Bluntly: we’ve had our share of blustery metrosexuals. Obama is good at looking like a Real Man, but he isn’t one, as is becoming painfully obvious.

Will the Real Men among the candidates please stand up?

Gov. Palin has what it takes… and I know of no one else in her league. She knows how to hold her ground; she knows how to fight the good fight because it’s worth the fighting for, win or lose. She doesn’t need a focus group to tell her what to believe. And nobody, with the possible exception of President Bush, has had the baptism of fire that she has.

In fact, I wonder who would be man enough to be her VP. Would she defy all expectations and pick a female running mate? (Now THAT I don’t think the country is ready for… although God knows, it’d be better than what we have now.)

Don’t count her out as ‘damaged goods’; ain’t no such thing in politics. Nixon came back from the dead; John Kerry repackaged himself as a war hero. Gov. Palin knows that she’d need to rehabilitate her image… and she knows that NOBODY will help her; she must speak to the American people and change their minds herself. As others have pointed out, she’s doing that quite effectively now.

Keep your eyes on the Palins; it’s gonna get interesting.

respectfully,
Daniel in Brookline

You are also correct. That is actually the number one problem.

Ot is not so much Obama – and the Dems in Congress. It is the 69m people who voted them in.

That mob of degenerate and regressive zombies is probably the end of America. They are the end product of 40 years of liberal training. Unless that can be reversed, we’re truly scr*&d.

If Palin, or whoever, triumphs, she must inundate the media-ALL the media- With repetitive emphasis of the issues and her positions. Think of it as the equal of Obama’s golf outings! Pound away, make and remake the case.

And hire Charles the K as her main speechwriter. Baraq’s is a 27 year-old, pushy snotnose!

Palin has already figured out how to by-pass the MSM and get her message out. She has also figured out how to leverage her profile into political capital. Her endorsements are brave, strategic and worth 10 to 20 points. Look at Nikki Haley and Tim Scott in South Carolina. She also seems to be the only GOP contender calling out Obama on a regular basis. Being the anti-Obama in the public eye is going to be a good place to be as the country continues to fall apart under Obama’s tender care.

Bingo! You have nailed it.

You are right, right, right!

Any other candidate at all Obama would demolish. Not because he is that good, but because they are that bad.

Palin is a better person and a more talented person than any of them, including Obama. She already has his number and he fears more than anything a few months with her as his sparring partner.

That is why all the Dems are giving Republicans are giving advice on who and who not to nominate! As if they have ours or the nation’s best interests at heart!

Why would they say, as they repeatedly do for those paying attention: Palin is a terrible candidate whose nomination they welcome because it would be an easy win for Obama; and don’t nominate her because she is a terrible candidate.

If they want the easy win, they’d want her nomination. But, as you say, they hate, hate, hate her. The reason is simple: They fear her like a vampire fears the sun.

However, public attitudes towards abortion are moving back in Palin’s direction. That is a scary thought to them. The last thing they want to see is a pro-life woman anywhere near the centers of power.

Palin’s own political record does not show her being rigidly pro-life. She appointed, albeit under pressure, a pro-life female judge. Palin’s focus was on cleaning up corruption, reducing the size of government and ensuring Alaskan energy resources were used for the benefit of Alaskans.

The LSM had considerable influence in painting Palin as an idiot from the sticks and/or a far-right religious nut case. After she resigned her governorship, she was written off. In the year since, she has closed a 16 point polling gap with Obama to a tie. She has become a king maker in GOP circles and she’s making liberal heads explode. She has even positioned herself as the public face of the Tea Party movement, even though her Tea Party appearances were with groups that had hi-jacked the name (Tea Party Express and Tea Party Nation are not the same as Tea Party Patriots).

A year ago, the idea that the “quitter” would be thought if as a serious candidate for POTUS would have been laughable. Today, it’s a possibility. After the mid-terms, we’ll be looking at a completely different political landscape, one in which the core Tea Party values are mainstream. Palin stands for fiscal responsibility, free markets and constitutionally limited Government. The other GOP contenders don’t have the same credibility on those values.

I seem to remember how scared to death everyone was about Ronald Reagan. He wasn’t too bright, but, by God, he was just itching to push the big red button to rid the world of those pesky Russkies. I use to call him Ronny Raygun. Well, he zapped Jimmy Carter real good, and won the Cold War.

My problem is that I don’t see any real contenders on the GOP side besides Palin. Romney has Romneycare around his neck, and he’s still flip-flopping like a stunned mullet. Pawlenty comes across as light-weight. Huckabee is type-cast as the genial TV host. Gingrich was successfully demonized by the Left in the 90’s and carries too much progressive baggage. Other good governors like Daniels and Babour lack a national profile. McCain won’t run again; he is now beholden to Palin. Guiliani had his shot and lost.

Palin has already figured out how to by-pass the MSM and get her message out. She has also figured out how to leverage her profile into political capital. Her endorsements are brave, strategic and worth 10 to 20 points. Look at Nikki Haley and Tim Scott in South Carolina. She also seems to be the only GOP contender calling out Obama on a regular basis. Being the anti-Obama in the public eye is going to be a good place to be as the country continues to fall apart under Obama’s tender care.