Posted on 05/31/2011 3:40:35 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was met by a gaggle of reporters outside of Philadelphia's Independence Hall Tuesday, on day three of her "One Nation" bus tour.
The question du jour: Will she or won't she run for president?
The would-be-candidate once again refused to "put a timetable" on when she will announce her decision, but when asked by CBS affiliate WKYW if she could beat President Obama, Palin replied, "To put it concisely - yes."
Palin also noted her belief that most of the Republicans in the field "have a very good chance" of beating the president, and specifically said she liked Texas Governor Rick Perry, who told reporters last week he was contemplating his own bid to unseat Obama.
"This isn't all about me; it's about the real change that our country needs, and not just me but other potential candidates and candidates declared," she said.
Reporters who have been following the bus tour have been given little guidance by Palin's team, and have accused Palin of being coy with the press....
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Wow ! that’s great!
Have you put together an electoral vote, by state, map showing her with 270+ votes ?
i agree with you.
especially i think Palin would irritate him, and make him lose his cool in the debates...
and sadly, i think the economy is going to get a lot worse before then. (if the Gov. used it’s OWN inflation numbers in the GDP calculation (which they don’t), we’d officially be back in recession).
And Obama has almost guaranteed a mideast war by October.
...and even the British Telegraph reported him golfing on Memorial day, which they say would be like their PM golfing on Remembrance day. Even some USA papers are beginning to ridicule him.
For the Democrats, the end justifies anything.
if they KNOW that Obama will lose... won’t they run someone else? (after using Obama up as a “lightning rod”).
So I know it seems unlikely now, but i’ve said for months now, i don’t believe Obama will be their candidate in 2012.
I can think of alot of things Obama has done to them to cause them to dislike him:
The widely unpopular Obamacare
Billions of dollars wasted in stimulus packages that created zero jobs
High unemployment rates
Anemic growth rates
Skyrocketing national debt
Soaring gas prices
Soaring food prices
Now, name some things that Sarah Palin has done to them to cause them to 'universally dislike' her.
Game on!
Yeah - Game on!
What has changed since November? She did pretty well with the Tea Party picks and would have done better if not for the Country Club throwing rocks under our Candidates.
Look for her to sweep the South, the west except Cal and Wa, she could easily get MN, WI, PA and possibly MI with an energy policy. It could very well get bigger if NJ and MA get in play which they may from lack of Dem enthusiasm.
Face it, Bobo doesn’t even have Carter’s record to run on.
God Bless Our Troops
I’m fully prepared to eat crow...but I am also fully prepared to serve it.
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Same here. I like mine with a shot of Yukon Jack, how bout you? ;)
Mostly, not be a mushy middle ground type.
I have some guidance for the press. Take a long walk on a short pier.
“Reporters who have been following the bus tour have been given little guidance by Palin’s team,...”
I imagine Sarah and Todd have given them plenty of ‘guidance’, they just have not yet achieved sufficient flexibility to consummate the act ;)
I think the Palins are too polite to do that but I would be glad to describe the procedure to them. LOL
Sarah perhaps, but Todd was/is an oilfield roughneck ;)
“why exactly wouldnt the female independents vote for Palin?”
Because women in general see government as a sugar daddy, especially those whose children’s fathers aren’t providing support. Women in general FEEL instead of THINK. If they have a choice between a half-black, Muslim, dismal failure, Socialist promising them lots of stuff, or a conservative touting personal responsibility, it isn’t hard to figure out who they’ll choose.
I plan to vote for Palin, and maybe even as a write-in if she isn’t the candidate. I PRAY she’ll be our next president. We do have to find a way for women voters to make thoughtful decisions instead of resorting to a type of prostitution. I’m confident Sarah and her advisors will come up with a way for everyone to see the truth. It’s hard to remember that God is in control, but He truly is.
LOL!
Here's the deal. The large group of voters in the middle that decide presidential elections don't have a politics. The economy determines their vote. If the economy is good, they'll let the incumbent stay. If it's bad, out he goes. It doesn't matter who run against him. That is how Obama won in '08. The economy was in the tank and McCain was Bush 2. Obama was the outsider. To quote someone who won twice, "It's the economy, stupid." It always is.
Sarah will run a great campaign. I can hardly wait. Whether she can win depends on the state of the economy in November 2012.
“Palin would beat Obama like Reagan beat Carter.”
Maybe.
First, let me say that if you put a ballot with Sarah Palin’s name on it in front of me, I know what I’m going to do. And if you guess that it’s the same thing YOU will do, you’re guessin’ right.
Having said that, I’ll say this:
When Mrs. Palin gets the nomination (notice that I said “when” and NOT “if”), we will see an election that produces results congruent with one of two previous elections:
1980, or...
1964.
Of course, you have the prescience to have made that connection also (for 1980).
But do you recall what happened in 1964?
Just wonderin’....
I don’t agree but I understand the sentiment. Let’s just ensure if she is nominated that any inaction on your part does not help fulfill that prophesy.
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