“Here’s a little song I wrote,
“You might want to sing it note for note,
“Don’t worry...
“Be happy...”
Posted on 11/08/2010 11:06:14 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Top political strategists said Monday that Sarah Palin isn't just a potential presidential candidate -- she's almost surely going to run in 2012.
"You can't count her out," said Mark McKinnon, former adviser to President George W. Bush. "In fact, there are a lot of reasons to count her in. ... Established Republicans are worried sick about her."
But Karen Finney, a former member of the Clinton administratiion who's now a political consultant: "They owe her."
The comments came during the Securities Industry and Financial Markets annual conference in New York City today. McKinnon, Finney and another Democratic strategist, Cornell Belcher, were asked to give their views on what recent election results mean for Wall Street -- but spent much of the time talking about the next presidential race in 2012.
McKinnon, who's now vice chairman of Public Strategies, said Texas Gov. Rick Perry is one of the few Republicans who could give Palin a run for her money. Perry recently won his third term by a wide margin. Despite the tooth-and-nails battles other candidates faced, Perry has been on a tour promoting a book titled "Fed Up! Our Fight to Save America From Washington."
"The Tea Party loves him; the base loves him," said McKinnon. "He's got nothing else to do -- he just came out with a book!"
Still, McKinnon noted that Palin would be the sole woman in a group of eight to 10 male candidates -- giving her an edge just by nature of her gender. He believes she'd be able to win two or three of the initial round of primaries "easily," which is traditionally a straight path to the nomination.
In analyzing the past two years of Obama, the panelists generally agreed that he's done a poor job of finding common bipartisan ground, as voters expected him to do. Congress, by their assessment, performed even worse in aligning their agenda with voters' biggest concerns. "If you turned on your television during the health care debate, it looked like a kindergarten playground," said Finney. "It looked ridiculous."
McKinnon said he worries Republicans will similarly waste their time "getting into the weeds" on procedural mumbo jumbo to undo some of the sweeping legislation. Voters may oust them similarly in the next election if there's no sign that legislators are getting their message.
In the next election, said Finney, "I'm inclined to believe we'll get another round of 'throw the bums out.' "
A second term for Obama means he will own the Supreme Court for generations to come. That is unacceptable.
Huckabee, Gingrich, and others are non-starters. Palin is somewhere in the middle of the pack.
Contrived issue by the RINOS in DC.
Hey DC RINOs, drop dead !!!!!!!!!!!
Governor Palin isn’t a “re-tread” from 2008: She didn’t run for the presidency, she was selected to be the vice presidential nominee. That isn’t the same thing. And you understood my post, so don’t act the fool.
Define this depth you refer to please?
“Here’s a little song I wrote,
“You might want to sing it note for note,
“Don’t worry...
“Be happy...”
Rats would never sabotage him. I honestly think they’d rather go down in defeat this election than risk alienating one of their biggest voting blocs. Besides, if Palin runs, I think it will be a safe bet that he can win again. Look at Harry Reid - dead to rights in purple Nevada and Angle gave him a second term.
Ding Ding Ding, we have a winner!
Post of the day.
ditto
Agreed. I love Sarah, but my head has to control over my heart. I want Obama gone for more than I want her for POTUS.
Thus, if it is clear she can win - fine - go sarah - but if she is trailing and cant win, no way.
I still think a Thune/Christie ticket is deadly to Obama in 2012.
Ever worked on a political campaign? I have, and enthusiasm is EVERYTHING! The SEIU/ACORN/AFSCME/AFGE/Teamsters/LaRaza/Babykillers were enthused for Senator Reid. Multiply that by 100 when it comes to Governor Palin! I will personally raise $2 million dollars for her.
Beware of all the, ‘I like Sarah, but...’ and the, ‘she’s better off doing what she’s doing.’. Translate that to...’I don’t want her to run because she’ll beat my candidate.’. Bank on it.
I agree.
That sounds a lot like McCain/Romney to me. A "moderate" senator and a "moderate" Northeastern governor. Let's just rename the party "the Ripon Society", "Democrat Lite" or "Log Cabin moderates" or some such...
So, other than Palin, who i would support, tell me who you support if she does not run?
And spare me the Pence/Ryan nonsense.
Thune would be a great pick.
You get to start grilling me when you’ve been here more than two years.
The Chet99 and pissant incidents have taught some of them to be a little more subtle, but we can still see through it.
I’m not grilling you, I want to get Obama out more than anything. I will support and vote for Sarah is she runs 10000%.
HOWEVER -
If she decided not to run - who do you support?
Apologies to Kipling.
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