A Center-Right Analysis of Sarah Palin's Presidential Prospects in 2012

From Ed Ross of the center-right Daily Caller:[A]ssuming Sarah Palin intends to seek the presidency in 2012, substantial evidence indicates that she would be a formidable candidate, that she could win the nomination and even the election. Back in February, in my column on ?Palin?s Presidential Prospects? I said ?Anyone who questions Palin?s presidential ambition either isn?t paying attention or wants to discourage it. Anyone who doubts her prospects either underestimates her or doesn?t understand the mood of the country and the dynamics of presidential politics.?Palin?s transition from failed presidential running mate to prospective presidential candidate has been nothing short of phenomenal. Despite the left and the left-leaning media?s ridicule and derisiveness, she has adapted quickly and effectively on the national scene and become a political force with exceptional clout. Conservative Republican candidates from Delaware to California seek her endorsement. Objective commentators on the right and the left increasingly write and talk about her as a serious contender...Palin has a long way to go before she even becomes the Republican nominee, not to speak of becoming the president. What everyone should keep in mind, however, is what American voters have been demonstrating in election upset after election upset over the past year. They want their elected officials, especially their president, to share their core American principles and values?belief in American Exceptionalism, smaller government, lower taxes, free enterprise?and to be people they can trust to govern accordingly. They want to ?restore America? not ?transform America.?A great many Independents and Republicans who voted for Barack Obama superimposed on him their own ideas about what they thought he believed and how he would govern. They have abandoned him in droves because he has greatly disappointed them.In 2012, When Republicans, including Tea Party members, vote in caucuses and primaries to select their presidential nominee, they will vote for candidates they believe they know and understand and that they trust won?t disappoint them. And if Palin becomes the party?s nominee, as she very well might, the deciding questions American voters will then ask themselves aren?t who has the most foreign policy experience or the best establishment credentials? They?ll ask themselves which nominee has the better vision for America and who they trust more, Sarah Palin or Barack Obama? The 2008 presidential election was about the economy and displeasure with George W. Bush. The 2012 election will be about restoring America, trust, and displeasure with Barack Obama.You can read the full analysis here.

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