Posted on 07/08/2009 3:05:38 AM PDT by militanttoby
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to resign at the end of this month is one of the most surprising, perplexing and just plain fascinating moves from a national politician in recent memory.
As such, it produces any number of consequences -- intended and otherwise -- in the political world. (Like it or not, Palin is a prime mover on the national scene; she acts and others react.)
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
"... The Republican Party establishment worries openly about the prospect of a matchup between Palin and President Obama, believing that such a showdown would result in a reelection landslide for the Democrat. That fear could well rally institutional support behind the former Massachusetts governor".
The GOP establishment would not help Palin one iota, yet worry and think Mitt is the answer! More likely its sexism, elitism, hierarchy (next in line), fear. No wonder we are doing so badly. They have no clue.
Mitt is not the answer.
The elites really are not comfortable with a true small government social conservative. It has little to do with the fact she is a woman.
You Sir, are dead center on target with a bullseye. The Republican elites are nothing more than progressives wrapped in a conservative cloak.
Well I am cheering! Also grinning because Rush and Glenn are on vacation... You can almost hear the scheme hatching. I hope she knows better than to run as a Republican, they betrayed her repeatedly.
Winners: The American People
If anyone will be carrying the torch for tort reform and busting up the big business media conglomerates it might, and should be, Palin
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Well put..however, they now don't even bother wrapping except during election season or fund-raising.
I hope she knows better than to run as a Republican
2012 is the centenary of the last time the the Republican Party placed out of the money in a presidential election. In 1912 the Democrats won and the Bull Moose party placed second.The Republicans will either find themselves a good conservative candidate and nominate her (or him, but you can't beat somebody with nobody, and Palin is somebody and who is the conservative alternative?) or they run the risk that another party will. And Rush nor any other freelance conservative will bite their tongue again as they did for McCain.
I do think that she has to lose the sanctimony about ethics reform, tho - she just got hounded out of office by the use of the same sort of device as the special prosecutor in Washington.
right now the republicans have NO answer, no one on deck, no one warming up......
Mitt had his chance. How much did he spend in NH? How many votes did he get? How far is Mass from NH?
Mitt is not the answer.
When they want money from us, they mouth a few conservative-sounding phrases. Other than that, the Republican elite are a bunch of Kennedy’s.
Or worse. A bunch of McCains.
I don't know... maybe if the question was,
“Who... within the repubic party... is the biggest liberal lying sack of monkey sh!t with nice hair and a personal fortune with which to buy an elected office”... he just might be the answer!
LLS
**Mitt is not the answer.**
Correct. The name itself tells the story. Palin is red meat. Mitt is toast soaked in milk.
Mitt is not the answer.
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Trust me, the GOP has already chosen him. (see Michael Steel’s remarks yesterday on FNC)
We will tell them otherwise.
“Trust me, the GOP has already chosen him. (see Michael Steel’s remarks yesterday on FNC)”
Yes, its obvious from the reactions to Palin’s resignation announcement. You’d think they would be happy - she will be raising large amounts of funds and helping candidates. But no, they told her to go to Alaska and be a good govenor, ie, out of the way, all the while taking the shots from the democrats as they shored up their own positions. If she came in 2011, she would have been stonewalled.
Palin’s resignation is brilliant. I wasn’t sure when I heard it, but became convinced with some of the responses from the republican establishment. Especially Steele’s slip of the tongue.
Cillizza’s is half right about Romney - he is the establishment’s pick. He’s wrong that Romney wins - he now has a fight on his hands. So he’s a loser from this. I think she’s outfoxed them already.
Great comments on this thread. Mitt is a spit shine, polished stuffed shirt.
fwiw, I joined sarahpac yesterday, first time I’ve ever done something like that in my life. I hope she can spend some time with the BEST tutor on all matters of foreign policy, national security and how to maneuver in Washington. In short, I hope she spends some time in Wyoming ;-).
If not in 2012, then 2016. How about a Palin/Cheney(Liz) ticket>
“one of the most surprising, perplexing and just plain fascinating moves from a national politician in recent memory.”
What makes her a ‘national politician’ is the MSM’s mindless fear that she’ll run for something. If she only inspired the right as much as she terrifies the left, we might have something.
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