One is not taken seriously or not taken seriously as a presidential candidate. Palin will either win Iowa or N.H. and sweep through primaries or not. If the people vote for her, it matters not a what the pundits say about her.
All that matters is winning primaries, if you want to be a serious presidential candidate. Perhaps you remember when Reagan in the NH debate declared he had paid for the microphone and the reaction of pundits was he had lost, when in fact it led to his election.
Thanks JLS. What you say is true on the face of it, but these comments could be made about a lot of people. We’ll see how it goes.