Posted on 09/02/2010 3:34:34 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Yeah, you read that right. May Sarah Palin get the 2012 GOP nomination. Putting her on the top of the ticket would be the best thing that could happen to the GOP, and here's why:
Unless Barack Obama totally blows the next two years, she would get waxed in a general election. Then she would be out of the way and the GOP can go about building a strong, broad coalition, the kind that can lead to a governing coalition.
I've more or less said that before about Palin, but reading her undermining of GOP Sen. Lisa Murkowski's reelection bid in Alaska made me want to say it again. According to this New York Times story , Palin didn't like not Murkowski's father, who was Alaska's governor, appointing his daughter to the Senate seat he previously held. Not because Lisa Murkowski was particularly bad, but because Gov. Murkowski didn't appoint Sarah Palin, then an Alaskan mayor.
Now, I'm not an expert on Alaska's internal politics, so I don't if this story is 100 percent gospel. But it certainly tracks everything else we know about Palin. Namely, that she is good at division and appears largely in this for herself.
Before commenters go off calling me a typical Democrat, let me remind you that I voted for John McCain for president in 2008. And that meant, I voted for John McCain and Sarah Palin.
I confess she made it hard to pull the lever, but I did because I liked his more liberal Republicanism. And I thought he would be a debt-fighter.
But after watching her for the last two years, it seems pretty clear_that she's not in the big-tent category of Republicans. What's more, she is the sort of loose cannon that could really damage the party.
(Excerpt) Read more at dallasmorningviewsblog.dallasnews.com ...
Exactly! The author of RomneyCare will repeal ObamaCare? What idiot would believe that?!
Oh, and I suppose it couldn't have possibly been because Lisa was his daughter?
No matter what your political leanings or aspirations might be, appointing your own daughter to fill the post you just left looks like nepotism.
Lisa Murkowski might have won the election for the office on her own. But, even if she was the perfect person for the job, her relationship with the governor should have rendered her ineligible for the position.
If you own a company and want to appoint your own son or daughter to a leadership position, that's your right. But, unless you are in Chicago, it's not acceptable behavior for a public office.
Condi and Sarah would sink 0bama.
Rice/Palin
Palin/Rice
Condi Rice is a HUGE RINO - no thanks!
LOL. What with these idiots still clamoring for “big tent Republicans”? The elephant show has been run out of cities, states and small towns by Tea Party(s)!
Or Steele. God help us all!
The correct word is RINO.
You got better suggestions for someone who could beat Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama?
Well, first - ABSOLUTELY NO RINOs esp if connected to a Bushie.
We need a strong Constitutional Conservative who is NOT afraid to give back as hard as the socialists.
Someone who actually understands ECON-101
Someone who is pro-American and will NOT bow to anyone but the God of Abraham.
hmmmm, sounds like Gov Palin to me.
How about your recommendations? Huskster? Myth? Thuney? Pawlenty? Which RINO are you supporting?
Sheeesh, what a maroon!
When she's grey, wattled and routinely using a walker to move from one side of the sofa to the other: Meghan McCain will still NEVER be "old enough yet" for elected office. ;)
His policies instill fear... and as long as people are scared they will keep saving and paying down debt instead of spending.
From C4P
TIME magazine: Can Palin Be Elected?
For several decades, it has been an article of faith among politicians and political analysts that no candidate can win a U.S. presidential election unless he can dominate the broad center of the spectrum, that all candidates on the edges of the left or right are doomed. Barry Goldwater's "extremism . . . is no vice" campaign of 1964 provides the classic evidence, reinforced by George McGovern's 1972 defeat in 49 out of 50 states. And since G.O.P. Front Runner Sarah Palin relies upon a base of support that is on the far right wing of the Republican Party, some experts have long declared that if she wins the nomination, the G.O.P. would simply be repeating the suicidal Goldwater campaign.
(...)
National opinion polls continue to show Obama leading Palin by an apparently comfortable margin of about 25%. They also show that more moderate Republicans like Romney would run better against the President. This suggests that Palin is not the strongest G.O.P. choice for the 2012 election and that she clearly faces an uphill battle.
(...)
If popular unhappiness with domestic and world problems finally comes to rest at Obama's doorstep, voters may begin to see all sorts of previously invisible virtues in Sarah Palin.
(...)
Palin cannot hope to win, however, unless she moves beyond the hard-line conservative base that has sustained her since she first appeared on the national political scene as a spokesman for McCain himself. She has no experience in Washington politics or foreign affairs. Both Congress and the federal bureaucracy are as unfathomable to her as they were to Obama. Indeed one of Palin's major supporters in the Senate notes that the Alaskan is uncomfortable even visiting Washington.
(...)
Worse perhaps than the verbal gaffe is Palin's relentlessly simple-minded discussion of complex problems.
Full disclosure:
I may have changed a few names here and there. It's not actually Gov. Palin this Time Magazine article's talking about here, but Ronald Reagan. Yes, the Gipper was really running 25 points behind Carter as late as March 1980 - a mere eight months before the election. Simple statements, no experience in DC politics or foreign affairs, supported only by the rightwing fringe - completely unelectable, that Reagan fellow, wasn't he?
What a true statement, AND I LOVE IT!!!!!
Why does that idiot get air time. :)
What do you have to go on that Rice is 1) a conservative or 2) interested in the job?
Meanwhile, the DMN has been doing almost once a week hit pieces against Perry for the trial lawyer candidate for Governor.
What a shame!
Texas is one of the shining stars for business and employment in what is left of the USA.
Why can’t I have MY fantasies????
I rather have a nominee with Sarah Palin conviction. Govornor Palin I voted for you during the last election; I will vote for you again. If any of you think somehow this tough lady is a RINO then go pound sands.
Sarah Palin, in order to become governor, knocked off the Republican incumbent in the primary, then beat the Democrat immediate past governor in the general election. All this, mind you, before just about anybody south of Juneau who wasn’t a huge, huge political geek even knew who she was. It’s amusing to see how many folks think she’s somehow going to become a pushover now. It truly is.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.