I check Palin’s facebook once a day and I swear it’s gets ten thousand new followers each week. (Sure some of those “followers” are haters, who want to leave petty comments, but STILL—Even that’s a good sign of the huge impact she’s having in shaping national discourse. People can’t ignore her even if they wanted to.) So Palin already has a ton of work cut out of her that the other hopefuls could only dream of as they do the typical “visit old donors in New Hampshire and try to get Fox News to pay attention so people will know your name.” (ahem Tim Pawlenty a few days ago.)
The writer gave a good analysis, but Palin will continue to do what she does best: LEAVE PEOPLE GUESSING. Nobody can “predict” what she’ll do, because she isn’t a “follower.” She will follow the beat of her own drum with God’s guidance. Ultimately God’s will is what prevails. So I don’t worry about things like the fact she lacks money. God will provide if He wants her to be the candidate.
AND we need to keep in mind, a lot can happen in 3 years...and one of Palin’s gifts is feeling out the ever-changing sentiments of the public: what their concerns are, what they’re looking for, what she needs to say...Her book is a perfect example of that. She wrote exactly what she needed, clarified exactly what she had to...do interviews with just the right people.
Palin continues to do what she does best: LEAVE PEOPLE GUESSING. Nobody can “predict” what she’ll do, because she isn’t a “follower.” And there’s no need to give her “advice” as she follows the beat of her own drum with GOD’s guidance. :)
It appears that GWB and the head honchos of the GOP asked him to not run for the senate seat from Minnesota, but instead let Norm Coleman - who wanted to run for Governor, run for the senate seat, instead.
So they changed places, and Pawlenty became governor; Norm Coleman became senator - but now his senate seat is held by Senator Al Franken.
Long before anybody anywhere other than Minnesota had ever heard of Governor Tim Pawlenty, he was travelling all over the USA - campaigning for his BFF, John McCain.
PLEASE UNDERSTAND THIS: Sarah was NOT supposed to be the VP pick, Tim Pawlenty was SUPPOSED to be, they selected him before he even ran for governor.
Now I read about this on some chatboard or some conspiratorial forum of some type MANY years ago, so I can't remember all the details -- but I do know that they thought that John McCain would win 2 terms and that "presidential appearing" VP Tim Pawlenty would win the following two terms -- thus the GOP would have the presidency locked up for FOUR presidential terms.
Now, don't get mad at me!
I know it sounds nuts, but evidentally those were the actual plans of the GOP, and McCain/Pawlenty campaigned all over the country for YEARS.
What worries me about this enough to mention it, is that obviously both the GOP and Tim Pawlenty must have some VERY strange ideas about his "appeal" to the voters.
I'm unsure where Romney/Whitman fits into this, but I have the impression that neither of them ever got the message that John McCain was CROWNED years ago.... so I hope that Sarah Palin realizes very seriously that Tim Pawlenty MAY have some very high level very rich very strong support -- supporters who may happen to owe him alot of favors, ya know?
Pawlenty was interested in the US Senate, but he was deemed to be VP material long ago, so had to run for governor.
And IMNSHO, Mitt and Meg are so convinced of the syncophants that surround them for their monetary fortunes that they don't seem to understand that such decisions were made many many years ago, and that the GOP insiders only admire them for their contibutions. LOL
I hope that Governor Palin goes ROGUE, and I sure hoope she doesn't team up with either Pawlenty or Whitman. ROFL!!