Sarah Palin, un-trending

Washington Post ^ | 08/12/2011 | Kathleen Parker

[TomServo]

The latest trend in the media world is “trending.” That is, monitoring what people are buzzing about and directing coverage accordingly.

Just as the unspoken sometimes reveals more than the spoken, what’s not trending suggests more than what’s trending. In all the many thousands of words written in the immediate aftermath of the Republican debate in Iowa, two words were scarce: Sarah Palin.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

"he" = "she"

Too early.

[Flintlock]

“Just you wait, ‘Enry ‘Iggins...............”

The rank and file are DESPERATE for some candidate they can believe in.
When Sarah jumps in............................

[Tanniker Smith]

Well, thank you, Ms. Parker, for getting Sarah’s numbers up.

[WVKayaker]

Type "sar" into a Google search, and the top "suggestion" this morning is still Sarah Palin. Yep, she's not "trending", she's LEADING!!!

Click to learn more about her...

Elect Sarah Palin for President 2012

Re-Elect President Sarah Palin 2016

[onyx]

"May we always be happy and our enemies know it!"

"May we always be happy and our enemies know it!"

[newzjunkey]

Candidates need money. You don't get money if no one knows who you are. The less known you are the earlier you have to start and even then Republican nominees have been pre-known for decades: Nixon was Ike's veep and lost to JFK, Ford was president, Reagan had run against Ford, Bush was Reagan's VP, Bob Dole was Ford's losing campaign vp and ran in '80, W had a pedigree, McCain had run in 2000… now we have Romney "leading" because he ran in 2008.

If anyone except Romney or Palin win the nomination and beat Obama we'd have an unusual GOP winner not having run for president before, been on a national ticket before or not having a pedigree.

[newzjunkey]

Worked for Dole & McCain? That's just who I'd want.

I guess Donna Brazile wasn't available. /s

[onyx]

Happy little guy from yesterday at the Iowa fair!

[curth]

August 2, 2011 Poll Watch: Gallup 2012 Republican Favorability Survey

Ratings of 2012 Contenders Steady in July: Giuliani, Palin & Romney enjoy broadest popularity

Favorability Ratings

* Rudy Giuliani 70% * Sarah Palin 65% * Mitt Romney 62% * Ron Paul 50% * Michele Bachmann 49% * Newt Gingrich 48% * Rick Perry 40% * Tim Pawlenty 36% * Herman Cain 35% * Rick Santorum 31% * Jon Huntsman 22%

Positive Intensity Score (Strongly Favorable minus Strongly Unfavorable)

* Herman Cain +25% * Rick Perry +24% * Rudy Giuliani +19% * Sarah Palin +16% * Mitt Romney +15% * Michele Bachmann +14% * Tim Pawlenty +9% * Ron Paul +8% * Rick Santorum +7% * Jon Huntsman +5% * Newt Gingrich +1%

Name Recognition

* Sarah Palin 96% * Rudy Giuliani 89% * Mitt Romney 84% * Newt Gingrich 84% * Ron Paul 77% * Michele Bachmann 76% * Rick Perry 54% * Tim Pawlenty 54% * Rick Santorum 50% * Herman Cain 46% * Jon Huntsman 40%

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

What a great picture!!!!

[stratman1969]

Kathleen Parker is one of those “establishment conservatives” who doesn’t like Sarah Palin. Like Peggy Noonan, it probably beacause she also suffers from S.B.S.

[trebb]

Sarah is the “second mouse.”

I agree - too many Freepers want to discount her because she doesn't fit the mold they are used to (and claim to hate). They don't seem to realize she is even smarter than even her fans think. I eagerly anticipate to see what her end game is....

[foundedonpurpose]

It’s just political hit piece # 4,562,228. Ms. Parker is trending, right along with most of the lame-stream media.

[Lady Lucky]

Why did Donald Trump pretend to be running for President, why is Newt Gingrich still pretending to run for President ... Because it "enhances the Brand" and that translates into more money.

Very true it makes their stock go up, yes. I sure agree with you about Trump.

Gingrich...yeah, likely so. If he's so great, so smart, so experienced, why isn't he still in Congress where he could be putting all his wonderfulness to good use?

But Palin...I don't think so, and would rather give her the benefit of the doubt.

I'm no KAD and it does disturb me to see people pushing the deadline all the time. It'll be Memorial Day, uhh, July 4, uhh, Labor Day when the mothership arrives.

But Labor Day isn't so far off and historically not unreasonably late.

[who knows what evil?]

Wishing doesn’t make it so, Ms. CNN Fail...

[Piers-the-Ploughman]

Patience. i am a Palin supporter for a long time. I have no inside track but i believe strongly she is running. She shows up here to make her voice heard on issues, just like she is a candidate, she goes to a lot of trouble to do this. I don’t think there is any speaking fees or books she is doing this for (the usual reason to question her motives). She comes to IA to remind her supporters and potential supporters she will be getting in.

[sissyjane]

I guess the author of this article wasn’t watching the news yesterday, when it was all Sarah Palin! Even on CNN!

[Hojczyk]

Labor Day ...Game On...

[Bringbackthedraft]

Watched a portion of the debate, what I saw was mostly “No Fire”, it was Blaaah. I don’t want Blaaaaah in the White House, I want to see Fire. Palin, Cain, West, that’s fire! Unless some one shows up with real fire, I don’t see anything happening that will change things. IMO.

[SaraJohnson]

Kathleen Parker never met a Republican she did not hate...except for Romney. That is because he is a socialist like she is.