“she’d only been governor for, what, two years”
At least she was governor unlike the foreign national Barry Soetoro.
Not only was she governor, she got more done in her two+ plus years than most get done in two terms! And her approval was nearly 90%. I think the combination qualifies as enviable leadership experience—and why does everyone seem to forget her experience as an energy regulator and mayor? And don’t give me—oh, it’s only Alaska. No, she wasn’t mayor of New York, but Tom Daschle was Majority Leader in the Senate with nearly as few constituents!