No, I think Bill Clinton wasn't effective. We bogged him down in his own corruption.
Anyway, the theory isn't that Sarah is just stepping down from her public office of governor and running away or quitting. The theory is that she will take the fight to a higher level by running for president.
Stepping down from public office with a plan to go your own route, is outside the box, even if you think it’s just the right thing to do. It is unconventional.
If she wants to be President, she needs to start now crisscrossing the country, meeting people, raising money and building a political machine and a plan for success. If she wants to be president, I think it is in the best interest of Alaskans that she step down while she is preparing a run for the presidency.
My point is that if one looks at it and thinks it through, the above strategy should not be considered "outside the box" and instead it should be considered common sense. Most politicians who run for higher office don't resign from their current lower office. Certainly that doesn't serve their constituents very well; certainly that shouldn't be the common practice (even though it is) and certainly that shouldn't be considered "inside the box", even though by many it is.
JMO.
Regards.
Thanks for the response. Sarah has already made enough major inroads, so she’s not exactly behind in the game already. She’s far ahead of where many people are when they decide to run.
I still believe that at the end of 2010, she’s got nearly two years to drum up more support. And if she had helped out Congressional candidates next year like everyone else does, she would have still more capital before the end of 2010.
Look, we’ve both explained how we see it. Take care.
By 2012, the country may have changed to the point that it would take a COUP for Sarah to become President.
Do you know what I mean?