backwoods hick, no-experience governor, because that’s what the media has told them. It’s sickening and it’s unfair, but perception counts for a lot.
My dad is a life-long conservative and says he doesn’t want her to be the nominee in 2012 because she “sounds dumb” when she talks. He wants Romney or Huckabee instead.
Who cares what she sounds like when she talks, it’s her policies that matter. And her policies are far more sound and conservative than Romney, Huckabee, Giuliani, etc.
And Krauttie is no longer a serious commentator.
I’ve sent more money to Sarah Palin than any other politician. I think she sounds intelligent however I did not watch her network interviews.
She’s a hot button. When there is any attempt to bolster her validity, the media and the Left take her down. It’s just not going to work.
She is never going to be a presidential nominee. And I suspect the GOP would block her if she got close for the same reasons I’ve enumerated.