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Will Sarah Palin be the October surprise?
Christian Science Monitor ^ | 09/23/11 | Liz Marlantes

Posted on 09/23/2011 7:04:32 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

It’s been a good few weeks for Sarah Palin.

Now, a new national poll shows her trailing President Obama in a head-to-head matchup by just 5 points, 44 to 49 - this, after she had trailed him by more than 20 points for most of the year. That’s better than current GOP frontrunner Rick Perry, who trails the president 41 to 50 in the same poll.

According to the survey, Palin’s recent jump in support has come mostly from independents, who have lately been abandoning the president in droves. Still, she remains a controversial figure: 72 percent of Republicans and independents in the same survey also said they don’t actually think Palin should run.

And that remains the question: will she or won’t she? Palin recently told Fox News that she thinks there’s “still time” for candidates to get into the race, and that she’s “still considering” it. She repeatedly said she believed it would be an “unconventional” election year.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: memebots; palin; palinpredictions; palinpunditry; runsarahrun; sarahpalin
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October Surpise...I like that!
1 posted on 09/23/2011 7:04:37 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
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To: winoneforthegipper; Virginia Ridgerunner

Good article!

as an aside...

Latest tweet from Frumm....go away boy plunder!

davidfrum davidfrum
Perry, Palin, Bachmann, Trump, Angle, O’Donnell and did I say Palin - what is about the Tea Party that it followed such lo-grade leaders?
2 minutes ago


2 posted on 09/23/2011 7:06:51 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper ("If you can't ride two horses at once, you probably shouldn't be in the circus" - SP)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Frum... rhymes with...


3 posted on 09/23/2011 7:08:44 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (Rick Perry has more red flags than a May Day Parade)
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To: winoneforthegipper

The 72% poll is a piece of garbage. She is the most articulate Conservative we have had for years.

Pray for America


4 posted on 09/23/2011 7:09:49 AM PDT by bray (Palin is hated by the establishment of both Parties. Winner!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

If Romney wins the nomination, lots of us will be disappointed because he appears to be a RINg . To counter that, he may prove he’s going to represent( and honestly listen) all the people by asking Gov. Palin to be his running mate.


5 posted on 09/23/2011 7:10:11 AM PDT by shadeaud ( “Pray for Obama. Psalm 109:8”. Just doing my duty as a Christian)
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To: winoneforthegipper

I hope it is true. Letting the GOP elite/media picks like Romney and Perry piss all over each other and making it all about them rather than the Constitution, the country and the ruin the democrat party has heaped on us will set the stage for someone to come in and sweep aside the pretty boys. These turds are attempting to buyout the election with money and promises (bribes).


6 posted on 09/23/2011 7:11:12 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Yes.
But what I fear is that Obammy’s wrecking crew might have some even bigger surprises!
Oy.


7 posted on 09/23/2011 7:11:46 AM PDT by ozark hilljilly ("Hit 'em again, Todd!!")
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To: winoneforthegipper
Someone actually follows David Frum on Twitter? If I did (and I don't) I surely wouldn't admit it.
8 posted on 09/23/2011 7:13:58 AM PDT by bwc2221
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To: shadeaud

Oh yeah, right. Any honesty and promises from mitt the twit is like Lucy promising not to yank away the football at the last minute. He is like obama; promise and say anything to get elected.


9 posted on 09/23/2011 7:14:04 AM PDT by RJS1950 (The democrats are the "enemies foreign and domestic" cited in the federal oath)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Why not, the Perry-Romney thing of, “yah, but, in your book, you said...”, is starting to get old.


10 posted on 09/23/2011 7:14:15 AM PDT by dps.inspect (the system is rigged...)
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To: winoneforthegipper

She is not running.


11 posted on 09/23/2011 7:14:15 AM PDT by isthisnickcool (Sharia? No thanks.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

If she announces, Wrongney is going to drop to eleventy bazillionth place.

Maybe she’ll take Perry as VP, and educate him on how to be a small-government conservative.


12 posted on 09/23/2011 7:14:40 AM PDT by snowrip (Liberal? You are a socialist idiot with no rational argument.)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Palin may have learned from McCain’s run. He was out of commission for quite a while and after all the other nominees imploded he was steadfast and survived. I think Palin is being very smart, as usual.

She is running like Secretariat ran the Belmont.


13 posted on 09/23/2011 7:15:26 AM PDT by huldah1776
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To: winoneforthegipper
72 percent of Republicans and independents in the same survey also said they don’t actually think Palin should run.

Lies, all lies & from our favorite media outlet; Fox. They lost my respect. Who polls 317 people? I bet Fox knew them all. I don't believe them.

After watching the debate, I'm convinced Sarah is our only hope (why do I not want to use that word? Actually obama stole if from the bible-he thought he was the messiah—he's finding out different)

She has the B...s no one on stage has. She did SO much in such a short time. She did things people told her could not be done. Big oil people tried to threaten her & she looked them in the eye did what was right.

If you want to be inspired, watch “Undefeated”. Sarah is part Reagan, Cain, Bush & the sane part of Ron Paul. I pray she runs; otherwise I will feel hopeless. Like when McCain ran. I only voted for him because of Sarah.

Poke the media in the eye (including Fox, Laura Ingraham...) Don't be afraid to take a close look at Sarah, without talking heads opinion.

14 posted on 09/23/2011 7:15:32 AM PDT by Linda Frances
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To: shadeaud

I don’t care if the Pope is his running mate, I will never vote for Romney.


15 posted on 09/23/2011 7:16:32 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: winoneforthegipper; All

“October Surpise...I like that!”

Of late I think it would be better described as an “October Sunrise.” We have been going through a long dark night.


16 posted on 09/23/2011 7:17:07 AM PDT by Sola Veritas (Trying to speak truth - not always with the best grammar or spelling)
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To: ozark hilljilly
But what I fear is that Obammy’s wrecking crew might have some even bigger surprises!

Count on it

17 posted on 09/23/2011 7:18:52 AM PDT by Puppage (You may disagree with what I have to say, but I shall defend to your death my right to say it)
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To: isthisnickcool
She is not running.

INTO THE PIT WITH YOU, BLASPHEMER!

18 posted on 09/23/2011 7:20:24 AM PDT by freedumb2003 (California: Making Texas more Conservative one voter at a time)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Yeah, because the folks leading the polling have been just so much better, right, Dave?


19 posted on 09/23/2011 7:20:28 AM PDT by RichInOC (Palin 2012: The Perfect Storm.)
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To: freedumb2003

LOL...stop it!


20 posted on 09/23/2011 7:21:18 AM PDT by truthkeeper (Vote Against Barack Obama in 2012!)
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