Posted on 09/12/2010 5:31:46 PM PDT by Bigtigermike
There are boxes that US presidential hopefuls have to tick early. They have to start building a campaign team, albeit discreetly. They have to set up a fundraising machine. And they have to visit Iowa, the small but politically crucial state that traditionally kicks off a White House run.
Sarah Palin has ticked the first two and on Friday will tick the third when she is the main speaker at a $100-a-seat Republican dinner in Des Moines, Iowa. The party's sole superstar has not yet said whether she will seek the nomination to take on Barack Obama in 2012. But all the indications point to a run, and Friday's visit is the biggest sign yet.
Democrats may detest her, and so does the Republican establishment, for her perceived lack of sophistication and polarising effect on the electorate. But neither will make the choice in the Iowa caucus. The party activists will, and they are shifting behind her. Long before the contest has formally begun, Palin is fast on the way to becoming unstoppable.
Marilea David, a lifelong Republican, is typical of the fan base, seeing in Palin an alternative to the old-boy network. "I think she is great. She is the only person I am excited about just now," David said over coffee in west Des Moines.
"She is fiscally conservative. She married her husband for love, not money. She does not have perfect kids, which is big for me. She has been totally vetted by the liberal media and they did not come up with anything other than she is a 'hick'."
David, 52, who runs her own home tutoring business, will not be attending Friday's dinner. "I am a broke Republican. But if she runs, I will give her my time. I would love to campaign for her."
(Excerpt) Read more at guardian.co.uk ...
I don’t trust PPP but I still like what they are saying there. Wouldn’t it be lovely? I don’t care if Castle is the better bet in the general or if O’Donnell is the better bet in the general. O’Donnell is the conservative and that’s what the country needs. Palin’s endorsements are giant killers.
If Hillary beats Obama many blacks will not be happy.
If Obamas numbers are still in the tank, he could step aside with the promise that Hillary would appoint him to SCOTUS. He is enjoying the perks of the job but doesnt seem to care about doing the job. He might be happy to achieve Marxism by sitting on the Court.
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I think if Palin is headed to the nomination he’ll think he can take her. ; )
Murkowski tried running on the positive “bring home the bacon” banner, and that didn’t work. So, she warns Castle. The Castle people respond by going nuclear negative on O’Donnell. When that doesn’t work, MAYBE they will learn that the way to defuse a challenge from the right is to actually MOVE TO THE RIGHT.
But not the stupid idiots that commented at the linked article. Shocking really. Now wonder the UK got itself in such a lamentable fix. The ones that commented think obama and the democrats are the bee’s knees!
These articles are almost boilerplate. They start out saying how popular she is, how her events are selling out, her book is a best seller, and her endorsements are winning. The conclusion - She can’t win because she’s a conservative Republican. She is really an uninformed idiot and a hick.
The articles say, we’ve told you the truth, now here’s what we want you to think. People have matured beyond this junior high school level of journalism.
I am sick of all of these “columns” and “articles”.
I am trying to focus on election 2012, just like Sarah Palin.
“I think she is great. She is the only person I am excited about just now,”
If given the chance a President Palin may well turn out to be the American version of the “Iron Lady” (Britian’s Thatcher), I believe.
“If given the chance a President Palin may well turn out to be the American version of the Iron Lady (Britians Thatcher), I believe.”
Only far better in many respects... :-)
Palin ‘12!
what do you mean ‘hick.’ she is a full blooded redneck.
(Anticipating some objections) she does not have the same stellar IQ that Thatcher or Reagan did, but she knows where the bread is really buttered and where it’s just cheap imitation oleomargarine. Just about every single one of the things that Thatcher and Reagan did right in office did not require a high degree of cleverness to carry out, just common sense and a resolute will.
Smart in her sense doesn’t mean being able to puzzle dauntingly complex situations out nearly as much as it means having a true moral north star and not losing sight of it or losing the will to follow it. I’m trying to say that being a whiz kid isn’t as important as being a wise person. When wise, you can transcend the hurdles of having to puzzle a lot of stuff out on your own.
Where do you get that judgement of her IQ. She is as smart as they come.
Exactly what were/are the IQs of Reagan, Thatcher and Palin?
Reagan was a great president but he didnt come across as a highly intelligent detail man. Being president or any type of executive leader does require above average intelligence but excellent judgment, excellent common sense (to defuse the BS that lackeys and infiltrators use to undermine you), integrity, and great communication skills. IOW, Sarah is a natural.
Leave the details to some us superintelligent freepers who depsite our intelligence cant get our family members to vote conservative.
But we will have to remind all that Hillary shares the very same beliefs that Obama does. They both support infanticide for starters, both are NON Christians, both will appoint the same type of NON Christian Supreme court Judges.
There is little difference between Obama and Hillary, both are slutty whores
News rater, anti-Palin group get govt Gulf work
Defenders of Wildlife and its political arm, the Defenders Action Fund, have criticized Palin, a former Alaska governor, for supporting use of low-flying airplanes to hunt wolves and other wildlife in winter.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100913/ap_on_bi_ge/us_gulf_oil_spill_contracts_3
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