Posted on 06/06/2011 12:00:39 PM PDT by GonzoII
Why did she quit as governor if she was doing such a good job?
She was no longer able to do a good job. The entire force of the national democrat party was exerted against the Alaska democrats to stop working with Palin. Bogus law suits crippled her administration which had been reduced to answering FOIA requests and responding to law suits about why she wore a certain coat or why she left the state on a trip.
Her small staff couldn’t accomplish the job of governing because Sarah Palin was a national political target. She could remain as Gov. and be personally responsible to pay the cost of defending against the lawsuits and be totally ineffective for the next year and a half as well as unable to be a factor in the 2010 midterm elections or she could resign and live to play another day. She decided that if she turned over the governorship to her Lt. Gov. that her administration could resume its job of serving the state. She resigned and the bullseye was taken off of Alaska.
She resigned for the good of her state, and she knew very well that there would be a big cost to her politically, but if you think she quit, all you need to do is look at the effect she had on the 2010 midterm elections.
Don’t give up before the battle. In 2010, we started a battle with the establishment Republicans that we knew would take several election cycles to win.
Compare where we are to the 1976 election when Ronald Reagan almost won the Republican nomination. In the 1974 midterm elections, Republicans lost 48 seats in the House and 5 seats in the Senate in the aftermath of Watergate. Republicans were fighting amongst themselves hoping to find a way forward to victory. We hadn’t sold enough voters on the conservative message and Reagan lost the nomination and the election.
After losing in 76 the Republicans made only modest gains in the ‘78 midterms winning 15 seats in the House and 3 in the Senate. Both the House and Senate were held strongly by the democrats.
In 2010 Republicans won 5 seats in the Senate and 63 seats in the House. Moreover, the seats were won mostly by conservatives. It was called a wave election by some. We had some grassroots level of organization in the TEA Parties bringing disaffected independents to our side. We had some heavy involvement from Gov. Sarah Palin and Sen. Jim DeMint pushing those candidates and encouraging the TEA Parties.
After the 2010 election, the establishment of the Republican Party considered that it had won the election. It had increased its power. The accomplishments of Gov. Palin were not acknowledged and she was even blamed for not winning more seats. When her “Take Back the Twenty” map, which had been 90% effective in ousting democrats from Republican seats, was unfairly blamed for the Tucson shooting, establishment Republicans remained silent. Gov. Palin was allowed to swing in the wind, defended only by conservative talk show hosts.
Palin owes nothing to the Republican establishment. Still, a third party candidacy would not be desirable. We are close to taking control of the Republican party. The election of 2012 against a weak failed President could result in a Republican President and both houses of Congress. Spirited primaries could replace RINOs with more conservatives and increase Republican gains. We have the wind at our back, the TEA Parties still with us.
If we are able to put together a ticket with a strong conservative leader and we make those gains in 2012, we will no longer be running against our own party. We have to do it at the grassroots level, the establishment won’t give it to us. Some are predicting a fight in the Republican ranks like 1976. We don’t want another 1976. We need to make that a short fight and then a campaign like 1980 with our current version of Ronald Reagan.
There are none so blind as those who REFUSE to see.
Lawsuits - a steady, expensive stream of them. As governor, she couldn’t afford to defend herself from them.
In fact, she couldn’t do her job.
Unlike Anthony “Not my dick!” Weiner, she stepped down.
Anybody that claims she isn’t qualified for the White House while Obama is occupying the seat is either dishonest, or such an idiot that pouring piss from a boot would be a challenge . . .
even if the instructions were written on the heel.
The day Obama asks Holder to resign because of Gunrunner, I’ll eat my words. Palin ousted the chairman of the State GOP.
The press had her tampons categorized and bagged, but they couldn’t fact check an article on Obama that CAME FROM AN AP REPORTER while Obama was a Senator that SAID HE WAS BORN IN AFRICA.
The establishment on both sides has been telling Palin in no uncertain terms - ethical people need not apply.
she’s done more for USA since she resigned. She is hardly a quitter. How many miles flown 100,000 for candidates and causes? she didnt curl up in a corner. Like she said in July 2009, she made a tactical move to move forward in a different manner. It’s ok by me to give the Libturds credit; the Libturds did have her in constant “check” in AK NO WAY she does anything for us Americans if she is stuck in AK. Had the ‘Turds been easy on her, she’d still be there and we could be ralllying around Mitt.
You're a little behind in your American Political homework.
“Why did she quit as governor if she was doing such a good job?”
If you had even a slight interest in Sarah Palin, let alone like her, you would not need to ask that question, you would have known the reason, So therefore I consider answering said question a waste of time.
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