Posted on 03/07/2011 6:19:25 AM PST by deport
Sarah Palin, one of the best known and most controversial figures in American politics, told BBC Newsnight she was weighing up whether the US was ready for an "unconventional" presidential candidate like her.
"You run the race to win the race. That's for sure."
Speaking in Alaska, the state's former governor said if she did decide to run she would be fully committed.
But the cost together with whether voters were ready to make a win a reality, were issues she still needed to think about.
"Obama has already said he's going to spend a billion dollars (£615.4m) on this race, so money is certainly going to be a consideration," Sarah Palin told me.
"And just the idea of whether the American electorate is ready for someone a bit unconventional, who is willing to tell it as she sees it, not be beholden to special interest or such obsessive partisanship as to let a political machine get in the way of doing what's right for the voters."
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Article contains info/quotes from both interviews with Sarah Palin and her parents, Sally and Chuck Heath.....
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* Read the full transcript of Newsnight's interview with Chuck and Sally Heath
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My prediction: She will run. She will not win the nomination.
Your prediction is worthless, Paulbot.
I just don’t think she is going to run. But thats just my opinion I could be wrong.
Not so fast — Sarah Palin has a way of punching holes in her opponents. She’d do it to Huckabee and Romney. She might be more deferential to Bachmann, because she does not want to see the presidential contest collapse into a cat fight.
But the Paul-bot thing simply isn't true. I've never voted for Ron Paul.
No and No.
Number one-No. Number two- Yes
The media, which most FReepers vastly underrate, will not allow it....period. The Quayleing will only intensify.
I used to hope she wouldn’t run. Now I’m hoping she does, just so the whole question can be put to rest.
The biggest obstacle that Palin has to overcome is the perception that she’s light on the issues and doesn’t have a deep enough understanding to articulate on a policy level. It let’s the media create the impression she’s a lightweight and removed from people’s problems.
If she can overcome that, she wins. I think some good, hard fought, down-to-earth retail politics by her would go a long way to overcome that.
She’ll never get beyond questions about quitting.
Yes and yes.
Nothing I’d rather see than Palin in the whitehouse, but I’d much rather take my chances of actually winning with Chris Christie.
I also think her quitting in midstream is going to be a crusher. I believe that most people are holding their fire, waiting for a good clean shot (oh my, there I go with unPC metaphors!). Once she's in, it'll be all about how she couldn't take the heat--of Alaska!
Yes she will and time will tell.
Wrong questions.
Conservatives should be asking first whether her core principles, the ones that should be non-negotiable for principled patriots, are solid enough to make her supportable.
Speaking for myself, I’ve answered that question, “NO.”
Which makes the other two questions moot.
And my further participation in your thread pointless.
Have a good day, deport.
Sarah Cuda will announce in “months”...probably June/July. Meanwhile she gets paid facetime on foxnews. She will be a top contender no doubt, and YES she can WIN!!!!!!!!!
Huckabee, Romney, Daniels, Pawlenty, Barbour, Gingrich, Bachmann
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