I was talking to an Alaskan on Friday and i went off about how Palin is a moron and he thought Palin was a very good Governor and she has done alot for the state, so i thought i would look it up and she actually has left Alaska in a very good fiscal position and is generally regarded by most people there as a good Governor.

Now on to the GOP, dont count them out in the early days of the Carter administration the GOP was in a shambles and then came along a move star turned Governor from California who thrashed Carter in 1980.

Palin might be making the calculation that Nixon made, Nixon was offered to fight Kennedy in 1964 and Nixon declined as he knew Kennedy would most likely win and Johnson romped home to Victory in 1964, so perhaps Palin thinks Obama isnt worth going up against in 2012, better wait to 2016 when the Dems will be on the opposite side of the Change argument by then.

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'A defeatist attitude now would surely lead to defeat, it primarly a question of whether we have confidence in ourselves and the dilligence and determination of our people,We can't opt out of the future.' Sean Lemass (1965)