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Sarah Palin Is 'Engaged In The Internal Deliberations' About A Presidential Run
ABC News ^ | Nov. 17, 2010 | MARY BRUCE

Posted on 11/17/2010 8:51:32 AM PST by kingattax

New York Times article details Palin's political machine.

Sarah Palin has clarified for the first time in a newly published interview that she is seriously considering a presidential run.

"I am," Palin told New York Times writer Robert Draper when asked if she was weighing a run in 2012. "I'm engaged in the internal deliberations candidly, and having that discussion with my family, because my family is the most important consideration here."

In a personal profile to be published in the upcoming New York Times Magazine, Palin said her decision would involve "evaluating whether she could bring unique qualities to the table," admitting the biggest challenge would be proving her record.

(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012gopprimary; congress; lisamurkowski; obama; palin; palin2012; sarahpalin; teaparty
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To: TexasFreeper2009
>>>>>Mitt is a serious contender...

Only if you're a faux conservative and enjoy seeing two faced scumbags run around pushing an agenda of political expediency.

41 posted on 11/17/2010 9:37:18 AM PST by Reagan Man ("In this present crisis, government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.")
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To: kingattax
RINOs are in for a big upset in 2012. If she desires to win, she should steer clear of the RINO mentality for herself, her ideals, and her running mate.

I will vote for her over Romney, Gingrich, Huckabee, or Pawlenty. If she picks any of those as a running mate, she will have already lost.

43 posted on 11/17/2010 9:39:47 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: TopGun25

I think this man is qualified to be POTUS or VEEP

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns5W1dAk_T0&feature=related


44 posted on 11/17/2010 9:40:17 AM PST by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
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To: trisham
Just to pick a few nits....

The Denali pipeline bill that Palin signed will cost the Alaska tax payers $150 million and there is no guarantee that the consortium she backed will win the bid. And, nothing has happened yet in terms of construction.

The governor of Alaska is not CIC of those NG units that are on active duty...you know that.

She quit.

46 posted on 11/17/2010 9:42:15 AM PST by wtc911 ("How you gonna get down that hill?")
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To: Responsibility2nd
And as usual, Free Republic is the main source of info to catch up on this truly important stuff.

I hear that there are other web sites on the internet, you don't have to be here if you don't like it, it isn't mandatory.

47 posted on 11/17/2010 9:42:22 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: ziravan
The only thing keeping Sarah Palin from being the next President is her deciding not to run.

The MSM will do everything they can to stop her, and they have a disturbing amount of power. After all, they conned stupid Americans into banding together to elect Obama.

We just need to remember that the best candidates will always be attacked the hardest. Right now, Sarah is being attacked harder than anyone else, and this has gone on for more than two years.

50 posted on 11/17/2010 9:45:09 AM PST by 3niner (When Obama succeeds, America fails.)
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To: Brookhaven

Palin is the frontrunner for the primaries, and the conservative choice, that solves all your problems, you can tell the lessor candidates to drop out and not split the conservative vote.


51 posted on 11/17/2010 9:45:31 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: trisham

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52 posted on 11/17/2010 9:47:35 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51. Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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To: Signalman

Yeah, but can she win? I agree with Palin almost right down the line on every issue. But I want to WIN in 2012. The last poll I saw showed her last among Pubs running against Obozo.


I would suggest you go back and find some old newspapers from 1978-1980. The parallels between what was said about Reagan then and Palin today are pretty remarkable.

The Democratic strategy in the 1980 primaries was to cross over and vote for Reagn in the GOP primaries, because they had determined (via lots of polling) that not only would Reagan be the easiest to beat, but that Reagan was unelectable.

And we know how that turned out.

Carter actually led in polls through most of the race. It was only as they got to election day that people decided “we can’t make it through four more years of Jimmy Carter” and then decided to pull the lever for Reagan. The 1980 election was less a pro-Reagan election as a rejection of Carter.

I think as we approach election day 2012, no matter who the GOP nominee is, people will come to the same conclusion about Obama—we can’t make it through another 4 years with him as president.


53 posted on 11/17/2010 9:48:22 AM PST by Brookhaven (Voter Fraud is Treason)
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To: kingattax

I love Sarah. I would love for her to be POTUS. She’d have more cajones than most presidents we’ve had. Definitely more than the current POTUS. I just don’t think it’s possible. One of the main line of attacks against Obama is his inexperience. Let’s face it, the public perception of Sarah is that she does not have the experience. I don’t think that’s going to change in 2012.

I’m tellin’ ya. Our candidate has to be Haley Barbour. He’ll be able to raise the money (perhaps more than Obama), is very conservative and so will unite the tea party behind him and will have the Washington connections to unite everyone in the party behind him. He’s a serious candidate who has handled crisis (Katrina and Gulf Oil Spill) far better than the current clown. People will not care that he is older, overweight etc.. They have had their fill with young and dashing. That hasn’t worked.


54 posted on 11/17/2010 9:50:28 AM PST by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: kingattax
GO SARAH!

I am voting for her in 2012 even if she does not win the primary. I think she is the right choice. She is the Deborah to his Barak, and the Esther to his Haman.

55 posted on 11/17/2010 9:51:37 AM PST by backwoods-engineer ("The Constitution is not an instrument for government to restrain the people..." -- Patrick Henry)
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To: jacknhoo

:)


56 posted on 11/17/2010 9:52:10 AM PST by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Signalman

This is the first time in conservative history where we have the frontrunner, the leader, the top candidate predicted to win the primary, and guys like you want that conservative to drop out instead, and leave the field, there is clearly something wrong with that picture.


57 posted on 11/17/2010 9:53:28 AM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: Brookhaven
Whichever way it goes though, the GOP nomination this time runs through Palin.

I never thought of it that way, but it makes perfect sense! She'll be the one to point out the true conservative that most of the base will rally around (should there be one).

How ironic...in the primary, she'll be the Anti-McCain!
58 posted on 11/17/2010 9:55:52 AM PST by LostInBayport (When there are more people riding in the cart than there are pulling it, the cart stops moving...)
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To: jacknhoo

I think there is a good chance she could pick Romney as a VP candidate, for the same reason Reagan choose Bush.

In 1980, the GOP elite/insiders were so upset about Reagan getting the nomination that the were close to pulling another 1964 Goldwater type walkout and leaving Reagan hanging. Reagan put Bush on the ticket to keep them in tow.

With Romney as the VP candidate, there would be no question that Palin would get 110% support from the GOP establishment. Otherwise, we would see the GOP old-guard do to Palin what they did to Goldwater in ‘64 and several tea party backed candidates in 2008—attempt to undercut their own nominee.


59 posted on 11/17/2010 9:56:59 AM PST by Brookhaven (Voter Fraud is Treason)
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To: Reagan Man

well... McCain got it, and Mitt is a giant compared to that old RINO geser.


60 posted on 11/17/2010 9:57:58 AM PST by TexasFreeper2009 (Obama = Epic Fail)
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