Posted on 12/27/2009 10:40:42 AM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
I have in the past been a skeptic of Sarah Palin. Not of her political talent, which is considerable, but of her grasp of – and even interest in – substantive policy issues.
When she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska on July 3rd, I wondered if she simply hadn’t the stomach for national politics. And the rambling, disjointed speech she gave that day left me wondering if she even knew why she was making such a momentous and potentially career-crippling decision.
But then a funny thing happened: In November, Mrs. Palin debuted her memoir “Going Rogue” with great sales, which was not a surprise, but also with a luminous and successful press tour, which was. The interviews she gave in promotion for her book (at least the ones that I saw) were much improved from those given during the 2008 presidential campaign. Palin seemed to speak about both herself and national issues with greater verve and confidence.
Other stars are aligning for Palin:
Several of her potential rivals for the 2012 Republican nomination find themselves suddenly, perhaps fatally, compromised by recent events.
Mitt Romney, for example, is watching the national health care debate work against his presidential ambitions, as the tortured and torturous Senate bill resembles more and more the regime he helped institute in Massachusetts – not something that will endear him to conservative primary voters enraged at Democrats’ health care offensive.
And there is Mike Huckabee, who charmed his way into a television hosting gig at FOX News after the campaign. Revelations that a man suspected of shooting and killing four police officers in Washington state had been granted clemency years ago by Huckabee, then governor of Arkansas, are widely believed to have seriously damaged his future electoral chances.
As a result, should they decide to run again both Romney and Huckabee will certainly find their respective tenures as governor under renewed and perhaps unwelcome scrutiny.
Meanwhile, Palin appears to be having a ball, trading comedic blows with William Shatner on the Tonight Show, receiving throngs of adoring fans at bookstores across the heartland, and weighing in on global warming in the pages of The Washington Post.
Could she be preparing, in a serious way, to become a serious candidate? It certainly looks that way to this amateur Palin watcher. If she can convince independent voters that she understands the issues, has thought them through and come to reasonable judgments about possible courses of action…if, if, if.
A lot of stars have yet to align for Palin’s path to the presidency to be illuminated. But that no longer seems impossible to me. In fact, I can now quite clearly imagine that someday, someone may say the words “Madam President,” to a moose-hunting mom from Alaska.
Wouldn’t that be something?
Like John Bolton
No offense, but whether she fits YOUR mold or not, she is going to be the next President, IMHO
I like DeMint but he is too low key, needs to get his adrenalin moving
Ummmm, the problem with Riley is nobody’s heard of him. He will have the same problem that Duncan Hunter had.....no notoriety and a small following. Not a winning combination.
I enjoy living in he heart of the city.
Some like the burbs, etc. where it is slower.
Before the liberal media was finally forced to start covering her, Palin was already the most popular Governor in America and was known as an aggressive, reforming executive, she was already being discussed in conservative and republican circles and media.
They are both slow and mellow and the freeways aren’t that bad, that is why I liked it here and still like it compared to how busy some larger cities can get.
If she doesn’t choose Marc Racicot, (fmr Montana Governor, and all-around likeable guy) as her running mate, he would make an absolutely STELLAR US AG, in my honest opinion.
I have met him several times at GOP events and he is very personable and articulate...
Governor Racicot (pronounced ‘Ross-’-ko) served in the US Army achieving the rank of Captain and working as an Army JAG prosecutor. After completing his stint in the military, he also served as a deputy prosecutor, and DA in Montana for years and is well-known, well-liked and highly regarded (in professional terms) in law enforcement circles.
Racicot is a member of a large Catholic family, a star athlete and achiever in school years, is a long married father to several children himself, and a staunchly pro-life, big ‘C’ Conservative.
Given free rein, I believe he would go after those corrupt fools with a vengeance.
A.A.C.
Sacramento is bad as there are too few ways to get from point A to point B. We have several to choose from to get from me, in the burbs, to you, downtown. 20 mins, non rush hour :) but then, you already know this....heh.
Thank you, Will88.
Now, shall we get serious -
It is definitely a big city but it wears it well, not as well as in the mid 1970s when I thought that I had found the perfect match of size and population, but it still isn’t a nightmare here by any means.
In some cities you do not venture out during rush hour, but here having to drive across the city during the rush hour is not such a big deal.
You show your ignorance and lack of reading comprehension when you ask that question. You already know the answer as it has been given here time and time again. When you (purposely) ignore the answer, it makes you ignorant.
You betcha! (see my tag line)
To 56 - Good for Barbour. Let him run, and we’ll watch Palin kick his arse in the primaries. :^)
Not to mention we need a strong NEW Senate MAJORITY leader to hit the ground running at 12:01 pm, 01/20/2013 when we hear the words: “I, Sarah Heath Palin, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.”
Not with that old white guy hair.
On historical precedent the last time the bad hair guy won a non-incumbency presidential election was Martin van Buren in 1836 (And he was defeated by an opponent with better hair in 1840)
On historical precedent, the Republicans should have run Mitt Romney in 2008.
Well sicne all of them were dismissed that is why everyone knows they were frivious. I think you list sucks and I couldn’t see a single one of them carrying the rustbelt nor Ohio. To keep Obama from reelection we need a star with a name not someone who is starting out from behind who is an unknown. Sarah didn’t set that system up in Alaska with the oil profit sharing that was done years before she became governor.
Lets not forget Barbour is tied to the DC elite and You conveniently forget to mention his stint as RNC Chairman. In the political environment of the day Barbour won’t get past the Iowa.
Welcome back from the dark side...{:-)
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