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Agree with everything you wrote. I have deep regard for Gov. Palin and will need a lot of will to not eviscerate the first person I run across wearing one of those "C" word tee shirts. But I am just old enough to recall what it felt like to be in a conservative Republican family during the Johnson Goldwater campaign and I fear that would be something like the fate of a Sarah Palin national campaign in November of 2012.

If she decides to run can she win the Republican nomination? Certainly. But 2012 will be a campaign we cannot, for the very sake of the survival of this country, afford to lose. On that I would at this point consider Perry to be a safer bet.

And like you I don't see any substance in the "Rino" calls against him. All I see is along the lines of "he used to be a Democrat and supported Gore in 1988" (Ronald Reagan was a democrat till the fifties and actively campaigned for Truman in 1948), "he's another GWB" (other than the squint and accent I don't see it. Their backgrounds could not be more different), or "he's an open borders mole for the Mexican government" (come on, can anybody get elected in Texas by being as grossly anti-Mexican as some posters here? My impression is as governor he's been quite vocal and active about closing and controlling his State's border).

Romney? He would be toast going against either one but could eke out the nomination if they both run and cancel out each others' strengths. I could easily be wrong, but Bachmann I do not take seriously at all. Sitting members of the House of Representatives do not make for credible presidential nominees.

So I could support either of the governors (one a former) of the largest and second largest, and almost certainly the two with the greatest remnant ethos of human freedom, States in this Republic. But purely in a politically practical and strategic sense there's a very strong case to be made for Perry.

Can't find the two possibilities in somewhere in the Ethernet.

I give up for now...

Wuss.

Post #74 is my exact same opinion. Good to see someone with practical reasoning and not living in a rock concert political fantasy for a (potential) candidate that's near the bottom of the heap. You know, some of those people are downright zealots. The more I hear from them, the more I agree with myself on this. Just to show you their insanity, they will ridicule Perry for having good hair, but praise the hair of Sarah Palin. Even criticizing magazine covers where her "arms appear too hairy and someone had to PHOTOSHOP that."

My gosh that's out there.

Agree with everything you wrote. I have deep regard for Gov. Palin and will need a lot of will to not eviscerate the first person I run across wearing one of those "C" word tee shirts. But I am just old enough to recall what it felt like to be in a conservative Republican family during the Johnson Goldwater campaign and I fear that would be something like the fate of a Sarah Palin national campaign in November of 2012.

If she decides to run can she win the Republican nomination? Certainly. But 2012 will be a campaign we cannot, for the very sake of the survival of this country, afford to lose. On that I would at this point consider Perry to be a safer bet.

You have a very selective memory where history is concerned.

All the same things were said about Reagan.

And Reagan was in much worse shape where polling was concerned even later in the race; as late as 8 or 9 months, I believe, before the election he was down by 30% to Carter.

And as far as this election being important, you are correct, however, your contention that it is more important than any other race is debatable and is definitely not a reason to go with 2nd best and Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Cain Are all definetly 2nd best where Sarah Palin is concerned.