[Darren McCarty]

I think Pence could fill a stadium, but we don't need stadium fillers and cults of personality. We need competent administrators who won't quit 2.5 years on the job.

We don't need a Republican Obama (although she's more qualified than Obama by far as he'd be a coffee gopher where I work.) We need the anti-Obama who oozes competence in day to day operations.

Deeds, not words.

[Wonder Warthog]

"Deeds, not words."

Look up her record of accomplishment as governor of Alaska. She did more in her partial term than most governors get done in two full terms. She IS a competent administrator AND a charismatic candidate.

[TexasFreeper2009]

well... all those people in the stadiums are voters.

[SteveAustin]

I’m with you on this. Palin bailing out as Alaska governor after two years sounds a bit like Obama running from his Senate seat to the White House.

I don’t want McCain, Romney, Huckabee or Palin. That crew all needs to stay back in the year 2008 and the bad memory that was.

Bring on the new people like Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, etc. People that don’t have baggage yet with huge percentages of the American public.

[PhiloBedo]

oh really...not the “she’s a quitter because she resigned” line.

Just try to look past the Lib talking points and you will see the genius in her actions. She’s showed more strategic and tactical genius in the last 1.8 years, than any current politician; meaning she has the smarts to get things done.

[presently no screen name]

cults of personality. We need competent administrators who won't quit 2.5 years on the job.

That's MSM talking points. KINDLY don't use the word 'we' on this conservative site. It reeks of propaganda. Thank you.

[Springfield Reformer]

The problem with Obama is only marginally one of competence. It is his Marxist ideology that is so destructive, and Palin is quite his opposite in that area. Presidents don’t have to be a genius in all areas of governance. They do have to have a good moral compass, the ability to delegate the hard stuff to good people, and good tactical instincts. Oh, and one more thing. Charisma is not an option. If we, by some electoral miracle, put a plain and uninspiring technocrat in power, no matter how competent, his administration would quickly be crushed by the throng of competitors for power. It’s a mosh pit in there, and if you can’t pull people your way by an exceptional power of persuasion, you have no chance for success. In that respect, Palin is more likely to succeed than any of her peers.

[Dagnabitt]

We need competent administrators who won't quit 2.5 years on the job. We don't need a Republican Obama (although she's more qualified than Obama by far as he'd be a coffee gopher where I work.) We need the anti-Obama who oozes competence in day to day operations. Deeds, not words.

Amen.

The Half-Term Refudiator got chewed up by a fricken TV host. Is this really who we want dealing with Putin, Hu Jintao. Amadinijad, etc?

She can be Secretary of the Interior, Secretary of Mamma-Grizzling, or whatever. But POTUS material? Think not.

[Aroostook25]

The campaign is starting this winter, or right after the November elections.
At this NOBODY better suited to the job has come forward.

Palin may be trying to give the rest of the Republicans a chance to put up somebody who is not a RINO and who is more electable than her. But presently there are no other better choices.

So Palin is keeping her “campaign” in as high a gear as she can without actually declaring — yet.

So the rest of you who think there should be a better candidate better come up with him or her darn soon. Next summer will be too late.