that the Liberals are in any way accurate in assessing/choosing our candidate. That is a different animal than saying they let you know who they fear. Those fears will change over time, depending on who gets into the race, and how well they are received by the Republicans/Conservatives by way of fundraising, volunteers, and polling etc. I doubt many would deny that they fear Palin, and have for 2 years. That doesn’t mean their fears are accurate. Palin may not even run. I think her recent comment that she wouldn’t run if she became a distraction, only feed into their goals of making her a distraction, or so tarnished that she wouldn’t run. It was almost self defeatist on Palin’s part.

There may be some that rely on the left’s shenanigans to tell them who is weaker or stronger in the Republican field, but, I am not one of them, and I do not think I indicated that. I do not know who all will run, and, therefore cannot decide yet who I will support, but I will choose for myself regardless of what the Liberals have to say. They will have alot to say though.

Currently, the only R candidate that has all but declared is Romney. According to polling, his name has most often come out on the top of the heap with a bunch of other names thrown in. I think the diarist is accurate in currently calling him the front runner, because right now he is the only one standing on the stage, so to speak. I am curious as to why the MSM has not started throwing their garbage cans at him.

consider Palin 100% ineffective with respect to qualifications for the presidency? I believe that is what we are talking about here. I would say it is a very high number with the Liberals, and also a goodly number of Republicans. How many times have you seen it written and said that she is an idiot, she is a quitter, she is unqualified to be president, and on and on. Yet the Left does fear Palin, no doubt about that. So are their fears of her irrelevant because they are inaccurate? How do we know that is inaccurate, as we haven’t held any primaries yet, I don’t know if she will even run, and if no one else shows up to the rodeo that surpasses Palin’s qualifications, is it still inaccurate? I don’t think those answers can be known at this point.

In 2008, when there was a ground swell of supporters coming out to encourage Fred Thompson to run, and, he was topping some polls, even before he got into the race, the Left went on the attack. They attacked his young “trophy” wife, and made him out to sound like a pervert because he had very young children, with a young wife, among other attacks. Were there fears irrelevant because they were inaccurate then? The attacks on him started long before most Republicans even knew much about him, or what kind of campaign he would run if he entered the race. The no fire in the belly meme began before anyone had any chance to witness how much fire he had or didn’t.

I may be misunderstanding what you are trying to say with respect to “who they fear is irrelevant if they are inaccurate.” Inaccurate in what way? Do you mean who can get the support of the majority of the Primary voters on our side, and who is perceived to be able to beat the Democrat? Do we even know who that will be at this time? How can the Left be inaccurate with their fears when we don’t even know who is running yet. I’m stumped on your use of the term inaccurate, while I do agree that who the left fears should be irrelevant. If there ever was such a thing as the perfect candidate, the left’s fear would go into overdrive, and, they will do everything imaginable to change the peoples perceptions of that candidate, up to and including making stuff up and lying about them. In that case their fears would in fact be accurate. Their fears should be irrelevant, but, unfortunately there are still plenty of voters out there that still rely on the MSM to get their info on any candidates, and, some really do believe whatever they hear.

I very well may have been premature in saying that Romney has still not hit the left’s radar as a fear factor, but, if he remains the favorite candidate of the Blue Bloods, some elites, and some pundits, he will surely enter the realm of Leftist fear, accurately or not, as, I don’t know where he will wind up in the primaries. I give the left’s fear factor credence only because they can, and do, try to destroy whatever candidate they see as gaining any steam. Unfortunately there are some that buy into their lies, and, if you don’t take their trashing seriously, and counter it, you can wind up with a severely bruised and battered candidate that would otherwise be solid, and in that case would be accurate.