Posted on 11/02/2011 6:04:56 PM PDT by nhwingut
It’s wafer thin but lots of fun to game out, and I figure our resident Palinistas would appreciate having a new reason to believe after last month’s great disappointment. Here you go. The ballot deadlines have passed in New Hampshire, South Carolina, and Florida, which means there are three possibilities. One: It’s not true. Two: It is true but she’s going to run third party, which means she doesn’t have to worry about primary deadlines. Three: It’s true and she’s going to run as a Republican, having been lured back into the race by the vacuum on the right after Perry’s collapse and Cain’s sudden vulnerability. What about NH, SC, and FL, though? Well, in theory she could run hard in Iowa, win there, and then immediately start campaigning in states with later primaries while Romney, Perry, and Cain duke it out over the rest of the early states. That would be awfully risky given the momentum that Romney would have if, as expected, he wins in New Hampshire and Florida, but the media would love the suspense of watching Palin defy the conventional playbook by skipping traditional early “must wins.” Imagine the drama if Romney steamrolled Perry and Cain and turned up on Super Tuesday with only Palin, the Iowa winner, left to stop him. Gut-check time for Republican voters: Would they opt grudgingly for Mitt on grounds that Palin might be unelectable or would they rally to Palin on “Anyone But Romney” grounds? Three words, my friends: Blog. Traffic. Apocalypse.
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4. Allahpundit is making this up because he is obsessed with hating on Palin and is sad she isn’t in the news.
The smallest thread of hope.
Hey. A man can hope. Else we are left with Romney.
Vulnerability? A point higher in the polls and huge fund raising increase makes him vulnerable?
I think a candidate already had to file by now to be on the ballot. (not sure though)
Blog and news traffic are way down since she decided to not run. So the haters work even harder to work her into a story.
If she runs I have no doubt NH, SC, and FL would all still nominate her through write-ins, no need for her to be on the ballot.
With the way the world is swirling, down the proverbial bowl, this isn’t out of the realm of possibility. What is?
Kissies all around ~ hug hug big group hug!
Not particularly interested in those who can’t make a decision.
We don’t really have time for hmmm maybe...
A Northern WH? wow, who’da thunk? That was the plan all along.. (oops!) Yup, attrition and media gnashing away at alll the other candidates..
.. not even Perry razin’ Cain will deter Sarah from her manifest destiny. Palin Cain 2012 (it’s about the best we could hope for under the circumstances.. and you know we could do a lot worse and likely will yet)
Thanks, now I know.
I WAS as strong a Palin supporter as anywhere on planet earth.
HOWEVER, the reason she gave for not running turned me off completely. She cited her priorities as:
1. God.
2. Family.
3. Country.
She got #1 right, but there are many times when country has to come before family. The easiest example harkens back to the founding of this country. The founding fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor to the founding of this nation. History shows most of them ended up losing their fortunes, many lost their lives, but none lost their sacred honor.
Clearly, these men put God first, and the nation second. They loved their families, but not second only to God. If the founding fathers had put family ahead of country we would still be part of the British empire.
For a more contemporary example, recurring throughout our history, just look at our military. If a soldier going into battle does not put his country ahead of his family, why should he risk his life? (Let someone without a family do it...)
Our country is in the most dire danger since at least the Civil War, and possibly since Valley Forge. We need a leader who is willing to put it all on the line. Many of us are willing to put it all on the line to follow that leader.
Personally, I thought Sarah Palin was that leader. She was the ONLY candidate I could enthusiastically support. I sent her hundreds of dollars in support, with as much as I could afford held back for when when she announced.
Now, however, I can no longer support her. When the call came, Sarah Palin hung up the phone.
Perhaps the most enduring quote from Sarah Palin will be a comment she made to Greta the night she announced she would not run. Sarah Palin: “Politicians will always let you down.”
She probably did not realize it, but her statement applied 100% to her.
I wish Sarah Palin all the best in her life. I am convinced she is an admirable and good person. But we need leaders willing to pledge their lives, their fortunes, and their sacred honor. That is a level of commitment Sarah Palin is not willing to make.
5. brokered convention
She doesn’t have an organization and she is too late to ballot.(I think)
If she can make the case for entering, I’d be down with that and give her as much loot as possible.
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