re: #368 jaunte

If the GOP runs Sarah Palin, she could rally the ‘base’, but the election would be an 80%-20% Democratic landslide.

She would repeat the “Reagan effect” whereby she brings the middle to the right. McCain failed by trying to appeal to the middle. Democrats never moderate their philosophical positions; neither should we. We achieve victory by convincing the middle that we are right. The 2012 election will be an ideal time to do so. Obama is failing in all his domestic and foreign policy initiatives. There is vast disillusionment in independents. We should capitalize on it.