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The reasons Sarah Palin wouldn’t run for president
Washington Post ^ | 07:53 AM ET, 08/22/2011 | Aaron Blake and Rachel Weiner

Posted on 08/22/2011 6:15:43 AM PDT by SoConPubbie

It’s the question that has been asked over and over for well more than a year now: Will Sarah Palin run for president?

The former Alaska governor has people talking yet again after her PAC on Friday released an Iowa-themed web video teasing her appearance at a tea party rally there on Sept. 3. And former Bush adviser Karl Rove, for one, thinks she’ll do it.

For what it’s worth, so too do an increasing number of Palin’s potential opponents in the GOP presidential campaign. But many others remains skeptical.

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: notrunning; notrunningmeme; palin; palin2012; runsarahrun; sarahpalin; smellthefear
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Sounds like some of the posters on Freerepublic who have already picked other candidates in the race.

Too bad their going to be proven wrong real soon!

1 posted on 08/22/2011 6:15:48 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
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To: SoConPubbie

Well....I think the only thing that is “certain” (your certainty notwithstanding) is that at SOME point, a bunch of folks are going to be wrong.

I don’t know when that date will be. Perhaps October 1? Perhaps later?

Hard to say. Till then, I think we can all enjoy the speculation and opinionating.....


2 posted on 08/22/2011 6:20:07 AM PDT by ConservativeDude
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To: SoConPubbie

It’s at a point where it’s ridiculous. Sarah KNOWS whether or not she is running. Considering Perry is the last likely candidate what exactly is Palin waiting for? If she passes on the Sept. 3 speech, she is not running. And she will become irrelevent if she doesn’t run because the people that pinned such hopes on her and she strung along this late and couldn’t come to a conclusion with Perry are going to be ticked big time. What does what she says matter anymore after that. She has right not to run, but it is way past time for her to continue this if she is not.


3 posted on 08/22/2011 6:22:15 AM PDT by mrspeelwerneeded
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To: ConservativeDude
at SOME point, a bunch of folks are going to be wrong.

Yup, and what a feeding frenzy we will have here on that day, e-rasberries, insults, schadenfreude, pwns, ridicule, humiliation.....I can't wait....:)

4 posted on 08/22/2011 6:25:35 AM PDT by HerrBlucher ("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." G.K. Chesterton)
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To: SoConPubbie; RedMDer; Bigtigermike; Lakeshark; Virginia Ridgerunner; Al B.; sarah fan UK
Bwahahahahaha. Typical tripe.

Shock and Awesome coming soon!

GAME ON!


POSITIVELY PALIN

2012


5 posted on 08/22/2011 6:27:27 AM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: mrspeelwerneeded
She has right not to run, but it is way past time for her to continue this if she is not.

When did Reagan announce his candidacy?

6 posted on 08/22/2011 6:28:41 AM PDT by frogjerk (Today is already the tomorrow which the bad economist yesterday urged us to ignore. - HAZLITT)
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To: SoConPubbie

She will run. She won’t run. She will run. She won’t run. Geesh! I just wish she would say one way or another already!


7 posted on 08/22/2011 6:29:02 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: SoConPubbie

Sarah is a nice lady. She can deliver a speech with a conservative theme.
This however does not mean she should be President. I think a guy like Perry can take it to the libs who will try to maul him.Sarah is not vicious enough to fight the big battle. Even G. Bush was not tough enough to fairly defend the Administration. The media walked all over him.
Perry will fight back—hard.


8 posted on 08/22/2011 6:29:15 AM PDT by 2007 Crusader (2007 Crusader)
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To: frogjerk
When did Reagan announce his candidacy?

1976

9 posted on 08/22/2011 6:30:17 AM PDT by chimera
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To: SoConPubbie

“they’re”


10 posted on 08/22/2011 6:31:07 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: 2007 Crusader

I really wish she’d run for a senate seat. She’d be great there.


11 posted on 08/22/2011 6:32:36 AM PDT by Jonty30
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To: SoConPubbie

“She Will Run” -

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2767209/posts

your threads are back-to-back. Funny


12 posted on 08/22/2011 6:32:36 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Khomeini promised change too // Hail, Chairman O)
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To: frogjerk
When did Reagan announce his candidacy?

November 13, 1979.

13 posted on 08/22/2011 6:34:56 AM PDT by NeoCaveman (All your gold are belong to Beck)
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To: mrspeelwerneeded

What is so hard to understand? Sarah said publicly that she would announce her decision in the Aug/Sept time frame. It’s still only Aug. Get back to me at the end of Sept if she hasn’t announced her decision by then. In the meantime, let the Lady handle her own timetables, strategies, plans and involvement.


14 posted on 08/22/2011 6:34:56 AM PDT by JPG (Barry says he'll promise to save more later if he can spend more now. Black bus economics.)
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To: SoConPubbie

If she decides not to run I hope to hell whoever gets the nod puts her in the vice slot the instant he or she reaches that plateau.

We need her in Washington now, and her energy experience, period.


15 posted on 08/22/2011 6:36:15 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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To: SoConPubbie
“A candidate for national office needs to focus on building a national finance committee, recruiting talented operatives and campaign leadership in the five early states, and developing a message with a narrative that is based on conservative values and positions,” said GOP strategist Scott Reed. “Sarah Palin is zero-for-three.”

This is what some of us who don't think she is running look at. We don't see where these important details are being done. Stiffs like Romney have been working 24/7 since before the '08 election to build these. They do not appear over night. Reagan was working on these all between '76 and '80 so that he could roll in late and be ready to go. He also had John Sears, Mike Deaver, Ed Meese , solid political people.

I know that this Scott Reid is Doles old campaign manager, so who cares what a loser has to say, but isn't Palins chief of staff Bob Doles old Senior Adviser?

16 posted on 08/22/2011 6:36:51 AM PDT by Lazlo in PA (Now living in a newly minted Red State.)
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To: SoConPubbie
The time commitment: Palin has been a nearly constant part of the conversation when it comes to the presidential race, but she has made a habit of virtually disappearing for weeks at a time.

This is the most compelling reason -- Palin is simply not prepared or inclined to undertake a commitment of this length.

17 posted on 08/22/2011 6:40:57 AM PDT by HerbieHoover
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To: SoConPubbie
The title should read:

The reasons we hope Sarah Palin wouldn’t run for president
18 posted on 08/22/2011 6:41:04 AM PDT by CharlyFord (t)
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To: 2007 Crusader
Sarah is not vicious enough to fight the big battle.

Sarah who?

19 posted on 08/22/2011 6:44:57 AM PDT by svcw
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To: SoConPubbie

Won’t run....Will run.....I’m getting whiplash.


20 posted on 08/22/2011 6:45:26 AM PDT by radioone (Don't let the media pick our nominee. "Palin 2012")
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