Answer this question honestly and you'll see why Palin's influence is gone. (Vanity)

[editor-surveyor]

Do you actually believe that Cain, Bachmann, or Sanitorem would have the good sense and courage to abolish the Fed?

[LuvFreeRepublic]

“What the media tends to do is propel this flavor of the week. I’m not saying that Herman Cain is the flavor of the week. I’m one of his biggest fans and I would never dismiss him or speak negatively about him. I’m saying in this fast movie, 24/7 news cycle that is our world today that the media does have to gin up some controversy and intrigue so viewers tune in and there’s a lot of competition in the media world in this quasi-reality show it seems that’s being created in the GOP primary. It’s just the nature of the beast right now and I think anybody would hard-pressed to argue against what I observed.”

http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2011/09/29/palin-wait-a-while-longer/?mod=WSJBlog&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wsj%2Fwashwire%2Ffeed+%28WSJ.com%3A+Washington+Wire%29

Some of us knew exactly what Sarah was saying, but then there was others.........

[editor-surveyor]

>> “Palin-Cain 2012!” <<

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If not, God help us! - (but then, if not, he is probably done helping us)

[Political Junkie Too]

Here is the situation.

If Cain wins the nomination, the attack will be that he's never held elected office, and only ran for office once.

Palin has won many elected offices in her state, and ran on the Republican national ticket. Palin has more credibility as a candidate, and would be more expected to be the top of the ticket.

If Cain wins the nomination and chooses Palin, the rap on Palin will be that she's "always the bridesmaid and never the bride." It might tarnish Palin if the message will be that she chose not to run for the top of the ticket, and "settled" for VP, again.

That would leave Palin on the defensive if she were to choose to run for President in the future, after being on the bottom of the ticket twice.

-PJ

[SteveAustin]

I think the original poster is correct on this. For some candidates there will be appearances with Palin. But most won’t want her hanging around with them too much. And most likely the Palin fans will have moved on by next Summer assuming she doesn’t run, so the Sarah Mania fan club that has been waiting the past three years for 2012 will start to disburse.

Frankly the one candidate who will hang out with Palin if they get the nomination is Romney. He’ll need people like Palin to bring the Tea Party base over.

[BufordP]

Nah, I saw that gif on another thread the other day and had to have it. Didn’t think I’d get to use it this soon.
:-)

[C. Edmund Wright]

>> A huge if, but otherwise, perfect logic. >>

True, but the “if” is much smaller than it used to be.....

[Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears]

>>Sarah Palin never said ‘Shackle-y’. You have just taken that from headlines. She said shackling.
<<

Even if that were true, so what? If she thinks maybe it’s gonna be too “shackling” then she should run, not walk, from the campaign.

And if she thinks she might “sell out” then she REALLY should run away.

[2ndDivisionVet]

Remind me which state you were governor of? Were your approval numbers the highest the Gallup people have ever seen? Which major political party chose you out of 320 million people to be the vice presidential nominee? Which TV network pays you $2 million dollars a year to occasionally comment on current events? How many New York Times best-sellers have you penned? What was your TV show about? How many countries have invited you to speak at high-level confabs? C'mon, you can tell us!

[Sea Parrot]

Wishful thinking as to Palin. Cain has just emerged from the shadows, now to see how he weathers in the bright unblinking critical sunlight.

[cracker45]

It appears to me that all you Palin naysayers are just like the lsm - you are fascinated by her, afraid of her and can’t stop talking about her! BWAAAHAHAHA

JC

[SmokingJoe]

“Let's suppose Cain wins the nomination. Do you think he's going to pal around with Palin on the campaign trail or pick her as VP?”

Cain?
Who is he?
Oh wait.....

“And Cain talked with Abel his brother: and it came to pass, when they were in the field, that Cain rose up against Abel his brother, and slew him.
And the LORD said unto Cain, Where is Abel thy brother? And he said, I know not: Am I my brother's keeper? “

Is it that Cain we are talking about here?
Why should Sarah Palin want to pal around with such a guy? Thought he'd passed on long ago. :)

[samantha]

Now you can go to sleep Piggy, sweet PDS dreams......You know she is always there in your head.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Palin repeatedly called Cain, “Herb”.

[SmokingJoe]

She did?
Oh no!
Now we just can't have that can we?
The great Harman Cain (aka the second Messiah (after 0bama of course)) having his first name mispronounced?
Now its not like that kind of thing has never happened before has it?
Oh wait...

Obama, “the most cerebral president ever” Calls Navy Corpsman ‘Corpse Man’
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/2671639/obama_calls_navy_corpsman_corpse_man.html

[LibLieSlayer]

Cain is a good man. I feel much the same as you.

LLS

[LibLieSlayer]

Great minds you know!

LLS

[wtc911]

Sorry, cupcake but I don’t use such language...for some reason you palinites seem quite fond of it though.

[wtc911]

>>> Whole heartedly endorse him? She couldn’t (or wouldn’t) even get his name right the other day. >>>

As of “the other day” - he had not won the nomination yet. What do you supposed will happen?

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Based on history? My bet is that she would spend the weeks between the nomination and the election reprising her current Hamlet impersonation.

[dmz]

So, to answer your question... yes.

standing corrected.