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E.J. Dionne: Why Huckabee and Palin aren’t running (Our masters will pick a candidate)
The Washington Post ^
| April 22, 2011
| E.J. Dionne Jr.
Posted on 04/22/2011 12:11:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Clearly, lots of people want to talk about 2012. Last I checked, there were nearly 800 comments on my column about next years presidential race, and by early afternoon today, there were more than 600 comments about my colleague Charles Krauthammers Unified Field Theory of 2012 column.
I specifically want to reply to a reader who asked, fairly, why I didnt mention Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin as 2012 Republican contenders. The answer is that on this question, Charles and I agree: Neither of us thinks that Huckabee or Palin will run. Charles made this point directly; I did so by omission. (Charles and I usually disagree on matters of policy but have points of concord on analytical matters.)
Over the years, I have found Huckabee an agreeable soul, despite many disagreements with his views. In January 2007, a year before Huckabee won the Iowa caucuses, I wrote that he was the brightest star among Republican presidential dark horses and declared him the Republican to watch. (Warning: Pundits are likely to remind you of their successful predictions and hope you forget their misfires.) He is doing relatively well in the polls for 2012. But I agree entirely with Charles: Huckabee seems thoroughly happy in his current life, and its hard to see his ruining what he has with a second presidential candidacy.
As for Palin, I have never believed she would run, and I still dont. From the moment John McCain picked her as his running mate, I just could not see her as president and did not think a majority of Americans would ever see her as presidential.....
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TOPICS: Campaign News; Parties; Polls; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2012; huckabee; palin; sarahpalin; shesnotrunning
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I live to see him proven wrong.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:13:38 PM PDT
by
Emperor Palpatine
(One of these days, Alice....one of these days.....POW!! Right in the kisser!!!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
EJ Dionne is one of the most (if not THE most) stupid liberal/progressive “jounalists” in the national media.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:15:08 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
“As for Palin, I have never believed she would run, and I still dont.”
Agreed. But if she does, she’s going to be formidable.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:15:29 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
To: Grunthor
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:16:30 PM PDT
by
newfreep
(Palin/West 2012 - Bolton: Secy of State)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The WaPo slimer pretending to be the voice of sweet reason.
To: newfreep
I doubt it but am hopeful.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:17:05 PM PDT
by
Grunthor
(The man or woman who doesn't forgive has forgotten the price that Christ paid for them on the Cross.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I live to, hopefully, see THE ENTIRE WORLDWIDE LEFT go down in flames, asap, and please!
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:18:46 PM PDT
by
johnthebaptistmoore
(If leftist legislation that's already in place really can't be ended by non-leftists, then what?)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I think they have already chosen Romney.
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Poor EJ has been proven on a daily basis for years. Of all the liberal blatherati, he’s most wrong most often.
- JP
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:20:54 PM PDT
by
Josh Painter
("The only thing these 'investments' will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy." - Palin)
To: Grunthor
All things being as they are right now 0 would beat Palin like she was a red haired step child.
To: Josh Painter
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:21:49 PM PDT
by
Josh Painter
("The only thing these 'investments' will get us is a bullet train to bankruptcy." - Palin)
To: mad_as_he$$
I think they have already chosen Romney.If they are that stupid then the GOP deserves to lose.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:23:41 PM PDT
by
EGPWS
(Trust in God, question everyone else)
To: mad_as_he$$
I think they have already chosen Romney.
YUP. IMHO no Republican is gonna beat the magnificent messiah boy king - he will be reelected and is campaigning on "I need four more yeas to get us out of that mess the GOP left me". All the time never admitting that the RATS ran congress since 2006, nary a peep about it from the LSM either.
Without a strong backbone in the house it is over for the America I grew up in. As Levin says, "We are now living in a post-Consitutional era".
American voters are too stupid, and/or they want income redistribution. How about Boeing being told by this Admin they have no legal right to build a plan in SC - they must stay in Seattle/Everette.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:25:19 PM PDT
by
Cheerio
(Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
To: mad_as_he$$
“I think they have already chosen Romney.”
Yep. Which is why I believe we’ll wind up with ANOTHER 4 years of obama... This country is gone.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:26:41 PM PDT
by
J40000
To: 2ndDivisionVet
The only thing I associate with the name Dionne, sort of, is a mustard, rather lower on the totem pole than Poupon.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:28:14 PM PDT
by
Hardraade
(I want gigaton warheads now!!)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I remember a lot of folks were counting on Fred Thompson in the last election to be the force for obama to reckon with, and he went totally flaccid before the campaign was over, a big disappointment to a lot of people after the build-up that was given him.
While I could care less about Huckabee, I hope Sarah does not fizzle at the last minute...if she does, get ready for another obama inauguration pah-tay.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:29:18 PM PDT
by
FrankR
(Liberals Don't Have Scruples, Judgement or Morals...only MOTIVES.)
To: EGPWS
And they will if he is he candidate
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:29:18 PM PDT
by
RnMomof7
( "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you,)
To: EGPWS
And they will if he is he candidate
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:29:21 PM PDT
by
RnMomof7
( "But your iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from you,)
To: EGPWS
If they are that stupid then the GOP deserves to lose. Myth will generate a third party.
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posted on
04/22/2011 12:29:36 PM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
("It's hard to take the president seriously." - Jim DeMint)
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