“Doom on you.”
Posted on 08/30/2011 8:24:10 AM PDT by kristinn
Sarah Palin is expected to make up her mind about a presidential campaign by the end of September, but it's not clear it matters much either way. Polls show relatively few Republicans clamoring for a Palin run on a national level as the one-time supernova is eclipsed by a crowded presidential contest and an array of new rising stars. About two-thirds of Republicans say they're satisfied with the current primary field.
It feels as if Palin's fabled 2012 run, a source of fervent speculation since before the 2008 contest even ended, has already gone out with a whimper. Palin is polarizing even within her own party and has shown little indication she can reverse the nation's long-settled perception of her as a media phenomenon with little appeal outside her limited fan base.
But how did she end up this way? And who is to blame? Here's a look at five of the leading culprits.
Alaska...
The Establishment GOP...
Rick Perry and Michele Bachmann
Women...
Sarah Palin...
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If her chances are ruined, which is debatable, she ruined them by waiting too long.
But there is no way to predict what would happen if she announced, maybe she would take everyone’s thunder, maybe she wouldn’t.
I’d say the only person whose chances are ruined is Barry Soetoro Hussein Obama.
I like Sarah Palin and I hope that she gets in the race very soon. However, I am not one that says “if Sarah is not our next POTUS we are doooooommmmed.”
That is WEAK bullcrap, and insulting to several acceptable declared candidates that have decided to put themselves out there and run.
I am a Republican who loves Sarah Palin but would rather see her not run.
I would love to see her repeat her supporting role of 2010 in the 2012 election, then go on to be Secretary of Energy in a Perry administration and then run for president in 2020, after she’s successfully completed a major, long-term executive assignment.
I know I will be flamed by some for this post but frankly, Scarlet, I don’t give a rat’s patoot.
If he remains at the top of the republican pile and maintains a conservative spiel, my bet is Palin stays on the sidelines occasionally cheer leading, but never again a political contender.
I agree with you. She would make a fantastic Sec of State or another top cabinet post.
And Rush and Mark Levin are backing her.
'nuff said.
I think now, as I’ve always thought of Palin, that her strength is in playing a support role to whoever it is that wins the nomination for POTUS. While she may have flirted with the idea, she has to know that she, as a candidate, would not survive the onslaught of slime and nattering nabobs. In fact the left would find a way to drag her into court to sue her for being who she is. Her strength is in taking some of the flack of the left and then throwing her considerable weight (her following) behind the candidate. She will be much more viable in the future, but then, so will Paul Ryan and Marco Rubio.
I´d vote for her.
Someone has to be able to get into the urban jungles and take power away from the Black Caucus and the media is working hard to prevent that. In the hood they fear everything that they need, productive education, standing on their own feet, strong families of faith and less government.
You have posted something that is very rare these days—a return to the standards we USED to have, before we got all worked up and emotional about someone we would like to see beat Obama because she’s attractive and conservative. Back in the day, we mocked Obama for having such a thin resume, and we expected someone who wants to be president to have tons of experience. That’s all changed, mostly for emotional reasons having nothing to do with our conservative values.
I like Palin, and she’s still my #1 choice, but reluctantly, because there’s no one else. Yet I feel this way only because she expresses my values and she is the only one who’s doing that, and the only one forcefully coming out against the libs regularly.
Yet, that doesn’t mean she’s right for the job if one looks at her purely as a person seeking that job, and not in contrast to the others.
I think if she follows what you’ve written, she will be president someday. But if she runs now, I don’t know.
I believe she is uniquely qualified for Secretary of Energy, and after that she’ll have most of America eating out of her hand.
I agree with you. Her chances are much better for the next time than this time. The timing is just not right for her now.
I think she knows that.
Always the bride's maid but never the bride, eh?
Amen!
Sarah Palin is expected to make up her mind about a presidential campaign by the end of September, ...
Try Halloween.
David Brody: “Is that short order by the end of September? October?
Sarah Palin: “I think that that is a fair timeline for people, because Fall time, they can start getting engaged with different campaigns, but still thinking about it, and really, really desiring to be a participant in the positive change that needs to happen in this country. Economy getting back on the right track. Jobs created for Americans, I want to be a part of that whether it be as a candidate, or as a supporter of the right candidate. I’m still in that decision making phase.”
“Doom on you.”
Yep, Sarah is Completely and Utterly irrelevant, Just might as well get behind Open boarders Perry then Sarah who will get Government out of the way and Corporations off their ass.
All I can say to you PDS'ers out there both left and right is
Yeah, let's just wait until she's old, wrinkled, and grey and in her decline before she runs, instead of right now when she's at her mental and physical peak.
That's a real winning strategy....not.
There is NO next time. It's NOW or never. Period.
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