Posted on 08/02/2010 8:51:06 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Will Sarah Palin get a second chance at the presidency?
Palin for president? An ambitious woman in the quest for the ultimate position of power. McCaines bid for the white house in the 2008 election was an eye opener for the former Governor of Alaska. McCaine lured Palin to the tree of the knowledge of power, She tasted of the possibility to be first in her gender to occupy the vice presidency of the United States. Unfortunately the Republicans suffered an overwhelming defeat at the hands of the Democratic party.
Sarah, an unknown in the political world flourished as a celebrity, with overnight success. The pit-bull with lipstick is now the potential alpha of the republican and tea party movement. Sarah has proved herself a worthy opponent. Her image as the caring, down to earth mother figure used in McCaines campaign has proven to be affective. Adding that special touch of feminism to the recipe, may just be what the GOP doctor called for.
Palin's stand on major issues reflect the majority view (republican). As a potential presidential candidate she must excel above her fellow politicians . Ignoring ruthless tactics adopted by the party, and stale political views, blaming the present administration for the ill decisions of the past. Instead Sarah should focus on a remedy to the problems facing America and an antidote to counter act the mishaps of the past administration.
Time will judge as to palin's political future. Perhaps she will be able to pull the rabbit from the hat and be successful in her party's nomination . The American people have had to bare the burden of over rated politicians and empty political promises for a decade. Sarah's approach to the white house must reflect a different image then conventional politics. So far she has made no attempt to such a resolution, and seems content with politics as usual. In the famous words of Abraham Lincoln"you may fool all the people some of the time: you can even fool some of the people all of the time: but you cant fool all the people all of the time" Palin's most fearful opponent stands valiantly awaiting her challenge. History is there to bring to memory the sins of the G.O.P.A ghost that haunts the chambers of the republican party, whose only remedy is exorcism of the memory of eight years .
Is Sarah Palin capable of erasing the past from the memory of the American people? The Republican party has come up with some solutions such as illegal immigration and health care to induce amnesia on the nation. Will this be sufficient to ensure victory to Sarah Palin and the G.O.P. in the coming elections is yet to be seen.
Our trust must be with the Lord who will lead us through the thicket of worry.
Hey, thanks for letting us all know what God's plan is. Got any stock tips?
BTW, the only person worried about Palin's effect on "Independents and swing voters" is Hillary - she wouldn't be your "Lord who will lead us through the thicket of worry," now would she?
(P.S. The only people who spout phrases like "huge negatives" along with invocations of "the Lord" - all while presuming to speak for God - are Rat policy wonks sneering at Christians. Yeah, you stick out that badly, shmuck.)
"Thicket of worry"?! LOL! What a pompous ass! Run back to your mistress and wag your butt for her, troll.
LOL
Gov. Palin has HUGE, growing positives,
except with ObamaBOTs and RomneyBOTs.
Which did you say you were?
Don't believe everything you read in the communist Union Leader...I would agree that marxist NH hates Palin, but I think Ayotte was being damaged by those black and white television ads being run by her Senate opponent, communist Paul Hodes. Those ads were running everywhere when Palin made her endorsement, and I believe the corrupt NH media just used that opportunity to hang Ayotte's sliding numbers around Palin's neck.
That’s some pretty tough reading, but here’s a start on a translation: affective = effective, bare = bear.
Capitalization, punctuation, contractions, sentence beginnings and endings, verb agreement, coherence of thought, thread of argument, and accuracy in description, attribution and facts are all beyond the bother of useful salvage.
Thanks for the reminder and education. I needed it!
No, but each one of those men served at least eight years in either statewide, or federal office (or both) before being elected to President. Palin served about 30 months in statewide office, before quitting.
With respect to "bland or generic", each one of those men (with the exception of Kennedy who actually was elected by a razor thin margin), appealed broadly to independents and moderates, especially Clinton and Reagan. So far, Palin has shown no ability to connect with moderates and independents. Perhaps that will change, but right now, it's problematic.
Your post was off the subject of my post of course but I get your anti-Palin message.
Personally, I greatly prefer Governor Palin to Lyndon Johnson, JFK, Nixon, and Bill Clinton, but that is just me, an independent.
Palin did swimmingly with independents and moderates in Alaska until she had the full force of the national Democrat media and national Democrat operatives plotting against her.
She’s starting from behind with them now on the national stage, but if/when she wins them it’s all over.
What a poorly written article.
I believe Sarah Palin will be the Republican nominee for President in 2012 and I really hope she wins.
She said the other day that Obama had no “cojones” to enforce America’s immigration laws - true and brilliant!
>>That sure doesn’t fit my memory of colorful and intense, and unique politicians like JFK, Nixon, Lyndon Baines Johnson, Reagan, Bill Clinton. None of them were bland or generic.<<
I was not clear about what I meant by “bland”. Even Bud ads are not bland. They are exciting and imply a great lifestyle and all sorts of wonderful things. But the beer itself is “bland”. Its main redeeming feature is that it is “cold”.
Same with those politicians. For starters, I am talking about BEFORE they get elected. They may have been flamboyant, given all sorts of speeches about “we can do it” and “America is great” and other platitudes, but they carefully avoided specifics until they got into office.
Specifics are poison during an election, unless they are supported by a super majority. People like Palin are into too many specifics to get elected. e.g. I strongly agree with her “drill baby drill” line, but it is a negative for too many people.
She hasnt had a 1st chance...
Will Sarah Palin get a 1st chance at the presidency ???
And to be fair, sometimes it depends greatly on who you are running against. Obama didn’t have to try very hard to beat “Dole II”.
No, it wasn't. You said those former Presidents weren't "bland". Using the strict definition of that word, that's probably true, but what the original poster meant by "bland", was that irrespective of their core ideology, they appealed to independents and moderates in a compelling way. So far, Palin repels independents and moderates.
It's a good thing all those people won't be involved in the 2012 campaign. /s
Whatever opposition Palin felt in Alaska after the 2008 nomination, it will be only a fraction of what is yet to come. The fact that she demonstrated absolutely no ability to effectively push back that opposition - which we see empirically vis-a-vis her plummeting poll numbers in Alaska after the 2008 nomination - does not bode well for her chances in the more immediate future. So far, she just can't manage her image beyond her base. Image is all any politician has - it's their stock & trade.
Pshaw. She’s blown away the image issue in terms of competence by being the most influential out-of-office pol in a long, long, long time. She’s got a pretty good stand on the issues for attracting moderates, independents and Reagan Democrats. So it’s only a matter of time making her acceptable to the mushy moderates in blue and purple states. She doesn’t really need them until she sows up the nomination and then simply by being one of the two nominees she’ll have established herself with the hardly-cognizant mushy middles anyway.
She’s in great shape and ahead of anyone else at this point.
How can people respond when we’re being censored and threatened with banning for posting Palin criticisms?
You all should get together and ask Jim to lift the curfew and then we can have a legitimate and honest discussion.
Of course not, anyone can become president if enough people vote for them.
The only legitimate question is whether Palin can pull that kind of vote in TODAY, since no one knows what the future may hold.
My answer to that question is no. Palin cannot pull in enough votes from independents and blue dogs to win a general TODAY even if she gets 100% of the conservative and pub vote, which itself may be a question.
Throw in the fact she is a polarizing figure, her opponents fundraising will run double the normal and that the libs and dems will pull out all stops to defeat her. She is the republicans Hillary Clinton.
IMO she can win the primary but not the general. FWIW I don’t see that changing in the next couple of years, but who knows.
Actually Palin does great in polling for this stage of the game, I don’t recall conservatives ever being this well positioned at this early date, to take the republican nomination.
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