Posted on 07/05/2009 2:08:00 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Even for a nonconformist, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin defies political logic with her sudden, stunning announcement to leave office more than a year early.
Supporters and critics alike say the former GOP vice presidential candidate’s resignation, announced Friday afternoon and effective July 26, is an inexplicable move for a high profile Republican widely seen as a contender for a White House run in 2012. A half-term governor campaigning for president?
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Pam Pryor, a spokeswoman for Palin’s political action committee, said the group continues to accept donations on its Web site, which saw an uptick in contributions Friday afternoon.(continued at link)
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Next thing you know, you'll have half-term Senators campaigning for president.
Obama... a 140 day Senator. Ha!
Haha! Great point.
There is a slight difference, though, that must be considered.
Sarah could have completed her full term and got re-elected before the 2012 race, where she would have entered as a two-term sitting governor, which would have been a very strong position to be in.
0bama didn’t resign midterm and then sit around for 3 years.
All of this tells me that she is not really seriously considering a run for president.
I think her shot is 2016 or 2020. 2010 should be the senate.
>Abrupt resignation may suggest a run for Senate or president <
I hope thats some kind of bad humor
Is it hot this summer in Chicago?
I hope she doesn’t run for the senate. I think Obama is one of the VERY few senators to ever win the presidency. But, the main reason is - she can use her “outsider” status to greater effect as she stands now.
I would like to see her go on her book tour, speechifying, and getting out there to support Real Conservatives in 2010, all the while building a base for 2012 - or perhaps even 2016. (Although I’m not sure this great Republic will make it to 2011.)
She set them up....this is great!
I disagree. Alaska is just too far off the beaten path, just as HI is. There hasn’t been a highly placed person from HI in my lifetime that I’m aware of. Inouye probably has more pull than any other, and he’s in the senate. Sarah had more executive experience than ostammer had, but what good did it do her? None, because the experience is in Alaska. It’s a great state to be sure, but it’s just too removed/remote from the lower 48.
Further, there’s a chance that Hillary will be the rat candidate in ‘12. Sadly, she would beat Sarah. Voters would think they can get rat policies but not extremist policy like ostammer’s. It’d be sort of like Goldilocks and the three bears. Hillary will appear much more moderate than ostammer, and they will support her if ostammer is tanking.
I think it’s just too soon to say what’s best, but I think a senate term would do her image a world of good. You know she’d be bringing one popular, common sense bill after another. She could really build herself a reputation in the senate.
You’re right. ostammer is one of a very few senators to win the presidency. But a senator had to win because both the candidates were senators.
Anyway, whatever she decides to do, she can count on my support.
“0bama didn’t resign midterm and then sit around for 3 years.”
That’s correct. He campaigned for the Presidency full time as a Senator, putting forth nearly no legislation his short time as a Senator.
You can’t campaign from Alaska. Now she is free to raise money for our midterm candidates, even RINOs. That must make you happy.
Is she going to move to a different state to run for an open Senate seat?
Locals don’t usually take too kindly to ‘carpetbaggers’, especially in the kind of state where she would need to go.
Hillary could get away with it because she’s a liberal Democrat and a Clinton, and it was New York.
I would be surprised if Sarah ran for Murkowski’s seat.
Murkowski is more moderate, but she has not been a problem vote in the Senate, and she is not unpopular among Republicans or Alaskans in general. Murkowski’s statewide popularity is around 70%, which is far higher than Palin’s, which has dropped to the mid to low 50s.
Get back under your bridge TROLL. Then, hide and watch for a change instead of spewing your defeatist rhetoric. That would be the biggest break this forum could get from the likes of you.
By the way, you are not going to like what Sarah has in store for the RINO infested GOP in the coming months and years. Not one bit.
My first prediction is, she will take serious legal action against those who have slandered her, which will get her incredible media attention and shut up demagogues like you, in the press. Then, she will gather a union of Conservatives to take the country back, much like Reagan did.
If Hillary couldn’t beat a neophyte rookie Senator last year, how is she going to win in a contest with Sarah, who beat her own party and the Democrats to become governor?
What is your definition of a RINO, exactly, why do you think Sarah Palin is going to be raising money for them, and why do you think that would make me happy?
You’re really earn the PSYCHO in PSYCHO-FREEP.
“What is your definition of a RINO,”
Self explanatory to Freepers.
“why do you think Sarah Palin is going to be raising money for them”
Palin will support GOP midterm candidates and raise money and attract large crowds in 2010...some GOP candidates in Northeastern and Western states will be RINOs
“and why do you think that would make me happy?”
Because you are a long time supporter of RINOs such as Giulliani and Romney.
I am extremely proud of it and use it with great honor. Probably something you could not even begin to understand.
You may have thought it was some sort of insult to probe me with to get a reaction. I know your type well. But hear this TROLL; Your negative noise is getting far more press than you bargained for and the big guns are about to unload on your DZ.
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