Newsweek, 1971, \u201cRonald Reagan\u2019s Slow Fade,\u201d ended with the judgment that \u201cthe somber truth is that Sacramento may mark the end of Ronald Reagan\u2019s political road. . . By every normal measure, Ronald Reagan ought to be entitled to any political future he wants. A close aide said, ‘The Presidency? Oh, he\u2019s not interested. Four more years and I think you\u2019ll see Ronald Reagan riding one of his horses off into the sunset.’\u201d And see Stephen Roberts in the New York Times Magazine: \u201cIn 1976, the reasoning goes, Reagan would be 65, and too old to run.\u201d <\/p>\n
\u201cWhen a guy\u2019s built on celluloid,\u201d Democratic State Senator George Moscone said, \u201che goes up fast, but he burns out quickly.\u201d <\/p>\n
After the 1976 campaign, Newsweek offered a reprise, \u201cInto the Sunset”: “The concluding line of Reagan\u2019s convention speech\u2014’There is no substitute for victory’\u2014could also turn out to be a epitaph for his own political career.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Of course both of these gentlemen and the scores of others who (like myself) fell in love with the truly conservative beauty queen, basketball star, marathon running, moose hunting mother of five are missing a huge difference between Palin and past political resurrections like those of Reagan and Nixon.<\/p>\n
Sarah Quit.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s that simple really. To the MSM it\u2019s not remotely relevant why she quit; only that she undeniably did in fact quit.<\/p>\n
A huge part of her political appeal was the perception of her as a fighter. And fighters don\u2019t quit.<\/p>\n
Sooner or later the mystery will be revealed, it always does.<\/p>\n
Given what we know after her rambling statement which isn\u2019t very much, speculation has run the full spectrum of possibilities. My take is that only two scenarios make any sense at all.<\/p>\n
If Sarah or someone in her family has been diagnosed with something very serious it would make sense and she could easily recover in time.<\/p>\n
The more likely however is that a major scandal is about to break and she will never recover in any serious way.<\/p>\n
Inside the beltway Republicans have long argued whether or not Palin was electable on the national stage; I think she just settled that debate.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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