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Originally Posted by KSigkid
I think the intelligence thing has a lot to do with it. I also don't think the McCain camp did Palin any favors in the way they presented her from the start of the campaign. She got off on the wrong foot and wasn't able to recover. I think that image will fade with time (after all, there are lots of people who forget the Dukakis campaign, i.e. the worst-run campaign ever).
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I'm not trying to revive a discussion on Palin, honestly, especially now when it's not particularly topical. I will just be interested in seeing how issues that were used against her are de-emphasized with other candidates in 2012. I really don't expect her to be in it. I'll open that thread in summer of 2012.
I'm not trying to say that anyone who wants to talk about Palin can't, of course. I'm just not that interested in going down that path today.
Jindal came to mind with his consideration of turning down some of the stimulus money, and it's hard not to see that as a national stage move. He intrigues me. I won't have any problem that I know of voting for him if he ends up the GOP candidate and yes I kind of expect to vote for the GOP candidate. But his popularity with people who will claim to want to break with the evangelicals or loosen up on social issues is interesting. I don't know if you or Munchkin are in that camp or not.