At The Atlantic's First Draft of History Conference on Friday, longtime GOP strategist Steve Schmidt, who ran John McCain's 2008 campaign, offered his assessment of former Alaska governor Sarah Palin's political aspirations. It was not good."I think that she has talent, but my honest view is that she would not be a winning candidate for the Republican Party in 2012, and in fact, were she to be the nominee, we could have a catastrophic election result."Schmidt added:
"In the year since the election has ended, she has done nothing to expand her appeal beyond the base ... The independent vote is going to be up for grabs in 2012. That middle of the electorate is going to be determinative of the outcome of the elections. I just don't see that if you look at the things she has done over the year ... that she is going to expand that base in the middle."The moderator noted that he, himself, would therefore endorse Sarah Palin for the GOP Presidential nomination in 2012.
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