34 Harry

I’d take Palin in a heartbeat over McCain. Or Obama (who had significantly less experience than Palin on election day).

Newt’s probably the brightest, and certainly the most articulate, well-known Republican. He’s been out of government long enough now that his negatives are very old news. He’s one of the few actually willing to defend his views.

Most of the “name” Republicans are luke-warm, “lets not go to Hell quite as fast as the Democrats want, but it would be rude to actually dispute the destination” – what Thatcher would have called “wet”. That won’t get the job done.

Hatch is a good example of this in the Senate. Too busy being friends with Leahy et al to actually make the Conservative case in plain language. McCain had/has a severe case of this problem.