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Despite the impression we may get on Free Republic, Sarah Palin appeal is limited in the Republican base. It is limited to a portion of the conservative base and not all the conservative base let alone the moderates Republicans and independents who vote Republicans where her appeal is rather small.Palin fans greatly underestimate the super political problem she has made to herself by quiting her governor position in Alaska barely 2.5 years in her first term. No matter what the excuses you hear from her fans, these excuses are not going to work outside of 25% of the electorate.

You're already known for being totally against Sarah Palin. I am fine with that. I do not expect everyone here to be FOR her, but whenever praise is warranted, I believe praise should be granted to her and that's a rarity here from those who don't like her. Constructive criticism is good and competition is what makes all candidates better.

Distortions are never helpful and opinions are merely opinions.

Sarah Palin is on a Roll - THE AMERICAN THINKER - MAY 03, 2010

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Sarah Palin now lags Obama only 45-47 after showing deficits of eight or seven points in each of the last three months.
Both Obama and Palin have increased their base support, but Palin now trails Obama among independents 39-46 versus 35-49 in March.

Distortions are never helpful and opinions are merely opinions.

If Obama is beatable in 2012 Sarah Palin will run and be the nominee and the 'clean-fingernails' GOP establishment and prissy elitists like Mitt Romney won't be able to do a damn thing about it. The FR Palin hate brigade can make up facts to support their opinions all they want. They're wasting their time.

First things first Mittens was done the day O’Care passed. Now on to the subject of this post. Sarah knew if she wanted any chance to run in ‘12 she had to get out from behind the Governors desk. Thats why Sarah decided not to run for re-election. The mistake the Rats made was to give Sarah a out and she took it. Now if I am not mistaken Mitt tried to run for the senate while still in the Governors chair. T’Paw has the same problem as well collecting a pay check from the public troth while running for president. This office jumping isn’t going to go over to well in ‘12 with the base. All Sarah has to do is point this out and the “quitter” meme isn’t all that bad.

The other Sarah can do is bring certain voter into the process the others can’t. Think special needs parents and conservative democrats yes it may only be 5 million votes but it’s 5 million votes the other side won’t get.