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Published: 07/19/10

Sarah Palin: Running Against History -- and the VP Curse?

By  Robert Schmuhl - Politics Daily
Sarah Palin: Running Against History -- and the VP Curse?

Sarah Palin's fan dance -- will she or won't she run for president in 2012? -- teases money from supporters and seduces the celebrity-centric media. Yet, before too long, the former governor and her devoted followers will face a sobering reality. Should she seek the Republican nomination, she not only will confront several White House-minded candidates in her own party but also the unalterable facts of American political history. To be tactful about the subject: Voters haven't been particularly kind to losing vice-presidential nominees of either party for nearly a century. Interestingly, ...

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