[Titus Quinctius Cincinnatus]

If you think Jim DeMint can't win the Republican nomination (if he chooses to run), then you are smoking crack. Please, put the pipe down, and get yourself some help.

DeMint could win walking away. And he EASILY wins wins two of the first three primaries - going away in Iowa and South Carolina, leaving NH to Romney.

That is SO true - in 2012, the nomination could be DeMint's for the taking. And THAT'S what scares the Palinstinians so much - knowing that they could invest so much emotional capital into her, only to see DeMint walk in and grab the ring without even having to stand on tippytoes.

Which would present an interesting - and potentially dangerous - situation.

What would the Palin people do if DeMint were to step in and win the nomination? They can't very well jibberjabber about him being a "RINO" (well, they could try, since they seem to specialise in that sort of thing, but it would have zero credibility), so what options do they have left? Would the Palin People refuse to vote for DeMint all because he's not Sarah, and risk shooting down the candidacy of someone even more conservative that Palin, and reelecting 0bama?

[unseen1]

So demint wins IA and SC where does he go then? Mi? NV? FL? he might be able to pull off FL. but then its super Tuesday and what? how does he play that field? Last I saw his warchest was pretty light. he doesn't command large crowds and while he could probably do some nice fund raising numbers would it be enough to compete with the well funded/self funded Mitt? doubtful. He fizzles after SC would be my guess. As far as how Palin’s supporters would react to a DEmint win of the nomination? he would be better than Mitt or thune or chrisite so I would imagine most would support him in the general. Unlike the Anybody but Palin people Palin's supporters are not blinded by hate for other candidates they simply expect a Reagan conservative this time around.