[Bob J]

Posted this is a reply but thought it needed to be discussed more thoroughly. Grieving over Sarah is fine, but let's admit the political realities of the situation and move on to more fruitful endeavors.

[freebilly]

This is horsesh!t....

[ken21]

don’t agree.

sarah’s running.

[Paleo Conservative]

I agree. You can’t quit as President just because the press is roughing you up.

[se_ohio_young_conservative]

Total bullcrap..

get the heck outta here..

these are not normal times

[lookout88]

Exactly, We love her, but you don’t quit.

[BornToBeAmerican]

Get a life!!

Sarah has one, way bigger than it appears you could ever imagine.

[Tallguy]

You might be right. OTOH, having the nickname “The Swimmer” has not seemed to really hurt Ted Kennedy in any substantive way. He very nearly unseated a sitting president (Carter) at the Democrat Convention in 1980. The rules are different for Democrats, I grant you.

[LimaLimaMikeFoxtrot]

Show me how “Swimmer” has hurt Ted Kennedy in the least.

[bray]

And what is your expertise, other than being able to repeat the echo chamber talking point.

Pray for America and Gov Palin

[Mr Ramsbotham]

... let's admit the political realities of the situation and move on to more fruitful endeavors.

Move on ... move on ... where have I heard that before?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Something else we need to get over is that the GOP is also gone as a National Party. Mehgan McCain? Gimme a break!

[EyeGuy]

The artillery is not being removed from the field, it is being moved to higher ground which affords greater flexibility and destructive firepower onto the enemy lines.

[Keith in Iowa]

Get Over it, Sarah is gone as a National Candidate

Simply because you say so? Get over yourself.

[mick]

You are entitled to your opinion. But you don’t need to elevate it above the VANITY it is. You have been here long enough to know better.

[alicewonders]

The political reality is such that times right now are unlike any we’ve witnessed in recent history - the old rules don’t apply anymore. “Obama” politics have negated that. The good-old-boys in the GOP have shown themselves to be utterly impotent against it. Instead of fighting the other side - they have joined them.

Sarah is an outsider. Sarah does things her way. Sarah is popular with the people. The pundits (on both sides) hate her because THEY haven’t made her what she is. THE PEOPLE HAVE. We’re playing a whole new ballgame here.

We totally expect the media to denounce her as “finished” - that’s part of their game plan, but I’m willing to bet that Sarah is a better chess player than them. They are so “yesterday” and that ain’t working anymore.

[muawiyah]

The first political reality is that the only way you can organize and run a Presidential campaign is to set up shop in the "48".

Anchorage Alaska is just about 3,400 miles away from DC.

That's an 8 hour trip to and fro ~ no way you can do stuff in AK and do stuff in the "48".

Sarah improved her position immensely by dumping what had become a rinky dink job in a very underpopulated part of the world.

Frankly the ethics law there needs some serious revision or the only people Alaskans are going to find willing to run for public office are professional thieves and lesbian political activists ~ or maybe somebody willing to murder their opponents in their beds.

[umgud]

I’d guess that anybody who could rally the conservative base as she had, would be attacked just as much. I hope you’re wrong. We need to quit putting forth milk-toast candidates.

[KC Burke]

WWe can waste our energies debating the prospects of future leaders or we can raise hell with representatives and functionaries we have today.

Which do we think will stop Cap-and-Crap and Socialized Medicine in the weeks ahead.

[pennboricua]

where oh where is the “ oh not this s-it again” guy?

[Jeff Head]

No need to grieve. She is just starting and has now jumped in with both feet.

She is going to speak conservative issues and values all over this country and gain personal politcal capital. Then, she is going to support conservative candidates in 2010 and help them win and gain more political capital. Then she is going to take all of that and apply it in an awesome run for the White House in 2012.

...and she will have my complete support in so doing.

Others clearly disagree. Time and a lot of rolled up sleeves and good old fashioned work at the local level will tell the story. But I will give my all to that effort as long as it lasts.