[OrangeHoof]

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.

I feel the same way. Will all this celebrity actually translate at the polls? I'm beginning to think she will be more useful to conservatism as a William F. Buckley, steering the debate rather than running for office. I'd personally be more comfortable with a candidate who had spent more time in office and didn't drop out of her last elected job.

[earlJam]

Well said.

[t-dude]

Well, that is the latest media narrative.

Look, any real conservative will be derided as a dunce and unelectable by the establishment and elite media (see: Reagan, Quayle, Palin)

Sarah Palin is our only hope of a real conservative nominee. If we split our votes among three or four conservatives, a RINO establishment guy like Romney will get the nomination.

This why you have statements and article after article from the inside the beltway crowd pounding the “unelectable” and “polarizing” themes.

Don’t fall for it.

[bill1952]

as a William F. Buckley, steering the debate rather than running for office...

Yep. And I wouldn’t mind her being an appointee ala John Bolton, just to hear the blood pressure rise in San Fran.

[USS Alaska]

I'd personally be more comfortable with a candidate who had spent more time in office and didn't drop out of her last elected job

Like osamaobama? He was gov of IL for 8 years... uh nope, he was mayor of Chicago... uh nope...he was a US Senator for 2 years before he announced his Presidential candidacy.

Since when did all this experience become a requirement.

[upsdriver]

Will all this celebrity actually translate at the polls? I'm beginning to think she will be more useful to conservatism as a William F. Buckley, steering the debate rather than running for office. I'd personally be more comfortable with a candidate who had spent more time in office and didn't drop out of her last elected job.

Yes, it will. People are getting a chance to meet a different Sarah Palin than the distorted image that has been created by the media. I know people who have changed their view of Sarah because of these other media avenues.

And FYI, what Sarah Palin did in resigning her governorship was an incredibly selfless act. A sign of a true servant of the people, unlike most politicians who are power hungry a-holes. In time, I am confident you will come around.

[r9etb]

I'm beginning to think she will be more useful to conservatism as a William F. Buckley, steering the debate rather than running for office.

To compare Palin to Buckley is to point out exactly where she falls short. Buckley's oeuvre was deep intellectual engagement with conservative philosophy and politics. He was an originator of ideas, and universally regarded as an intellectual heavyweight, even by those who disagreed with him.

Palin is none of those things. In style and depth she's more comparable to Limbaugh or Hannity. Where ideas are presented, she tends to quote others rather than developing her own themes. She has not established herself as an intellectual force to be reckoned with.

She's very good at stoking her celebrity, though.

[vaudine]

I wish the "she shouldn't have dropped out of office" crowd would at least CONSIDER the facts. She and Alaska were being brought into approx. a frivolous lawsuit every other day, which HAD to be answered, frivolous or no. Her family (she as gov.) was already in debt to the tune of a million dollars and Alaska was in debt a couple million on these lawsuits. She and her staff were, by design of libs, so involved they could not get on with Alaska's business.

Yes! She quit! If she had held on 2 more years, she and her family would have been drowning in insurmountable debt and nothing further for the good of Alaska would have been accomplished. She would have finished up a lame duck session with no more than a pile of debts and no incumbent Repub to run for the govship

Instead of 'She quit!", look at "She accomplished"--raking out a corrupt good old boy network like the DC crowd (of her own party no less). imposing cuts to balance the budget, starting with the gov's jet, limousine and chef; compelled Exxon to start paying Alaska what it was supposed to pay and gave part of it to the people of Alaska per a check to every family; negotiated a pipeline with Canada the good old boys had been trying to get for 30 years.

Palin is not an establishment, status quo politician--she is an innovator and is about getting the job done. God knows we need one of those in Washington.

Those who keep saying they like her, but she doesn't use good speech, she doesn't have the experience, she is just not ready for the WH--need to get a grip. They are buying the media mantra!

The present occupant of the WH did not complete anything, EVER! He was a mostly absentee state Rep who usually voted present, a less than 2 year Senator during which time he mostly ran for President. He hasn't half the experience or knowledge of Palin, and he operates from a position of weakness. She would operate, very pleasantly, from a position of strength, and would soon have the world respecting if not liking America--never look to be liked.

Sarah can handle the job, by golly! She is not the thin skinned whimperer we presently endure, and her speeches are from the heart and mind, not from the TWO TELEPROMPTERS, WHICH HE ASSIDUOUSLY LOOKS UP AT--FIRST CHIN UP TO THE RIGHT, DOWN THEN CHIN UP TO THE LEFT The man is NOT a speaker!.

vaudine

[meadsjn]

So, which "other" conservative candidate has articulated a conservative vision for the USA that will lead us in a direction of recovery and prosperity, other than Sarah Palin.

Every RINO candidate is still pushing the anti-American, globalist, Free Traitor BS that destroyed our economy in the first place.