I guess the question is whether conservative Republicans can aspire to something greater than the Obama equivalent in our party? I think we owe it to ourselves to want something better.
One need not try hard to exceed Obama. I do not currently favor Palin for President, but not because I don't think she is capable. Indeed, I think she would be better than most of the field because she fights, but I believe the enemy (and our Rino Country club elite) has done too thorough of a job damaging her to be effectively refuted in absence of a conservative takeover of the enemy media industry.
I currently favor Walker, Cruz, and then Perry. Regarding Bush, Rubio, Romney, Huckabee, Cristie and any of the other dwarfs, a warm bucket of piss I do not give.