Posted on 11/24/2008 12:33:02 PM PST by lewisglad
Fans Push Palin for President in 2012 November 23, 2008 01:38 PM ET | Bedard, Paul | Permanent Link By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers.
For conservative Republicans looking for a fresh face, Sarah Palin wasn't just the GOP flavor of the month.
We hear that several conservatives from the Bush & Reagan administrations are quietly mobilizing a draft movement to make the Alaska governor a 2012 front-runner for prez.
Our intrepid tipster says that they have already purchased a Web address and are commissioning white papers from experts on how the Gipper followed defeats with victories.
They are also drawing up a to-do list for Palin, including who she should meet with domestically and internationally for advice and a "candidate school" to get her up to speed on key issues and electioneering techniques.
Captain Beau Biden Declined an Offer to Replace Joe Biden as Senator
Even before his pop became vice president-elect, Delaware's Beau Biden was on the rise. He was elected attorney general at 37, and the whole Delaware Democratic establishment expected him to be the easy choice to replace his dad in the Senate once Joe Biden takes his new job at the White House. But a higher calling entered. It seems that Beau Biden is one dedicated soldier. Already dispatched to Fort Bliss, Texas, for training with his 261st Tactical Theater Signal Brigade of the Delaware Army National Guard before a year tour in Iraq, Captain Biden spurned an offer to be an absentee senator by taking his dad's spot in Washington. And, family friends say, that isn't all he declined. Before departing for training, National Guard officials raised the issue of security for a vice presidential son in Iraq, clearly aware of other high-profile cases like that of former GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin's son, who is now serving in Iraq, and that of Prince Harry in Afghanistan. Their offer: Do his tour in Delaware instead. But we hear that Biden, in the judge advocate general's corps, responded with a firm "No Sir!" and has even gone out of his way to avoid interviews and photographers eager for his story. "Beau asked to be treated like any other member of the guard," says a family friend. That was no surprise to daddy Biden, who recalled that in Beau's 2006 attorney general's race, pollsters suggested that he be shown in campaign brochures wearing his uniform. Beau refused because he didn't want to change the easy rapport he had with his fellow guardsman. The VP-elect's reaction to all of this? He was heard telling friends, "I'm prouder of Beau than I am of any title."
If she wants to run she’ll run. Beyond that it’s foolhardy to tie oneself so closely to a “candidate” more than 4 years out. You just eliminate choices before there are any choices to choose from.
Anybody know when the last “drafted” candidate won the white house?
I was a Reagan staffer. What are we doing?
President Eisenhower, IIRC.
Palin/Jindal 2012!
Ike in 1952?
you go girl
but first the likes of Huckabee needs to stop whining about not getting picked
The likes of Arnie and other RINOS are not needed though I will still vote for most of them if they are put against liberals .
Then the GOP needs to stop and ban the pre paid credit cards, and illegal money.
clamp down on election officials who sway the election and stop ACORN’s funding.
The they name names in the media like Matthews and the NY times at every opportunity to embarsses them
We all get behind Sarah with jindal and we’ve done it.
If the GOP does not ban those mentioned above then we will only face the same fraud and illegal money again
How bout recent history?
Well, Obama isn't there... quite... yet.
Perot was leading in the polls over Clintoon when he dropped out in 1992.
Filibustering to defund ACORN with Senate cloture votes would be a good start.
2012 Year of the Barracuda!!!
be a very good start I agree.
you would think the GOP would be doing all of this now instead of waiting to moan about it in 4 years time.
The time is now and I would love to know how much money Soros gave gave in those pre paid credit cards and how much came from overseas
ping
She'd be a smash hit in the upper midwest
This man...
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