Comments on: Going Rouge: Palin, Polling and the 2012 Presidential Race http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2009/11/16/going-rouge-palin-polling-and-the-2012-presidential-race/ A NonPartisan Analysis of Presidential Politics Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:45:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matthew Dickinson http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2009/11/16/going-rouge-palin-polling-and-the-2012-presidential-race/comment-page-1/#comment-3781 Matthew Dickinson Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:14:42 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=1761#comment-3781 Jack – Assuming one buys your characterization of both candidates – and I’m not saying I do – it still strikes me that when we think of the two in terms of political viability as presidential candidates, they are remarkably similar. Sure, they differ in other important respects (Dean doesn’t wear rouge, for instance), but on those factors that doomed Dean – his more extreme policy views relative to other candidates, the sense that he lacked experience on the national level, the passion that Democratic base felt for him, and the equal skepticism among moderates toward his candidacy, and questions about his temperament (even before the post-Iowa speech), I don’t think the comparison with Palin as we look toward 2012 is that much of a stretch. We also tend to forget that while some in Vermont view him as a “policy wonk”, he was not viewed that way by everyone at the national level.

]]> By: Jack Goodman http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/2009/11/16/going-rouge-palin-polling-and-the-2012-presidential-race/comment-page-1/#comment-3771 Jack Goodman Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:15:10 +0000 http://sites.middlebury.edu/presidentialpower/?p=1761#comment-3771 Matt, are you really comparing Dean, a policy wonk, with Palin, a policy ignoramus? That’s a stretch.

Jack

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