Posted on 11/22/2010 11:38:15 AM PST by FTJM
The two Republicans whose names came up most often on the NR cruise? Sarah Palin and Chris Christie.
In my interactions with only a fraction of the 700+ NR cruisegoers — mostly older, mostly well-off, passionate about politics, and many heavily involved with the tea parties — I found about two-thirds wildly enthusiastic about Sarah Palin; you could hear the gasps when Scott Rasmussen predicted she would not be the 2012 Republican nominee. Most of the remaining one-third said that while they personally liked Palin, they didn’t want to see her run in 2012, or anytime soon. An isolated few didn’t seem to like Palin much at all.
I was struck by how many Palin fans agreed with me that resigning the governorship, while understandable, is a serious misstep for any aspiring president. If you want to govern, it is best to demonstrate that you can govern.
The Palin family has taken over your television, between “Sarah Palin’s Alaska” on TLC and Bristol Palin dancing up a storm on “Dancing With the Stars.” You’re also seeing Palin on the cover of People and other non-political magazines. It’s odd to see a Republican begin to master the domination of pop culture that Obama practiced in 2007 and 2008, and this is certainly a way to keep Palin enthusiasts at a fever pitch. But I’m not sure this approach gets her where she wants to go, or at least whether it wins over the folks who aren’t on board with her already.
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That is just weird, good luck with your fantasies, such as the one that Governor Palin has declared that she is not running, the rest of the world missed that one.
Never said that. She said that she would not run if her criteria is met. Pence, and DeMint, fit that criteria. Simple as that.
In the normal course of events, yes, I would have liked to see Governor Palin finish out her term. In the normal course of events, yes, it would be reasonable to expect her to finish out her term, and very much count against her if she didn’t. Unfortunately, what happened to the gov during and after the ‘08 campaign was not the normal course of events, and it’s not realistic to pretend otherwise. And Geraghty, of all people, should know better.
They don’t fit Governor Palin’s exact criteria, sorry.
If you think that unlike the rest of the world, you heard some kind of verbal contract that they fulfill, then perhaps you can sue her. Funny that only you heard it though.
Of course they do...
"It's going to entail a discussion with my family [and] a real close look at the lay of the land, to consider whether there are those with that common sense, conservative, pro-Constitution passion, whether there are already candidates out there who can do the job … or whether there's nobody willing to do it, to make the tough choices and not care what the critics are going to say about you, just going forward according to what I think the priorities should be."
"If there's nobody else to do it, then of course I would believe that we should do this," Sarah tells Mary, leaving the door wide open for a 2012 run, while also noting that if it turns out there are candidates "who can do the job," they would have her full support.
If you think that unlike the rest of the world, you heard some kind of verbal contract that they fulfill, then perhaps you can sue her. Funny that only you heard it though.
Her words speak for themselves, all spin aside.
I was going to say that (1) it’s not necessarily written in stone that either of them will run and (2) in any case, she would decide to run based on her opinion of them, not anyone else’s.
Well that says it exactly.
"I still don't know," Palin told Fox News' Bret Baier about a possible bid. "You know, if there are others out there who are principled and hardworking and willing to make the sacrifices that you need to make as an individual, as a family, as a candidate, as an elected official, I'll keep doing what I'm doing and I'll be their biggest supporter.
"But if, Bret, there's nobody else that, I think, is willing to make the tough decisions and isn't so caught up in, in the political machine that they believe that they have to compromise, then I'd be willing to make the sacrifices, and, um, run for office," she said.
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2010/11/16/palin-ready-void-needed-create-milestone-race/
Can you please explain to me how Pence, or DeMint, don't satisfy that criteria?
LOL, no thanks, your obsession on this is truly bizarre.
You are the only human on the planet that thinks that you have trapped the front runner conservative candidate for President of the United States, in some kind of verbal contract where she is forced to step aside, just in case a DeMint or Pence ever start showing up in the polls.
You should start your fund raising today, so that you can sue her if your bizarre fantasy doesn’t come to reality.
You are the only human on the planet that thinks that you have trapped the front runner conservative candidate for President of the United States, in some kind of verbal contract where she is forced to step aside, just in case a DeMint or Pence ever start showing up in the polls.
You should start your fund raising today, so that you can sue her if your bizarre fantasy doesn’t come to reality.
Obsession? So completely ironic.
Again, it's interesting that you don't think conservatives should follow through on their words or be held to them. Very telling...
Now that, did not make sense.
Speaking of conservatives being held to their words....
LOL! Unbelievable.
No, they don’t? How exactly?
"Right now, I’m totally out," the South Carolina Republican and darling of the tea party movement told Fox News on Tuesday.
Wrong.
No, it made no sense, neither did your single word response when it was pointed out that your post made no sense.
Nope.
"Right now, I’m totally out," the South Carolina Republican and darling of the tea party movement told Fox News on Tuesday.
DeMint said he wasn't going to run. I showed you the quote. Anything else that you can find becomes a contradiction. And you did say, "conservatives should follow through on their words or be held to them."
I'll take him at his word, that he is not running right now but things could possibly change. However, the substance of my conversation revolved around Pence as well. If he runs, Palin appears to be out.
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