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George Will:Palin‘cannot be elected’[but if you're short,bald,uncharismatic but competent governor]
The Daily Caller ^ | Updated: 4:28 PM 01/03/2011 | Laura Donovan

Posted on 01/03/2011 5:14:56 PM PST by fight_truth_decay

To many, the biggest question surrounding the 2012 presidential election remains: Will Sarah Palin run?

Regardless of the answer, conservative columnist George Will believes Palin “cannot be elected president because she cannot compete where elections are decided.”

On ABC’s “This Week” Sunday, Will explained that Palin will have trouble getting votes in specific parts of the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


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On last Friday’s broadcast of “Inside Washington,” Krauthammer called Palin ‘rather weak’ and gives her ‘no chance of winning’ in 2012

The Hill: Gov. Mitch Daniels: Presidential bid scares my family 'to death'

1 posted on 01/03/2011 5:15:01 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

Sickening. I have been trying to find contact info on ole George Will, can anyone help?


2 posted on 01/03/2011 5:16:21 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: fight_truth_decay
Want to put your money where your mouth is, Jorge?

I'll bet dollars to doughnut holes she can win, and win big.

ineluctable

3 posted on 01/03/2011 5:19:47 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (DEFCON I ALERT: The federal cancer has metastasized. All personnel report to their battle stations.)
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To: GoCards

More baloney from another Inside the Beltway phony conservative. Don’t forget Will broke bread with Obama before his immaculation.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/44/2009/01/obama-pulls-up-a-chair-at-geor.html


4 posted on 01/03/2011 5:19:58 PM PST by stratman1969
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To: fight_truth_decay

Don’t mind discussions of a candidate’s strengths or weaknesses, but all this “can’t” is preposterous.

IF Palin gets the nomination she will have a chance to be considered on the national stage. As with Reagan, people will then say yeah or nay. Not until.

There is a serious problem with the elitist entitled crowd in this country, if Palin can tap into resentment of those pompous idiots, she can draw extraordinary strength.


5 posted on 01/03/2011 5:21:10 PM PST by Williams (It's the policies, stupid.)
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To: GoCards

georgewill@washpost.com

It is always at the end of his columns in the Wash Post.


6 posted on 01/03/2011 5:21:10 PM PST by La Lydia
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To: fight_truth_decay

I don’t give a damn if Daniels is short or bald. Looks mean nothing when picking a leader. Why emphasize that in your add on to the title?

He is very intelligent and fiscally brilliant.

Do I think he is a conservative ? NO

Do I want him as President? NO

He is not conservative on social issues and he is somewhat a nanny stater.


7 posted on 01/03/2011 5:22:03 PM PST by dforest
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To: fight_truth_decay

I see. All last week I am reading everywhere that Palin is losing in match-up polls. Now Will cites she is up. Which is it elitist DC insider punditry? Is she a losser or a winner. You can’t have it both ways. This is a stupid point by Will.

As for Daniels. Zzzzzzz Zzzzzzz.


8 posted on 01/03/2011 5:24:53 PM PST by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: La Lydia

Thank you!!! Ive read his last literary brillance on other sites that did not include his email. This helps, going to counter his brillance/ smile!!!!!!


9 posted on 01/03/2011 5:24:54 PM PST by GoCards (Why me? Why not me?)
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To: fight_truth_decay

Will is a perfect example of why it’s not good to spend too much time in and around DC. We should rewind the tape and see who he thought was a ‘good’ candidate - what did he say about Dole...McCain...Huckabee...0bam@ himself??

It pains me to state this, but...George, stuff it!


10 posted on 01/03/2011 5:25:03 PM PST by MichaelCorleone
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To: fight_truth_decay
Will said. “There is one person, high in the polls, Sarah Palin, who cannot be elected president because she cannot compete where elections are decided. In the collar counties outside Chicago, Montgomery County outside of Philadelphia — just can’t compete there.”

Counties outside Chicago and Philadelphia? I think those cites are in Illinois and Pennsylvania, two states Republican presidential candidates have not been winning recently. George needs to sharpen his analysis a little and come up with some different unwinnable parts of the nation.

11 posted on 01/03/2011 5:25:24 PM PST by Will88
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To: GoCards

http://townhall.com/columnists/GeorgeWill/

Send Email to George Will


12 posted on 01/03/2011 5:25:51 PM PST by fight_truth_decay
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To: fight_truth_decay

Nothing to worry about. George Will always says dumb things when he uses too much toupee glue and it starts seeping into his brain. At least his “rug” is not as bad as Sam Donaldson’s.


13 posted on 01/03/2011 5:28:50 PM PST by bwc2221
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To: fight_truth_decay

What happens if Palin enters the GOP Primary and fails. The civil war within the party will be a blood letting that will leave no one “alive” to battle Obama who will have to spend no money or capital on a primary.

Palin is more valuable as a voice and activist.


14 posted on 01/03/2011 5:29:08 PM PST by Little Pharma
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To: stratman1969
The "collar counties outside Chicago"?

Illinois just lost two seats in the House. There's a reason for that. One of them is that much of Illinois is being quickly regressed to the 1800s when there were no doctors to say nothing of surgeons.

Today's resident of Chicago who needs heart surgery really needs to go to Gary Indiana to get that done. All the babies get born in Vincinnes, Indiana. Artificial knees and ankles are dealt with in Indianapolis ~ mostly the suburbs.

If there's a physician in a practice that involves blood or risk of life he doesn't work in Illinois.

It's the lawsuits over alleged malpractice. Without some controls in place no one can get affordable insurance.

I think if George Will were to bother to look into this a bit deeper he might find that Illinois can only hurt Republicans less with this Reapportionment. There's no way that state can help! They can't even help themselves.

15 posted on 01/03/2011 5:29:59 PM PST by muawiyah (Hey,)
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To: indylindy

One thing impressed me about Daniels.
The day he was sworn in, he disenfrachised the UAW as representative of Indiana’s state employees.

That worked out well but it took some guts in a state with a lot of union members.

I’d take Mike Pence over Daniels any day though.


16 posted on 01/03/2011 5:31:35 PM PST by nascarnation
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To: Williams
IF Palin gets the nomination she will have a chance to be considered on the national stage.

I agree with this but I also think it will be more difficult for her to get the nomination than to win the general.

However, mine is only an opinion and has no more merit than anyone else's opinion, even that of George Will.

17 posted on 01/03/2011 5:32:45 PM PST by Conservativegreatgrandma
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To: Lazlo in PA

They are playing their usual games like putting out phony polls.


18 posted on 01/03/2011 5:34:29 PM PST by freekitty (Give me back my conservative vote; then find me a real conservative to vote for)
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To: nascarnation

I would agree with that. Daniels is more of the Chris Christie vein.

He just stinks on illegal immigration. He does nothing about it here.

Remember this though, in a year where Bam won Indiana, Daniels was still easily reelected. That tells me something.

I do think Bam and his minions did a lot of cheating up in Lake County!


19 posted on 01/03/2011 5:35:53 PM PST by dforest
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To: fight_truth_decay

Hey George, hold your nose and vote for a Conservative like you always want us to do for your picks.

BTW George: What did you have to do with Nov 2nd? Absolutely NOTHING!

Pray for the Tea Party Congress


20 posted on 01/03/2011 5:38:48 PM PST by bray (Mitt is McCain w/o the excitement.)
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