Posted on 03/22/2011 4:04:08 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Is she or isn't she? Usually it's not difficult to decipher the intentions of prospective presidential candidates.
Although typically coy about their White House ambitions before making their candidacies official, politicians who make frequent visits to early voting states, hire staff nationally, and deliberately keep their names in play leave little doubt that it will only be a matter of time before they declare what was already readily apparent.
But with Sarah Palin, it is another matter altogether.
The enigma surrounding the former Alaska governor's objectives has only grown since she resigned from office in July of 2009. She has taken some of the obvious steps that would signal presidential ambitions while neglecting to pursue others.
On one hand, Palin has continued to speak out frequently on issues facing the country, added a veteran chief of staff to her small team of advisers, and said repeatedly that she is indeed contemplating a presidential run. On the other hand, Palin has not made any trips this year to the first three voting states of Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina, and she and her staff have not reached out to the key Republican operatives and officials who have traditionally held sway over early voting states. Many of them have warned publicly that her lack of early interest figured to become a major road bump to any White House hopes she may harbor.
"History would suggest that's a very risky strategy related to the Iowa caucuses," Iowa GOP chairman Matthew Strawn said of Palin's lack of travel to the first caucus state, which could be a near must-win contest if she were to enter the race. "The one thing that Iowans don't want to be is taken for granted."
(Excerpt) Read more at realclearpolitics.com ...
I think if she decides to run (and I hope she does) she’s going to find herself running against both the Democrats and every professional Republican out there.
I have faith she’ll beat both of them... handily.
And somewhere in cyberspace, a certain banned PDS freeper is trying to make a counter argument but alas, cannot...
Is that Pissant?
Wait and see. She IS our nominee, and our next President. When, how, and under what circumstances - much too soon to tell.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2690220/posts?page=121#121
More hand wringing from the professional know-nothings.
that’s not pissant...there’s no ‘I hate Palin” posters on the wall
Well known media personalities are fervently encouraging Palin to throw her hat in the ring, and the sooner the better.
Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, Jay Leno, Jimmy Fallon, Tina Fey............
You may not be here long.
You need what Rush refers to as “the courage to face the truth”.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the most recent Republican nominees did NOT win Iowa, did they? So if the eventual nominee isn't necessarily the one who wins in IA, what does it matter what the Iowa GOP has to say? Sounds like they may just be in a snit about being ignored.
ROFL!! I deserved that...
“Well known media personalities...”
blah? blah blah? blah blah blah?
So?
Well known media personalities would give their first born to touch the hand of the anointed one. Who cares? Lambs to the slaughter.
You need what Markos calls “sign-in name and password.”
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