I support Palin and want her to run... BUT I have zero interest in voting for someone who hasn’t proven themselves worthy in the debates.
I wanted Palin to run so that should could prove the media wrong by performing well against the others in the primaries, but if she just thinks she can jump in at the last minute and get my vote without actually earning it, she’s got another thing coming.
Concern Troll?
Why should she debate with (fill in the blank) candidates who will be a distant memory also-ran by next March?
Are you under the impression that there are not going to be any more debates?
Which debates? The debating schedule for candidates generally begins in January of the year of the election, because that is about the time the Iowa campaign kicks into full gear. They have a debate generally 1 week or so before the Iowa caucus. That is when the debates have traditionally started.
She was in one in 2008 against Biden.
Last minute?
The 2012 election is 14.5 months away.
Ronald Reagan let the clock tick down to 12 months.
CFR-Rick Perry just got in last week.
Did CFR-Rick get in at the "last minute?"
Just because the cable news networks need stories to cover does not mean that a candidate has to declare three years ahead of time.
Are you saying that there is no time left for debates, with 14.5 months to go?
PS - She is declaring on September 3rd. Is that "the last minute?"
She’s going to be in a good three months before the first caucus or primary. That’s plenty of debates.
And she’ll be the only candidate we have who has experience—and success—in a one-on-one national general election debate.
Also, she’s always been a good debater. There’s a great video on the net of a debate she was in in her race for governor.
“I wanted Palin to run so that should could prove the media wrong by performing well against the others in the primaries, but...”
Words of a typical concern troll.
“...if she just thinks she can jump in at the last minute and get my vote without actually earning it, she’s got another think coming.”
LOL. methinks texasfreeper09 thinks excessively highly of what he/she thinks.
I remember watching Sarah in debates 4 years ago. She’s been debating CONSTANTLY since then on Greta, FB, other media outlets. Besides, the debates are crap, anyway. They’d be asking her lame questions about Bristol’s love life, or some other stupid things rather then focus on the issues at hand. Or, like Bachmann, ask if she submits to her husband.
The debate I want to see is Sarah as our nominee against Obama. Sweet!
There will be many debates where she can ‘prove’ herself to you. The flippin election is almost a year and a half away, for Pitty’s sake.
I'd liken these EARLY debates as the preseason games played in the NFL. We're seeing the initial shakeout of candidates.
Reagan handily replaced Carter in a landslide and Reagan did not announce until approx 12 months before the election.
Puh-leeze!
We don't have debates, we have joint press conferences.
The only debating that is done is between a candidate and the commie moderator.
The other day I read that her favorable/unfavorable rating in ALASKA is upside-down, with only 36% favorable toward her. Now poll numbers from Iowa just appeared in my inbox.
Top 10 Least Wanted by Iowa GOP voters
I see nothing wrong with being realistic.
you don’t think there’s going to be a boatload more debates??
YOU are a CLASSIC “Concern Troll”: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2594943/posts AND
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2112236/posts
Screw the frickin’ debates. Those things are mindless circle jerks. I’m more interested in what the elected candidate will do in office than in how “clever” they are in a debate.
Now, if they truly had a real debate, that would be a different story.
Your protest is underwhelming. Palin stood toe to toe with Biden while 50 million Americans watched. The debates are a worthless exercise that prove NOTHING.
Also with very little effort, one can Google and see her debates in the Alaska governor's race, both primary and general.
It is wonderful to watch her smiling while deftly slashing up her opposition, who did not even realize they had received their politcal death blows, until one and all they bled out.
Well, I don’t think jumping in the race in Sept is at the last minute...there will be plenty of debates before that.