[pgkdan]

No she's not! Did she offer any pearls of wisdom about how in the hell we're going to get Ryan's budget passed wihile the GOP remains the minority party in DC? Anyone with half a brain knows that the 2010 election was merely step one in a 2 election cycle. It's goign to be damned near impossible to even open this budget to floor debate in the Senate, let alone something even more robust.

As far as I'm concerned Palin's comments were unserious political posturing...pablum for the very small population of her supporters.

[unseen1]

was that your head exploding?

Leadership can do that to RINO’s you know...

[ClearCase_guy]

The GOP has a long history of observing that we have a $2T annual deficit. They then propose that we trim $500B from that annual deficit. Then they negotiate a $70B cut from the budget. And declare victory when they succeed in getting $30B cut.

Palin is at least honest in saying that the problem is bigger than they want to admit and that their proposals are insufficient.

I don't know how to do what we need to do. I do not yet know if Palin knows how to do what we need to do.

But Palin does understand the problem. Not many do.

[Bigtigermike]

Unserious? So finally saying that we have to put everything on the table including entitlements is being unserious?

She is telling it like it is, what needs to be done, obviously your Mitts and Newrs if the world must be serious since they didn’t say it! Sheesh!

[trebb]

As far as I'm concerned Palin's comments were unserious political posturing...pablum for the very small population of her supporters.

What could she say that you wouldn't consider "unserious political posturing"?

I put more weight behind what she says than I do 99.44% of the other so-called potential candidates. Who do you think states their message without the political posturing?

[Windflier]

Huff and puff. What an intellectually bankrupt comment.

Folks like you are going to find fault with Palin, no matter what she says or does.

She could win the nomination, go on to win the general, then reverse the last 100 years of the leftist agenda in her first 100 days in office, and you’d STILL find something to criticize her for.

[jaydee770]

...Did she offer any pearls of wisdom about how in the hell we're going to get Ryan's budget passed wihile the GOP remains the minority party in DC?...

Now hang on - As for the questions she *was* asked, she seems to have addressed them as fully as time would allow.

But to your question, did it even come up? The answer is *no*. I didn't even spot any room where Palin could have hijacked the interview and gone off on your unrelated tangent.

Now to be sure, I would be very interested to hear her answer your question as well, but I won't fault her for not answering something that was never asked. That would make me look like a pretentious jackass, commenting on an interview I didn't even watch, hoping for the mere appearance of being "informed". You know, a *poseur*.

[ilgipper]

With 22 Dem Senate seats up for relection in 2012, you don’t think we can peel off some to our side to take these issues seriously on the floor. Of course the far left is going to fight every penny and demagogue the issues. The Ryan budget is pretty moderate in terms of dollar amounts...it is the big ideas of reforming entitlements and tackling Obamacare that are the hard part. This lays out our sides position, and we go from there. I am sure there is going to be compromise for 2012. There has to be when the other party is at the table. I am pretty sure Ryan is aware of that.

As far as your thoughts on Palin, this is what leaders do. Much like Ryan and Pence, she is laying out an opening position, and it is one that pretty much anyone on our side agrees with. The Ryan budget is a great start, but only is a start. We have massive budget problems, and this is just the beginning. If we pretend like Ryan’s is the far right position, we have a tougher road, it has to be sold as a serious and reasonable proposal to win over a good part of the population.

[Lando Lincoln]

I agree. Pavlovian.

[Pollster1]

No she's not! Did she offer any pearls of wisdom . . . As far as I'm concerned Palin's comments were unserious political posturing...pablum for the very small population of her supporters.

Thanks for the interesting but overall vacuous criticism, along with yet another dismissive label for Palin from someone with no substantive criticism. I will not consider voting for anyone who disagrees with this "unserious political posturing...pablum", nor will I consider voting for any candidate who fails to actively and energetically push for the same "unserious political posturing...pablum" as a real and immediate goal. The Obama/Reid budgets are adding $5,000 per year per person to our national debt. That is what I would call "serious political pandering...poison", and I'll take what you call "pablum" with a demonstrated ability to control a budget over the current $5k per person annual level of destruction to our children's future any day.

[RobbyS]

What she is saying is that Ryan’s opening is not strong enough. Obama is going to come back with a much weaker offer and that negotiations will end with something in the Middle.But nothing in the middle will cut it, and with the Senate and the Presidency in Democratic hands, they next budget is going to look pretty much like this year’s budget. Somewhat smaller but enough to keep Obama’s reforms on track.