Posted on 02/02/2016 6:25:15 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin flew out of Iowa on Tuesday after traveling there to campaign with presidential hopeful Donald Trump.
Yahoo News spoke to Palin, who was the GOP's vice presidential candidate in 2008, as she passed through airport security. Trump came in second to Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, in the Iowa caucuses on Monday night, so we asked Palin whether she thinks Trump will catch up in the next primary state, New Hampshire.
"I think so," Palin said of Trump's chances in the Granite State. "He's going to do well there."
Palin also shared her thoughts on why Trump, who had been the frontrunner, was defeated in Iowa.
"I think he just had to have seen more of his conservative side out, because Iowa's so good and conservative," Palin said.
Palin endorsed Trump on Jan. 19. Given her popularity among conservatives, the endorsement was seen as a boost for Trump's chances in Iowa. At the airport on Tuesday, Yahoo suggested to Palin that Trump might have done better in the caucuses if he had brought her out on the trail with him sooner.
"That's so nice," she said of the suggestion....
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You forgot Dubya, Obama and Carter, didn’t you? Why would that be?
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Winning Iowa is the kiss of death for a non-encumbent.
Right. Great turnout which bodes well. But no correlation between Trump crowds and winning. Which I tried to argue to many here to no avail pre primary. So Trumps crowd in NH has absolutely nothing to do with Iowa and can be used as a tool to measure success. Bernie’s crowds dwarfef the witch and they tied. No correlation there either.
Pattern is:
If rest of American does not follow Iowa’s lead, Republican’s lose general election.
Bush
Huckabee
Santorum
When Bush won Iowa and nomination, he won general
When Huck and Santorum won Iowa, McCain and Romney lost general.
We should all get behind Iowa winner Cruz
I like Sara Palin but the fact that she left office early makes her only good aa a cabinet member and endorsement.
I think as a vice president candidate she has lost luster as far as bringing in votes witch is the reason for naming some one a vice president.
to regain the presidential luster she needs to hold public office as governor or as a senator for eight years.
I don’t know. I think there were three winners last night. Cruz, Trump and Rubio. They are in a virtual three-way tie on delegates. Had this been winner-take-all, then I agree that Cruz would have won and Trump would have lost. But I’m not feeling too comfortable if I am a Cruz or a Trump supporters. Rubio is now right up there with both of them.
Right Jo. Your analysis pre primary was every bit as accurate as post primary. That being not accurate at all. You know in the old days here at FR there were people I disagreed with politically who had good intellects and an ability to see things as they are and put forth accurate and astute analysis.
Those days are over.
T.Rump seems to have surrounded himself with losers: John McCain, Sarah Palin, Scott Brown, Bob Dole, etc. Has anyone who has won his or her last election endorsed His Pompousness?
Depends how you look at it. I see three outsiders getting about 60% of the vote. I like that and my prediction last week was the top three would basically get the same amount of delegates.
But Rubio should be taken seriously. He is a smart, personable guy who could break some of that 60% up.
Trump handlers got to go figure out now if she was a plus or minus in Iowa.
I think she was a plus but, he still came in second.
Right, and if Trump and Cruz continue to split votes, then Rubio sails ahead. We can’t let that happen.
It will be fun to watch his pompousness with the lib press at the WH
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