Posted on 11/23/2010 1:52:05 PM PST by dselig
Last week was the week when the idea that Sarah Palin is going to run for president began to sink in properly. As I explained, she is an immensely viable candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination.
Frank Rich, in the New York Times, argues that she is a shoo-in for Republicans because time is ripe for her populist stance, and because her defects are no greater than George W Bushs when he jumped into the 2000 primary race.
I am not so sure. The debates would prove a stiff test of her grasp of detail, and if she found the slings and arrows of running as vice-president and governing Alaska hard to cope with, how would she fare in the brutal terrain of a presidential race?
Palin is the best known quantity among the likely candidates. As First Read notes, her main task would be to broaden her appeal among a primary electorate that in the past has always opted for the candidate most likely to win the general election. With her negative numbers among Democrats and independents still high, that is quite a challenge.
Karl Roves comment that she lacks the gravitas for the top job continue to define the battle over Palin among Republicans. Barbara Bush, with the ultimate back-handed compliment, has now underlined how the old school views the Alaskan queen as an upstart. Palins unique style has already changed the game, but to win the nomination she may well need another game changer
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The only person acting shrill and incoherent is you with your screaming in caps and snarky insults.
You’re behaving like a typical liberal. You’ve lost your credibility.
This is a blatant falsehood. Sarah will be viciously attacked by the LSM and RinoNuts. She will prevail. She will easily win FL. She will get PA, Michigan and Ohio.
Independents will break for Sarah 2/1, except in Calif and a few other deep blue states. Her EV count will be over 370.
“We need a conservative and NOT a populist.”
A good observation. A STRONG conservative that knows how to defumigate DC is key, as there will be a lot of work to do in 2013.
Two points:
1. Palin’s positions on immigration, taxes, spending, DADT, ending Title IX, affirmative action ...what are they? Will she get us a flatter fairer tax system? Will she reform Social Security? Does she share the Bush/McCain position on immigration? On what issues is she more conservative than, say G W Bush?
2. Many conservatives rightly rally to here because she drives the liberals nuts. What’s interesting is that the same liberals who disdain Palin for her ‘lack of qualifications’ overlooked the same in Obama. On the conservative side, we see some of the same behavior of discounting Palin’s lack of experience. But that very experience is what can be used to take the measure of someone.
A detailed conservative agenda and a strong team (like what Bush did in 1999) would be required for her to seal the deal.
I have read her book. She has 18 years of executive experience. Please tell us specifically what is lacking in her qualifications?
Obama's lack of experience is not the problem. He has intentionally taken actions to destroy this Republic. No amount of so called experience would change that.
It is apparent to any rational person, that Sarah would surround herself with other like minded conservatives would believe in limited government.
A History of Palin Accomplishments: Part 1, Wasilla City Council 1992 1996
A History of Palin Accomplishments: Part 2, Wasilla Mayor 1996 2002
A History of Palin, Part 3: Oil and Gas Conservation Commission 2003 2004
I love Palin but I think Pence will be the nominee and clobber the dem nominee. He is a solid, no nonsense, no drama, conservative.
Here is part of the old ping list of Romneybots, it looks like you two want to get the old gang back together.
“To: Spiff; Reaganesque; Rameumptom; elizabetty; bethtopaz; restornu; lonevoice; WOSG; TheLion; ...”
“Assume Obama drops out”
Huh? That will never happen. It takes a crowbar to get people like that removed from power.
nmh may claim to not know who he/she/it is supporting now, but he/she/it sure did have a big crush on Mitt Romney for an awfully long time. He/she/it has hated Palin since the VP pick over Slick Willard in 2008.
LOL.... didnt vote for him before, wont for him next time.
LOL.... didnt vote for him before, wont vote for him next time.
You were not a Mitt Romney supporter?
In an interview with Brian Lamb he gave a more nuanced answer. He's clearly thinking about it.
You were one of the hardcore Romneybots.
I see more and more of the old Romney crowd gathering on the Palin threads now, we must be approaching the primaries.
Yeah, go ahead and dismiss establishment support ... but that's where the money, influence, and help come from.
So did Reagan. So did Clinton.
She works well with businesspeople, just not the big Oil or Big Bank type of businesspeople...you know, hired managers with an attitude?
reagan wasn’t persecuted in the courts like Palin, let’s not mince words; her family would be bankrupt now and their business in receivership had she not quit.
Sarah Palin ran for office in her own right. Outside of academe, what has Ms Rice acheived on her own?
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