Why Palin shouldn't run in 2012 ** John Ziegler (The math behind a Palin Victory!)

Daily Caller ^ | 3-10-10 | John Ziegler

[FrankR]

"Excuse me, but you want me to read 4 pages of something written by someone I’ve never heard of to explain why I should be a Palin-hater too? "

Ditto!

Especially for the folks still stuck on "dial up"...it's very time consuming for no purpose other than to see Ziegler of Palin.

The beauty of being a conservative is, we can see, hear, and understand...therefore we are capable of making our own opinion of Palin, or whomever, without some ego-driven journalist.

[9YearLurker]

I see that for whatever reason Ziegler is your favorite subject to discuss—and praise here on FR.

[Joy Angela]

Posters at Free Republic certainly have the brain-power to read a few pages!!

We can Take It, Baby!! :)

[Responsibility2nd]

He’s pro-Palin, but ....

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Sigh. I get so tired of reading this.

It seems to pop up on all the Palin bashing threads lately.

[Joy Angela]

Because he has that Palin/Reagan Spunk!!

We don’t see that much in these days of marshmellow politics!

[dirtboy]

Great Article, very clear and thought out!!

Let me get this straight - Palin is the ultimate political outsider, so she should run for the Senate, the ultimate insider's club, to gain cred.

Yeah, that makes a boatload of sense.

[dirtboy]

Because he has that Palin/Reagan Spunk!!

Uh, no, he doesn't, if this column is any indication, he thinks entirely within the box.

[toddausauras]

I think Sarah should go the Reagan route and I believe she will: Run in 2012 and if by chance she doesn’t win, run again in 2016 and seal the deal. A la ‘76/’80. If she stands on principles and loses in 2012 she wins a lot of hearts.

Also, if she comes close to winning the nomination like Reagan did in 1976 she gains the status of “former presidential candidate” which carries weight (unless you’re a loser like Bruno’s boyfriend Ron Paul or a nobody joke like Duncan Hunter).

[Rational Thought]

Ziegler's been of this opinion for a while now.

Normally I agree with Ziegler, but in this instance, I think he's missing a point.

Palin is not a Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama who's life long dream is to be President. If we are to take her at her word, she's not in politics for her own gain. Believing her and with all the money she is and could be making, I think any decision on her part will be dictated by what the landscape looks like by next year.

At this point, what potential Conservative candidate appears poised to make a run in a Country which appears to be looking for a Conservative? So far....none.

If that remains the case, I'd bet Palin runs.

[Josh Painter]

Zeigler and RedState Get It Wrong

[hinckley buzzard]

I’m coming to the conclusion that Free Republic is probably the only place that Palin could win the nomination. It just doesn’t look good anywhere else.

You need to get out more.

[pissant]

Hunter/DeMint/Pence. I think they may all be running.

[Non-Sequitur]

bump

[highlander_UW]

He also accepts the idea that Palin is a “quitter” in the eyes of the public.

I agree with your other points but I believe Palin has some real work to deal with this label because I do believe, correctly or not, that many Americans view her leaving office as quitting.

I understand why she left, but most Americans don't follow the news rather less political news.

[GonzoGOP]

Please name one pubbie would WOULDN'T face a media battle in 2012.

The press has decided that Romney will be the GOP candidate and any even remotely conservative candidate that is foolish enough to try to run against him will be destroyed. Then after the primaries the media will destroy Romney and we get four more years of Obama.

Seriously if we don't attack the media first there is no chance of stopping president for life Obama. Look at Venezuela. Chavez got in on a squeaker and everyone thought that while he was crazy he would be voted out later. But once he had complete control of the press there was no way to rally opposition against him.

[Robbin]

He’s pro-Palin, but ....

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Sigh. I get so tired of reading this.

It seems to pop up on all the Palin bashing threads lately.

BINGO we have a winner!!!

[Rational Thought]

Maybe.

If there is a strong Conservative candidate, Palin probably wouldn’t run.

She appears to be a team player in the Conservative cause.

[glorgau]

Sarah can run because Obama is a one termer.

He can’t run for another term because of the new birth certificate requirements passed by numerous state legislatures.

[Kartographer]

Sure with ‘Pro’ people like Ziegler there no way she could win. Tell you what lets run Mitt and watch the Republican party get their asses handed to them. How is that for a plan?

[backwoods-engineer]

Ziegler is making a giant ASSumption that I do not believe is true: that the country is going to putter along just like it has, and that 2012 will be just another presidential election, just another movie, just another song and dance, another poor sucker who never had a chance, just like 2016.

Wrong, wrong, wrong.

We are about to see a sovereign debt, banking and real estate crisis the likes of which the world has never seen. Trillions of "dollars" will disappear into a black hole after a supernova of inflation like we've never seen. Anyone who thinks "health care" or "she's a quitter" is going to be on any sane person's political radar in November 2012 is out of their freakin' minds.

If we make it through next Christmas without U1 unemployment being below 15%, I will be shocked.

Sarah Palin will come along at just the right time in 2012, IMHO.

And for the anti-Palin agitators: there's one ONE I worship, and it's ain't Palin, but she knows Him too.