Give the gal some time off. (And no, she is not the best hope).
Let’s roll up our sleeves and start working for ‘12. It begins now by getting Chamblis reelected in Georgia and Coleman over the hump in Minnesota, then to ‘10 to retake the House and Senate.
It’s on!
I’ll admit no one else.
It’s a bit early to choose our “best hope” for ‘12. We have some younger conservatives to keep an eye on for the next 3 years, and Sarah is one of them.
Personally, I’m hoping for a Jindal/Palin ticket at the moment, but I’m going to wait and see how things play out.
That comment in the article is dead on. This campaign was worse run than even Pres. G. H. W. Bush's dismal re-election performance.
The GOP screwed up in may ways and one was not using Palin more effectively. I'll be very interested to see what she does during 2010 and 2011.
To be honest, I really don’t see how Palin can come back from this one. The media did an effective job of destroying her to the 63 million that voted for Obama. Those folks think she is a dumb hick from Alaska. And if she tries to run again in 4 years, they will just do it again. How in the world can you rehab that image? (BTW, I think she is STELLAR, I’m just pointing out what I think is the obvious)
It’s way too early to seriously think about ‘12 candidates! Folks seriously need to think about their local elections in ‘09 and then continue onto the ‘10 elections. I’m also honestly not convinced that this serious loss for both Republicans and conservatives will be successfully resolved by either ‘10 or ‘12. I’m from Massachusetts, and both the Republican Party of Massachusetts and conservatives of Massachusetts have been successfully suppressed for over fifty years now and counting. This is part of why I’m so pessimistic about the long-term future of the U.S. as a country as I now see all of the problems with “Massachusetts politics” now going national, starting on January 20, 2009.
So the GOP cocktail crowd feeds stories to the media and in doing so get to choose the Republican candidate.
Yeah, that worked very well for us... wait... didn’t the Democrats just hand the GOP its head?
John McCain was selected using the same media stories tactic and open primaries. He was the darling of the media during the primaries. Why was that? If we decide that who the media likes is the guy who is more likely to win... THEN WHAT THE HELL JUST HAPPENED?
Why let your enemy choose your leaders?
The ones the Democrats/RINO’s hate and rage about are the ones they fear!
The winks are nice but for Sarah to have a chance in 2012, she has to move from her superficial populism and develop a solid plan for rebuilding the nation that she clearly articulates.
Swing! ...and a miss.
Sarah Palin is fine, but you will want a true Conservative, a Reagan Conservative, or you will lose again.
Listen to the truth for once, harness FR to raise up a Reaganite, an you will see more red states than you can imagine, and more coattails than you ever thought possible.
And if there is anything we need now, it is coattails.
Listen, it’s simple: Palin is smart and trustworthy, but she is not a good impromptu talker. Go to youtube and watch the interviews. She is a big asset to the GOP, but if you think she could beat Obama in four years, you’ve been smoking something...
I’d be for Sarah at the top of the ticket except that she allowed her enemies (the media) to define her as not-so-smart. Newt and Quayle had similar problems. Once that image is created, it’s difficult or impossible to change. And, as we’ve just witnessed, the voters are all about image.
bump