| | Thanks, Jeff.
I agree with your analysis, but I'd add that Obama could be seen as intelligent (but not an 'egghead' or 'professor'), and that the media was behind him powerfully.
Even if Sarah Palin hadn't been marginalized by the media and the poor campaigning that occurred, I think her good qualities would still have been overshadowed by her lack of intellectual gravitas.
In this country there has to be someone with a fair amount of intelligence, doesn't have negatives on their record, and has the charisma. It would be an enormous struggle to win the media over to a non-liberal candidate. Circumstances might end up with Obama running, but being very unpopular due to the 'change' that turned out to be not so much fun. But still the media was much bolder and more important than I would have figured. Maybe if the candidate is a woman (but not Palin).
The heart of your post is massively important and it is the kind of thing that the various think tanks (Cato, Heritage, etc.) should be working on - who will be the most effective political spokesperson for liberty?
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