@aprilsimnel I agree with you. In 2008, Ms. Palin was chosen to be the star in England’s annual Bondfire Night. The reason she was picked? “Matt Southam, chairman of Battel Bonfire Boyes, said: “We just felt she was one of the most interesting characters in the American elections.” Gracious…how embarrassing is that?
@JLeslie There have been Republicans who have said she can’t be president, that she is not capable, but the majority seem to still smile and say things like, “the American people will decide.”
I essentially agree with both statements. She isn’t capable to be a US President; at least not by what I’ve read about her words and actions since the last election. I don’t follow her closely, but there doesn’t seem to be much, if any improvement in the past three years.
As for being elected by the American people: First, she needs to get the green light from Alaska’s registered Republican voters during their primary/caucus election in order to attend the Republican convention. The state Republican delegates are required to vote for their state’s candidate during the first round. I don’t know how many Alaskan Republican delegates there are, but I suspect that it is a much smaller number than most states.
There are a lot of hurdles in the election process that she will have to clear in order to run as a candidate for US President. And maybe it is just semantics, but anyone allowed to vote in the final election process, including state delegates, are allowed to cast their vote for whatever candidate they want, as far as I know.
As for how Republican candidates will treat Ms. Palin, I would hope that if they wanted a shot at winning their own state’s primary election, they would focus on their own state’s concerns and not what she speaking to in Alaska’s Republican primaries. If you meant the Republican convention, I hope that they would debate her viewpoints in a professional manner. If they want to have their name on the final voting ballot, that is the only logical way to do it.