Posted on 05/27/2011 8:39:13 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
In an article for the Washington Examiner Byron York writes:
The bottom line is Sarah Palin is not going to run for president, says a Republican adviser close to front-runner Mitt Romney. Shes making money, shes moved on, shes kind of an entertainer rather than a politician. She still has some sway with the grass roots, but she is not going to run.
I dont think shes going to run, says a Republican close to Tim Pawlenty. She has faded a lot in the last few months. I look at what shes doing now and say that shes found a way to get back in the story.
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Watch what she has done, says the Republican close to Romney. Has she contacted one major donor across the country about putting together an organization? Has she talked to one member of the Republican National Committee about working for a campaign, or one governor, or one former governor about working for a campaign? The answer is no.
This is just an example of the many commentators and pundits who argue that Governor Palin isnt running. Their reasoning? She isnt doing anything and she hasnt called anyone.
There is of course one problem with this argument; just because people dont know if Governor Palin is calling or talking to anyone, doesnt necessarily mean she isnt talking to anyone.
The Republican close to Romney is wondering whether Governor Palin has contacted anyone or put up an organization. Wouldnt you like to know? Of course you would. But Governor Palin doesnt want you to know, so she isnt talking to the people who would run and tell you as soon as they hang up the phone with her.
This week Governor Palin has announced the release of a documentary and a bus tour.Both of those required time and manpower to put together.
Films dont produce themselves and buses dont paint themselves, yet all the people involved knew how to keep their mouths shut, and as a result nothing leaked; no one knew until the moment Governor Palin wanted us to know.
So, Governor Romney, Governor Pawlenty, let me break it to you: Youre not going to know anything, who shes talking to and how shes organizing, until Governor Palin wants you to know. And when that happens; youll all be grinding your teeth and bitting your lips wondering, how the heck did we miss that?
These current candidates make definitive statements without any knowledge that Gov, Palin isn't running. When Ronald Reagan was asked about a potential opponent in the Republican primaries, his response was that of a welcome, saying, “he should throw his hat in the ring!”
You just know they are scared to death of a Palin run.
and......Sarah Palin doesn’t hang her hat on “politics as usual”. In fact, she has a disdain for politics and politicians. Look for a Palin administration to be truly
“of the People”.
I describe Sarah as riding quietly down stream in a canoe; quietly sneaking past the bears and to her prey in the White House.
The DemonRATs think they can keep a teleprompter reading figurehead in the White House. He is as phony as a fake birth certificate posted on the Internet. He symbolizes to the DemonRATs the ability to do anything they want; even if it puts the country in default and violates the Constitution. So far that little teleprompter is doing a lot of damage.
We need Sarah to win one for the Gipper.
I think one of the things about Palin that irritates the snot out of the pundits (real & wannabe’s), beltway-insiders and GOP elite is that she’s not following their “conventional wisdom”. It is as if their way is the only way, and the lack the ability to comprehend anything that has’nt sought their permission to deviate from the standard, predictable, “establishment-approved” campaign process.
They try to prognosticate her moves, get it wrong and look like fools. They don’t like being proven wrong and they *really* dislike being made fools of. What’s telling (from my POV) is that it is not Palin that is making them look like fools; they are doing that all by themselves.
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