Posted on 05/06/2010 8:12:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
I've studiously avoided the argument between Joshua Green and Andrew Sullivan about Sarah Palin. Josh believes that Palin is a harmless, if demagogic, publicity and fame hound. Sullivan believes that Palin is a nefarious genius who intends to run for president. Somewhere in the middle of all this is a position I also abstain from, which is that Palin is brilliant, period.
Enigmatic and interesting, I'll give her that. Today, Palin gives ammo to all three interpretations. She's decided to endorse Carly Fiorina in the contested Republican Senate primary in California. Whaa? Shouldn't she have endorsed Chuck DeVore's bid? DeVore is a Tea Party conservative; he was one before the term existed.
Well, it's kind of simple. DeVore is almost certainly going to lose. And more self-identified Tea Partiers back Fiorina, despite what one might assume from looking at the race. Fiorina's spending-cuts message resonates among these voters.
In the long-term, Palin might just have found a wealthy new friend who will be Senator from California and in a position to endorse her in a presidential primary. But there's no shortage of reasons to think that Palin simply decided to pick the person who best represented the values held by her constituency. And that, according to these folks themselves, is Carly Fiorina.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at theatlantic.com ...
I’m sure this will be a thread to remember.
The CEO who titanic-ed HP? ROFL, she’ll fit right in with Soetoro.
“Andrew Sullivan is obsessed with Governor Palin for some reason. I’ve never even heard of Joshua Green. “
LOL It’s Platonic Love in the extreme of course!
With only weeks to go, Carly has the money and the numbers to stand a good chance of doing just that.
Palin can actually help some in the Carly vs Campbell battle, nothing could have been done to make Devore suddenly close up a consistent 20 point deficit to knock out Campbell, but Carly has the money and position to close a 4 to 7 point gap with Palin's help, especially if Devore drops out in a week or two.
Good answer! I support this reason 100%.
Sarah is going to be our next Prez... When they post the odds in Las Vegas I’m putting 100 down to win.
Once they come down out of the north and start hanging with the likes of mccain and media types, it doesn’t take long before they become part of the problem.
Carly Fiorina ran HP into the ground because she lacks the business acumen to run a blue chip company. Incompetence always finds a home in politics. And Sarah Palin endorsing her doesn’t surprise me since she endorsed the lying leftie John McCain.
And I’m raising $2 million dollars to win!!
There may be some questions about Fiorina’s business success, but there are none about DeVore’s political ability - it’s zilch. Unfortunately.
As bad as Fiorina is, she still wouldn't fit in with Barry.
Source. Thanks!
If the race were between Fiorina and DeVore, Governor Palin’s chose might be different. But it’s clear she believes that Campbell and Fiorina are the only two viable candidates.
So she picks the one who’s the most conservative.
Comments on the site are pretty liberal. Idiots.
chose=choice
Sorry.
Political experience, what world shaking event and flood of millions of dollars do you see suddenly propelling the stagnant and humdrum Devore candidacy past everyone in the next four weeks?
No, I was asking you for a source of your claim that Devore was down 20 points to Campbell.
Source?
You have me confused.
The “source” is right there, in post 5.
bother to look at all the posts on the thread ... real clear politics I think.
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