Can Sarah Palin beat President Obama in 2012?

hot air ^ | November 18, 2010 | techno

[from occupied ga]

Can Sarah Palin beat President Obama in 2012?

Unfortunately no.

[Lonesome in Massachussets]

Can Sarah Palin beat President Obama in 2012?

You betcha, irreputably.

[rawcatslyentist]

Possibly not, who says 0d0rk0’s still gonna be employed as such at that time?

[stuartcr]

I’m afraid the only way Obama could win, is if Palin runs against him.

[Mr. K]

It will NOT be Palin -vs- Obama

My best guess right now is Palin-vs- HilLIARy

She will primary him

[techno]

Is this a gut reaction or irrational PDS sentiment or do you have the numbers/stats to back up your case?

[Vindibudd]

Sarah Palin cannot beat Obama. Anyone who has paid even remote attention to her and understands how presidential politics works should know this.

[tumblindice]

“Can Sarah Palin beat President Obama in 2012?”

Indubitably, undeniably and ineluctibly.
She will beat Mr. Purple Lips like a bad slice of moose rump,
singing the `Battle Hymn of the Republic’ while she does it.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

President Palin is ineluctable.

[techno]

Check out the 2010 midterm exit polls and you will find these nuggets:

1)In the South about 70% of WHITE voters voted for the GOP House candidate

2)31% of gays voted for the GOP which is the highest in history.

3)Indies went 56% to 38% for the GOP in 2010. Obama’s job approval with independent voters is just barely above 40%.

4)And for the first time these stats have been kept (since 1982) the GOP won more FEMALE voters overall (49%) than the Democrats did (48%). Many of these female voters where suburban white women who has voted for Bush in 2000 and 2004, voted for Obama in 2008 and in 2010 returned to the fold mainly because of the economy. So do you folks that think that Obama will walk over Palin think he will do so because the economy will have dramatically improved or that these women will suddenly embrace the Messiah again?

Have you folks heard of “mama grizzlies”?

[Diogenesis]

"Why is there not more focus on the viability of Mitt Romney? ""

techno, we are aware of your burning love for RomneyCARE and Mitt the Carpetbagging Backstabber.

Why?

MITT ROMNEY - THE PROVEN BAD GOVERNOR

"As U.S. real output grew 13 percent between 2002 and 2006, Massachusetts trailed at 9 percent.
* Manufacturing employment fell 7 percent nationwide those years, but sank 14 percent under Romney, placing Massachusetts 48th among the states.
* Between fall 2003 and autumn 2006, U.S. job growth averaged 5.4 percent, nearly three times Massachusetts' anemic 1.9 percent pace.
* While 8 million Americans over age 16 found work between 2002 and 2006, the number of employed Massachusetts residents actually declined by 8,500 during those years.
"Massachusetts was the only state to have failed to post any gain in its pool of employed residents," professors Sum and McLaughlin concluded.
In an April 2003 meeting with the Massachusetts congressional delegation in Washington, Romney failed to endorse President Bush's $726 billion tax-cut proposal."
[Cato Institute annual Fiscal Policy Report Card - America's Governors, 2004.]

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“The Massachusetts Republican Party died last Tuesday.
The cause of death: failed leadership.
The party is survived by a few leftover legislators
and a handful of county officials and grassroots activists
who have been ignored for years.
Services will be public and a mass exodus of taxpayers will follow.
In lieu of flowers, send messages to Republican voters
warning them about a certain presidential candidate named Romney.”
- Boston Herald, 11/12/2006

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"In 2006, while Romney was chairman of the National Republican
Governors Association - a group dedicated to electing more
Republican governors - his own hand-picked Republican successor
as governor lost badly to the Democrat, despite the fact that Republicans
have held the governorship in Massachusetts since 1990. Romney largely
ignored the Massachusetts elections and spent most of the time
during the campaign out of state building his presidential campaign.
He came back and publicly campaigned for the Republican candidate
the day before the general election!
“Locally, this is a rebuke to Mitt Romney and checking out within six months
after being elected and having accomplished almost nothing,”
[Jim] Rappaport [former chairman of the state Republican Party]."
- Boston Globe, 11/8/2006

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"Governor Mitt Romney, who touts his conservative credentials to out-of-state Republicans,
has passed over GOP lawyers for three-quarters of the 36 judicial vacancies he has faced,
instead tapping registered Democrats or independents -- including two gay lawyers who
have supported expanded same-sex rights, a Globe review of the nominations has found.
Of the 36 people Romney named to be judges or clerk magistrates, 23 are either registered Democrats
or unenrolled voters who have made multiple contributions to Democratic politicians
or who voted in Democratic primaries, state and local records show.
In all, he has nominated nine registered Republicans, 13 unenrolled voters,
and 14 registered Democrats."
- Boston Globe 7/25/2005

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Romney Rewards one of the State's Leading Anti-Marriage Attorneys by Making him a Judge
Romney told the U.S. Senate on June 22, 2004, that the "real threat to the States is not the
constitutional amendment process, in which the states participate,
but activist judges who disregard the law and redefine marriage . . ."
Romney sounds tough but yet he had no qualms advancing the legal career of one
of the leading anti-marriage attorneys. He nominated Stephen Abany to a District Court.
Abany has been a key player in the Massachusetts Lesbian and Gay Bar Association which,
in its own words, is "dedicated to ensuring that the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision
on marriage equality is upheld, and that any anti-gay amendment or legislation is defeated."
- U.S. Senate testimony by Gov. Mitt Romney, 6/22/2004 P>

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"Romney announces he won't fill judicial vacancies before term ends
Despite his rhetoric about judicial activism, Romney announced that
he won't fill all the remaining vacancies during his term - but instead
leave them for his liberal Democrat successor!
Governor Mitt Romney pledged yesterday not to make a flurry of lame-duck
judicial appointments in the final days of his administration . . . David Yas,
editor of Lawyers Weekly, said Romney is "bucking tradition" by resisting the urge to
fill all remaining judgeships. "It is a tradition for governors to use that power to appoint judges
aggressively in the waning moments of their administration," Yas said.
He added that Romney has been criticized for failing to make judicial appointments.
"The legal community has consistently criticized him for not filling open seats quickly enough
and being a little too painstaking in the process and being dismissive of the input of the
Judicial Nominating Commission," Yas said.
- Boston Globe 11/2/2006

[Navy Patriot]

Sarah will beat Zer0 hands down IF Zer0 survives Hillary.

It's obvious in the fact that the MSM has already begun selecting the 2012 Republican candidate and it's ANYBODY but Palin.

[Padams]

I predict Obama won’t be running in 2012. He has fallen so far so fast in these 2 years. The Dems can’t resurrect Obama the candidate for another run. I think he will step down or decline to run again for health, personal or some other “acceptable” reason. The Dems will craft a story to make it look like he’s not being thrown under the bus so they don’t alienate parts of his base.

Hillary would be the logical replacement candidate but I could see the Dems selecting someone new who can “appear” to be a moderate and who lacks Hilary’s baggage.

I don’t think we should presume O is going to be the nominee.

[Durus]

People said the same thing about Reagan and they were wrong.

[Ouderkirk]

Can Sarah Palin beat President Obama in 2012?

She might be able to beat him if the election were today. In two years from now? Can't see it from here.

Too much time between then and now to even hazzard a prediction. I have been on record saying that she is not going to enter the race anyway. I remain convinced of that.

This whole thing smacks of a setup by Palin to get the media to do something really stupid, and once the moment of inertia gets so great it will take on a life of it's own.

[newheart]

Only 40% of the electorate feel that Obama deserves to be re-elected while over 50% would vote for a generic GOP nominee or someone else.

The problem is he will not be running against a 'generic' GOP nominee. He will be running against a flesh and blood human being who will have been demonized without pause or mercy by the mainstream media from even before they announced an intent to run.

The same thing is true even if Hillary is the candidate.

[RexBeach]

Hell, I could beat Barack Obama!

-Rex

[E. Pluribus Unum]

The Tea Party just changed the face of national politics.

Who is the face of the Tea Party?

Mitt Romney?

John McKeating?

Mike Huckleberry?

Jim DeMenth?

Who could it possibly be?

[CommerceComet]

Hillary would be the logical replacement candidate but I could see the Dems selecting someone new who can “appear” to be a moderate and who lacks Hilary’s baggage.

I've been predicting for several months now that the Republican nominee will be running against Evan Bayh. Watch for him to start making moves in that direction. With Hillary apparently on the sidelines, Bayh has to see an opening for a "moderate", proven vote-getter with a solid political resume. Bayh will never have a better opportunity.