David Boaz, Vice-President of the libertarian Cato Institute, is mostly down on the thought of Sarah Palin running for President. He recently wrote a piece for Cato@Liberty, questioning her possible plans, "President Palin?"

However, included in his remarks disuasive of her potential candidacy, Boaz begrudgingly admitted:

Sarah Palin can be a dazzling performer.

He also went on to compare her to Reagan in some respects, saying:

As for those who compare Palin to Ronald Reagan, yes, there are some similarities. They both lived in the West, they’re both “conservative” in some sense, and they were both dismissed by effete East Coast intellectuals.

But he concluded ultimately Reagan was more experienced and had a more extensive intellectual grounding in economic theory.