“...about Sarah’s chances...”
She can beat the Teleprompter but we need to frame her campaign to hit on these points...
1. She has a record of understanding budgets and crafting a balanced one.
2. It is an outsider vs. an insider.
3. She is a real piece of genuine Americana vs. a demented neurotic.
I also believe that she can beat 0bama. She has to run a really great campaign. Sarah is a lot smarter than I am but I agree with your points and I don't thing the whole Alaska quitting thing is a deal breaker if handled correctly. She must know that and will kill that issue dead and early.
God forbid something happens to her, or if she decides not to run, we still need to win this election. So I am interested in all the other Constitutional conservative candidates that might be out there. But talking about them without getting the Sarah Palin Hater's to come out in force seems almost impossible. :0/
If the FReepers can learn to discuss the positives of all the candidates rather than flaming their favorite villains the conservative movement would be helped IMHO.