Posted on 04/24/2014 8:47:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin is a firebrand. She was the darling of the political Right during the 2008 race for President of the U.S. Interestingly, she wasn’t even running for President. John McCain was. But she took the Repub blogosphere, and the mainstream press, by storm with her good looks, designer glasses, and folksy chatter.
Democrats were insulted by her, particularly women. They saw McCain’s choice of Palin as his running mate to be a calculated move intended to woo women who might be sore that Hillary Clinton lost her Dem primary battle to Barack Obama.
Yard signs went up declaring support, not just for McCain, but for “Sarah!”, as the signs read. There were two disastrous interviews that Palin never recovered from, and the McCain campaign went down in flames.
But Palin herself was not to be cowed. She quit her job as Governor of Alaska, started a reality TV show, and took to Facebook. For a woman who has never completed a term of any office higher than mayor, she has the ear of Conservative America, particularly the Tea Party faction, like no one else. Michelle Bachmann steps aside when Sarah breezes into town.
Last year, Palin mused about the idea of running for U.S. Senate, telling Sean Hannity that she will wait and see how the race sizes up, deciding whether there are any more than the usual slate of candidates.
Rumor has it that the upcoming midterm elections, as well as the 2016 general, will be The Year of the Woman. Dems see Hillary as the heir apparent. Some of them greatly regret that she did not get their vote in 2008. But the Republicans are looking around, as well, for a female champion among their number.
Michael @CoolChange80
@SarahPalinUSA Please run for President. Run in
2016 or the media , the GOPestablishment, and
the Clintons win. #RunSarahRun #Palin2016
12:33 PM - 24 Apr 2014
Jeff Iaconis @jiaconis
It's not to late to see President Palin in 2016...
Run Sarah Run!!! Imagine a Palin/West
ticket. Making America Great Again...
2:25 PM - 23 Apr 2014 San Jose, CA, United States
Sarah Palin herself is quoted as saying, “I’ll never say never” to a presidential run. It depends on what “Americans really, really want in a candidate.”
Gary P Jackson @gary4205
@americassage New poll has Palin as top
"non-Hillary" candidate and Hillary will be easy
to beat in 2016 @CoolChange80 @iowemysoul
8:57 PM - 17 Apr 2014
Could we see those “Sarah!” yard signs getting pulled back out and planted in the front yards of the hopeful? It could be an economical move for a budding Palin campaign.
I’ll definitely support Palin.
Bigtime.
I sure hope she runs.
a Palin/West ticket would be phenomenal!
I have no problem with Cruz/Palin either.
the 2016 general, will be The Year of the Woman......................... Love Sarah, but does that open the door to the year of the Latino, followed by the Year of the Asian, followed by the year the Ancient American people’s and so on????.
I like Cruz but think he would be more effective as the new senate majority leader.
I’m sure she’s going to run this time. Oh wait. No I’m not.
Hahahaha! They’re NOT going to vote him in as majority leader! Lindsey Graham is more likely to be the new senate leader...
You just wake up, Rip Van Winkle?
Just call me an optimist.
Any ticket with Palin on it—I will vote yes. ‘Nuff said.
Too much alike, while it would be red meat for conservatives, she’d need to find a running mate who can draw votes from the independents and fed-up moderates. Sorry, but if you can’t get enough votes to win, it doesn’t matter who runs.
If Palin goes for it, her campaign will essentially be a national referendum on conservativism and traditionalism. That could be not just a winning platform but a turning point for the country, but it will take a stronger, perfectly executed, and massively-funded effort, and that means the big money donors will have to support her like they’ve never supported anyone before.
I could vote for Palin - whether for #1 or #2.
She must be a decent Pol because as Governor she managed to get both Republicans and Democrats to ‘hate’ her and band together to destroy her.
Anybody that can cause both parties to reach a ‘common cause’ can’t be all bad......
I think Sarah Palin has real Bona Fides.
She will be an awesome President.
The thing to remember is, there are quite a lot of people who wanted her to run last time (myself included). She never actually announced last time, but enough of us started to get enthused about the idea, she will have some people who won’t respond the same way this time - and will wait for her to actually announce.
I remember the exact day she backed out. It was quite a disappointment. However I am not completely surprized.
Last time around, Romney has a completely open chance to run as a democrat-lite. Guess what? That did not work. I say we got that out of the way, and it is time to run someone a bit more suitable to our party.
In my opinion, she is far and away, the best candidate we have.
By far.
Go read Ted Cruz’s bio and get back to me. Just imagine if then Governor Reagan had been able to find a real conservative as his running mate. Perhaps Jack Kemp or a Goldwater type.
Anybody that can cause both parties to reach a ‘common cause’ can’t be all bad.. ...................... Yeah, especially when an upstanding honest politician can’t be tolerated.
Or McCain.
Here’s a combo for you: Sarah Palin and Susana Martinez.
Strong conservatives, both governors who have actually run things, and Palin already likes her because she’s endorsed Martinez. And I need not mention the obvious...no, not that she’s Hispanic, but that it’s doing to be damned hard to charge two women with waging a war on women.
Will Palin take a chance on her family being attacked by these jackals for the sake of America? It's a very close call IMO.
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