What counts if you want to get elected president is...

1. funding! (you must have big corporate friends to back you, and you must be better funded than your opponents)

2. exposure! (you must be better known than other candidates are) (and exposure is achieved by having lots of media coverage and lots of funding)

3. the "cool" factor. You mustn't be seen as "a wimp" or "weird looking" or "soft on crime" or "unpatriotic" or uncool in some other way like that.

It's a giant exercise in marketing, folks.

Could Sarah Palin get elected president if she had the funding? Definitely. She's already got the exposure, and she's got the "cool" factor to those who like her (which doesn't include very many people on this forum, needless to say).

Never forget that an election is an incredibly primitive, stupid, moronic process these days, driven by blind emotional responses, unrealistic criticisms and expectations of the candidates, unfullfillable dreams and hopes on the part of the public, and unresolvable hatreds, resentments, etc between supporters of one candidate and the other...

It's caveman-level stuff. It's a sad joke. Of course Sarah Palin could get elected president, and if you don't think so, you might get a nasty surprise one of these days.

Note that I said "might". I am not making predictions here, just suggesting possibilities. Anyone can get elected president in the USA, as long as they have enough funding, media exposure, and the "cool" factor.