Why not Palin/Jindal 2012 ? .... SeekAndFind
What, exactly, are your goals?
To win the Republican nomination for your favorite candidate or to get a conservative to win the general election for the Presidency of the United States?
Jindal is brilliant. I saw him interviewed on Greta recently, and his grasp of the full range of issues is incredible. Obama could never stand up to him in a debate. .... ScottinVA
Sarah Palin is a very nice lady with very good values and conservatives love her. Be that as it may, Sarah Palin will be remembered by the 73% of all American voters who are NOT Republicans as somebody who could not name a single newspaper for Katie Couric. Just a week after this year’s presidential election.... Forty-three percent (of all voters) view her unfavorably.
You cannot win a general election if, right off the bat, 43% of the entire electorate views your candidate "unfavorably".
Sarah Palin can win a Republican nomination but she can not win a general election. It's as simple as that.
The United States of America has over 300 million citizens. Surely, between now and 2012, at least two conservative candidate can be found for the 2012 Presidential ticket that conservatives love but that 43% of the entire American electorate does not already automatically write off.
Rhodes scholar vs someone with a degree in journalism. Come on. Why is there even a debate? Conservatives should be for picks based on merit, not affirmative action or what looks good on American idol.
I like Jindal well enough, and he has good educational credentials, for sure. He’s only been governor of LA for 1 year, so we need to watch and see how the remainder of his term goes and if he can win re-election. I saw him all over cable news last week, and while he speaks well, he really said nothing different from what I heard from other conservative Republicans, including Palin. Her speech at the RGA said the exact same thing Jindal said on TV-—that Republicans had lost their way during the last 8 years and needed to get back to their roots in cutting government spending and taxes in order to grow the economy. I’ve never heard Jindal (nor any of the others) give any details or lay out any plans to implement this platform. Again, I’ll need to wait and see what kind of record Jindal has in LA before I’ll jump on the bandwagon. In any event, he is still way too young for ‘12 (may be a moot point if the One is riding high in popularity....I don’t want to see one of our rising stars become a sacrificial lamb) and will still be VERY young for POTUS in ‘16 at what, 44?
Palin needs to get back to some good governing in Alaska during the legislative session. I have no problem with her doing the talk show rounds after that-—including Oprah and whomever. Her negatives were high because the media was allowed to shape the public’s opinion of her. If she can get out on her own, especially on highly rated shows like Oprah, and be herself in a relaxed atmospher, I beieve it will greatly increase her positives, especially among women.
In short, you’re recommending that media portrayals determine GOP candidates.