Posted on 08/27/2010 12:06:33 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
JOHN DICKERSON, Slate: “Sarah Palin has special medicine. That’s about the only clear conclusion to be drawn from Tuesday’s primary results. She backed five candidates in Arizona, Florida and Alaska and they all won. The rest of the results from the evening defied easy matching. . . Palin now has more support for a favorite story line of hers: The pundits and so-called experts said things were going to go one way but she had faith; she knew the real deal. This is part of her larger pitch: that she understands something fundamental about conservative voters. That, in turn, is what voters believe about her, which makes them think she has a special light to guide the country out of the muck.”
JENNIFER RUBIN, Commentary: “Being a political soothsayer and a superb judge of talent doesn’t ensure a successful candidacy or an effective presidency. But it’s not nothing. And having experienced an over-credentialed, pseudo-intellectual president who lacks a basic understanding of the American people, the public may find something refreshing about someone who ‘gets’ what the country is about. Palin knows what to look for in candidates because she is in sync with the centre-right zeitgeist.”
KEN BLANCHARD, SouthDakotaPolitics.Blogspot.com: “When Sarah Palin resigned as governor almost everyone (yours truly included) thought it was a dumb, even inexplicable move. Well, guess who looks smart and who looks dumb now. . . . Had she remained a governor with hopes of a presidential run in 2012, she would have had to start all over again. She would also have left behind a Dan Quayle-like reputation. Palin guessed that this was her year to be a national force, and she guessed right.”
CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post: “Whether her clout wins some races or loses some races, the big honking important thing (to her, at any rate) is that everybody in the media is raptly paying attention. Major news sites not only have their traditional red/blue maps of the individual races to see the state of the polling, most of them have also now added a ‘Sarah Palin pick record’ map as well. If you think about that for a minute, it really is kind of stunning. Nobody else in politics, that I can remember, has ever gotten the media to examine their ‘picks’ with such microscopic detail — Democrat or Republican.”
ABC NEWS: “She’s had her winning streaks and she’s had her slumps. Earlier this year, Sarah Palin seemed like a Republican king- and queen-maker, helping candidates score a string of victories in hard-fought Republican primaries in South Carolina, Kentucky, California, New Mexico, Iowa, Texas and elsewhere. Since July 20 and up until last night, six Palin-supported candidates had been on the ballot and all had lost.”
MARK MARDELL, BBC: “It’s true John McCain won after she backed him against a Tea Party supporter. It’s true that in her home state of Alaska, it seems her support has helped propel a little-known Tea Party activist to victory over the sitting senator. And it’s true the other three candidates she endorsed have won. But beware. It is wise to be a little wary when looking for patterns . . . and trends in elections. Sometimes there are trends of great importance. Sometimes they have as little predictive power as a pattern in a flight of birds or a chicken’s guts.”
STEVE M., NoMoreMister.Blogspot.com: “She’s savvy enough, or her advisers are savvy enough, to play up her skills at turning out Republican votes at this time. But I suspect she thinks she’s hotter stuff than that. And the upcoming GOP wave election may feed her delusion — this go-round, the broader electorate will vote for a lot of her candidates, and she may credit herself. And that will motivate her toward a presidential run.”
ELEANOR CLIFT, PoliticsDaily.com: “Palin’s win-loss ratio is unlikely to improve in November since most of the candidates she favors tend to be so far to the right that if they get through the primary, they’re outflanked in the general election. . . There’s a difference between having a sliver of the electorate love you madly and reaching out to 50 per cent plus to win a national mandate.”
Eleanor is just being Eleanor. ;o)
As to being delusional...that one is going to come back and kick STEVEM, whoever he is, in the butt. ;o)
“STEVE M., NoMoreMister.Blogspot.com: “She’s savvy enough, or her advisers are savvy enough, to play up her skills at turning out Republican votes at this time. But I suspect she thinks she’s hotter stuff than that. And the upcoming GOP wave election may feed her delusion — this go-round, the broader electorate will vote for a lot of her candidates, and she may credit herself. And that will motivate her toward a presidential run.”
Talk about double speak...and delusional! lol
BTW...he said it’s a wave election. I’m loving that!
Sometimes the truth sneaks out of them, like diarrhea they thought was just a poot. [Pardon my French]
LLS
No matter the language, you are just exactly right. ;o)
LOL. She’s ugly inside and out. Pity that female!
President Palin. And Sheriff joe are going to be very busy rooting out the communists that caused all this.
And here I thought I came across "gold" earlier tonight...LOL.
Dear Pundits:
You are all Idiot Savante’s
>> Good ol’ Eleanor Clift:
I remember well her sour commentary on Bush’s “Mission Accomplished” address. I believe that was the defining moment where the MSM turned full force against Dubya.
>> LOL. She’s ugly inside and out. Pity that female!
She’s got a look that begs for an adorable personality. Oh well...
Yep, but she’s always mean and hateful whenever she talks about conservatives, and Sarah in particular. Jealous.
“And having experienced an over-credentialed.....president.”
Got to love these idiots. Obama is “over credentialed”? Went to Harvard, community activist, and six year (IIRC) junior Senator. Heck, if America is looking for a less credentialed president I guess Palin isn’t the one. (Having some actual executive experience as a mayor and successful governor.)
Shoot - speaking of “credentials” - I bet Palin even has a birth certificate!
I agree with the idiot part. Savant implies a degree of learning/understanding that I do not see any of them displaying.
:-)
LLS
KEN BLANCHARD, SouthDakotaPolitics.Blogspot.com: “When Sarah Palin resigned as governor almost everyone (yours truly included) thought it was a dumb, even inexplicable move. Well, guess who looks smart and who looks dumb now. . . . Had she remained a governor with hopes of a presidential run in 2012, she would have had to start all over again. She would also have left behind a Dan Quayle-like reputation. Palin guessed that this was her year to be a national force, and she guessed right.”This one's the money quote. I'm keeping a link to this post handy, and I'm going to repost it everytime one of the Palin bashers in FR whines about her quitting her job.
CHRIS WEIGANT, Huffington Post: “Whether her clout wins some races or loses some races, the big honking important thing (to her, at any rate) is that everybody in the media is raptly paying attention. Major news sites not only have their traditional red/blue maps of the individual races to see the state of the polling, most of them have also now added a ‘Sarah Palin pick record’ map as well. If you think about that for a minute, it really is kind of stunning. Nobody else in politics, that I can remember, has ever gotten the media to examine their ‘picks’ with such microscopic detail — Democrat or Republican.”Interesting fact, pointed out by a Huffer.
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