Posted on 03/27/2011 1:34:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
If Sarah Palin is going to run for the Republican presidential nomination in 2012, she is sure going about it her own way.
A conservative TV idol and household name, the former Alaska governor sees little need to behave like a traditional presidential candidate.
Palin has been nowhere to be seen recently in the early voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina, while potential rivals scour in search of staff and supporters.
Instead, Palin has relied on her appearances on Fox News and often caustic comments on her Facebook page to rally support for conservative causes and perhaps prepare the ground for a run against Democratic President Barack Obama.
"She's certainly feisty and doesn't think that the normal rules and the normal conventional wisdom apply to her," said Republican strategist Charlie Black.
A relative unknown who burst onto the national scene as John McCain's running mate in 2008, Palin is adored by millions of conservative Republicans.
But she is a polarizing figure who is behind in national polls compared with other possible candidates like Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee.
Last week, Palin visited India and Israel to beef up her foreign policy credentials and dispel criticism she would be a lightweight on the world stage.
She skipped an opportunity to speak to conservatives in Washington recently at a conference that most would-be Republican presidential contenders used to test the waters.
Unlike the others in the Republican field, she is not advanced in planning, saying there is plenty of time to organize a campaign if she wants to do so.
"I don't think that there needs to be a rush still to get out there as a declared candidate," she said in New Delhi. "I think there's still plenty of time...
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Brings back my childish Victor “Manure”....ha! I love the oldies.
I find it amazing that people can express their opinion about all republican candidtates, either with policies differences or downright insults and derogatory nicknames. It can’t be done with Sarah Palin without the someone wanting the mods to delete you.
Please tell us who your preferred candidate is, so that we might compare and contrast him with Governor Sarah Palin. Or be a wuss and say “I haven’t decided yet” or “there are several good candidates” or some such.
She’s a lot of like Gomer Pyle, but you know that already.
Just thing about it.
Great comments in post #54.
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