Posted on 12/01/2010 7:48:56 PM PST by neverdem
Much of the punditocracy is obsessed with Sarah Palin. It's understandable on several levels. First, she makes for good copy and has a knack for coining catchy phrases ("death panels") and new words ("refudiate" -- it's now in the dictionary). She is controversial and opinionated, so given the choice between, say, a story on John Thune and one on Palin, it's a no-brainer to choose the best-selling author, TV reality show star and Tea Party darling. But conservatives suspect there's also some mischief-making afoot -- the desire by liberal-leaning members of the media and the White House to make Palin the symbol of the Republican Party, which they are convinced will translate into her presidential run, her nomination and a shellacking for the GOP at the polls in 2012.
You don't have to buy into a conspiracy to see that many in the media and on the left are convinced Palin will be the nominee. In fact, they seem to be in a bit of a time warp. Howard Kurtz recently praised her media savvy, an observation widely held by conservatives -- 18 months ago. Unlike conservatives who have had time to process the Palin phenomenon, non-conservatives are just beginning to evaluate her as more than a punchline or an object of ridicule. They suspect conservatives are oblivious to her shortcomings. But that's simply wrong.
For months now the real story on the right has been the search for new presidential contenders. There is far more awareness than many in the media imagine among conservative activists, Tea Partyers included, of Palin's limited appeal to independent voters. Her backing of questionable...
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And now there's Mike Pence...
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
His main problem is he’s from Massachusetts, which is a death knell to any candidate.
Bachman had to back down on her quest for a leadership position. I wonder why? Anyone?
OK.
I saw Compost and wrote it off.
Don’t have time to follow another blogger, but go ahead and support her for as long as she stays true to the base.
Still not sure why the Compost took her on.
Forgot to add that she sounds like the same “conservatives” (Rove, et al.) who wrote off Christine in DE and Palin because they are not mainstream GOP.
Yes, “conservatives” needs to be in quotes given the context.
If she runs, she’ll be a disaster for the party, even if she doesn’t win the nomination.
Still beating the useless Hunter drum I see,
So you are saying the Massachusetts legislature over rode Romney's healthcare veto?
If they did, I am a liar and an effing troll.
If they did not, well one of us is a liar and an effing troll either way.
The record shows just which one of us that is.
We don’t want her to be in the lead this early. To me this is like a horserace, Remember Secretariat always came from the back covered in mud and dirt to shock the field he won and in the race he was expected to lose because it was too long a race he ran well away from the field...
But maybe if you were a normal person who loved your country..and knew you were in a position to save it you'd be willing to make the sacrifice.
I have a feeling that as much as zero wants to turn us into a communist worker's paradise that to some extent he's stunned by the responsibility and the difficulty of “fundamentally transforming” life for people who just want him to get out of the way when he figured we'd all be lapping up his ideas. HA!
People like Jennifer Rubin fear her because they believe her nomination will doom the GOP's chances of taking the WH in 2012. It's a perfectly reasonable concern IMO.
I like Sarah a lot but will not advocate her until I see evidence that she can attract independents. I just dont see it at this time.
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That's an interesting question...I'd be interested in why also.
“If” that is/was the case.... how do you explain Romney going on Chris Wallace’s Sunday show a few months ago and bragging about Romneycare and how great it is and bragging that the state of MA only picks up 50% of the cost because this financial genius (Romney) got it so the Federal Government (the rest of us who don’t live in MA) pick up the other 50%. THEN he went on Bill O’Reilly spewing the same stuff and when BOR confronted him with incontrovertable data that there has been more emergency room visits under Romneycare, costing MA MORE money said genius Romney was flumoxed and said he didn’t know about that..... so for someone who could have vetoed it and allowed it to be over-ridden Mr. Romney instead seems very proud of what he accomplished in MA... so your argument doesn’t hold any water at all and is, in fact, full of holes created by Romney himself.
Why not? Palin drives them crazy like Reagan drove them nuts. But others read the polls and see independents unimpressed with Palin. She's my favorite, but I don't want 4 more years of this regime.
Rubin is a neocon who was a big Rudy supporter in the 2008 GOP primaries.
- JP
so she wont run and it’s a moot point; we can move on—
whatever Palin ultimately decides however WILL benefit the debate for a conservative candidate
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