Regardless of the wishful thinking of some people, it is impossible to run a campaign by "bypassing" the media. Palin knows this and does not try to bypass the media. What she does do, and what virtually all other candidates do, is try to manipulate the media. I believe Palin has considerable skill at this and she has even been able to get media coverage at some times by feigning indifference to the media.
Poll numbers certainly can change and it is very early in the race. It is not even certain if Palin will be a candidate. If she does become a candidate, a sober assessment of where she stands, where she wants to be, and how to get there must be made. How to deal with the media is part of this. Palin's negatives can be overcome, but not by ignoring them.
BTW, thank you for the only non-knee jerk, civil reply to me on this thread. Palin needs intelligent, adult supporters, not half-cocked cultists.
>Poll numbers certainly can change and it is very early in the race. It is not even certain if Palin will be a candidate. If she does become a candidate, a sober assessment of where she stands, where she wants to be, and how to get there must be made. How to deal with the media is part of this. Palin’s negatives can be overcome, but not by ignoring them.
True that, P. However, I believe that in 08, she was basically handicapped by Mccain’s staff. If she is allowed to do things her way, without interference, I think she can improver her ratings.
Yeah, you have been knocked around by some on this thread. I feel bad about that, as it hampers debate.
So let me clarify for you why she will be the Republican candidate: the Democrats, by their actions since the end of 2008, have chosen her as the next Republican candidate.
Yes, you read that correctly.
She may, in fact, never originally intended to run for President in 2012. I suspect her treatment by Obama’s knee-pad battalion at the DNC, targeting her, her Governorship and her family, caused her to change direction.
The Democrats and Progressive activists never let up smearing her or her kids since the end of the 2008 election. There were so many petty nuisance lawsuits, the situation could have bankrupted the State of Alaska and the Palin family personally. She resigned, and that’s when I knew she was going to run.
Gov.Palin’s nickname in high school was Sarah ‘Barracuda’, or something along that line. It was given her because she is aggressive and a fighter.
The Democrats have known since she made that speech at the Republican Convention in Denver, 2008, that she is the one. She will undo all their evil works. They know terror and fear when she is in the public’s eye. Because she is a true American leader.
So I’ll repeat it: the Democrats, by their actions, have chosen her as the next Republican candidate.