Never let it be said that Fred Barnes can’t take the long view. While he concurs, with regret, that Sarah Palin has dashed her chances of winning the Republican nomination in 2012, he still sees a path to the White House for Palin:
Well, sure, in theory this could work! But lots of things can work in theory. In any case, surely she’d be better-placed to win the House seat in 2012 if she had completed her term as governor? Any opponent would be perfectly justified in asking her if she’d actually serve her full term in office if she was elected.But there is a way: win Alaska’s lone House seat in 2012 and oust Democratic senator Nick Begich in 2014. A term in the House and another in the Senate–nothing would do more to groom her for the White House than this and transform her into the best Republican candidate for the presidency in, say, 2020, when she’d be 56.
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