“Reagan didnt have Federal experience either.”
Or Carter, or Clinton, Bush II...just in recent times. That is simply not even a valid criticism of Palin.
The valid criticism of Palin is not completing her term. I have listened to a lot of apologists for her resignation, but have not found the explanations persuasive enough, from the standpoint of a non-idealogy driven independent voter.
Any candidate needs a lot of those type voters, to win. That is the prism we must consider, in sizing up the prospects of prospective candidates.
I have listened to a lot of apologists for her resignation, but have not found the explanations persuasive enough, from the standpoint of a non-idealogy driven independent voter.
A simpler way of understanding it is by looking backwards at it from the present. Would you rather have had Gov.Palin waste 18 months as a stalemated executive in Alaska or would you rather that she played the role she did in the 2010 elections and why is it that the people complaining about her resigning are the same ones that never wanted her as governor in the first place? This view also credits Gov. Palin with the degree of political insight that she has proven to possess.
Some of the problems with demanding federal experience are the following:
1. You limit yourself to about 600-700 people. That was not the intent of the Founding Fathers. Anyone can run.
2. Governors tend to be successful Presidents, retreads from the House of Representatives and Senators much less so. One of my worries in the last election was that we had two Senators running. Senators are theoriticians, Reps less so but both groups are isolated from their electorate by distance. Repubs now have a large numbe of governors to choose from and it gives the warm and fuzzies to see them line up for the Prez candidacy.
Congressionals theorize in DC, Governors are the guys in the aluminum boats helping to pull people out of the flood. Give me a Governor everytime.