As I said, "take FR for example". I didn't mean that you should take FR as a literal cross-section of America.
My point was that if you listen to what others are saying out beyond the small circle of intimates you referred to, you can get a better sense of how much support Palin has among the general public.
Actually, FR isn't a bad place to sample attitudes of the center-right. It's the largest gathering place of center-right/conservative/Republicans, and also Independents, on the internet. The views here are very representative of the mainstream.
The only view you can't sample here, is the liberal view, which only accounts for 20% of the US population, and who will not vote for Sarah Palin under any circumstances anyway.
>My point was that if you listen to what others are saying out beyond the small circle of intimates you referred to, you can get a better sense of how much support Palin has among the general public. <
I have been looking and see some VERY good signs that a lot of people are Anti Obama now. That is a great thing. But we need to put the arm on the GOP to put up a REAL conservative.
many times people don’t vote for a candidate, but rather AGAINST a candidate. I think that there will be a lot of voting against Obama. We just need a real conservative to run against him, unlike McCain.
For too long the GOP has thought or at least acted as if they needed to run liberal - now it is time for them to get their act together and put up some strong conservatives and run with them in earnest