Posted on 02/10/2010 3:08:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah Palin's raw talent is not unappreciated by me. What I don't get, however, is this undying belief that she could become president of the United States. The latest comes from Matt Lattimer at the Daily Beast. I won't fine-tooth "How Palin Could Win," except for Lattimer's last assertion.
The former speechwriter to President George W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld advises Palin to "remember political history." He continues,
"No actor can be elected president." "No First Lady can win a Senate seat in a state where she never lived." "No one-term senator can defeat Hillary Clinton." There are plenty more opportunities to prove those in the know wrong.
Yes, Ronald Reagan was an actor in the early days. But he served two terms as governor of California (1967 to 1975). Full terms, I might add. And he ran twice unsuccessfully for the Republican presidential nomination in 1968 and 1976 before he snagged it and the White House in 1980.(continued)
(Excerpt) Read more at voices.washingtonpost.com ...
Bob Dole, of course.
Sorry if I was unclear. The internals of the polls...things like sampling of male or female; Democrat, Independent or Republican; whether the voter is planning on voting for McCain or Obama...you know...the scientific stuff.
I would recommend Google or Yahoo. You've got the poll names and the results. It shouldn't be too hard to find if you put the effort in.
Thanks for the recommendation...but I couldn't find any. I thought maybe you saw them. I don't trust poll without viewing the internals.
“There are a boatload of Republicans and Conservatives who couldn’t find a pig in a bath tub.”
OK
Palin really gets a lot people all wee weed up.
Look at what British leaders have to do - stand up on the podium taking hostile withering fire from the opposition and defend your positions - I can’t place Sarah Palin in that spot. I’d fear for her.
When people speak of her “executive experience” - how many people did she supervise, 100? 50, 10? Alaska has a population about the size of El Paso. It’s not even as big as Chicago.
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