Posted on 09/11/2010 1:25:26 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
It turns out Sarah Palin left the governorship of Alaska for a better position. She's become king — King Midas, to be exact. Everything she touches turns to gold.
Her memoir, "Going Rogue," was the best-selling hardcover nonfiction volume of 2009. She's got a TV gig with Fox News that reportedly pays $1 million a year. She commands $100,000 for a speaking appearance.
But it's not all about the money. Palin has also become the fairy godmother of the Republican Party. In the Aug. 31 primaries, all five candidates she tapped with her wand came away victorious — including Joe Miller, who upset incumbent Sen. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska. Those she passed over turned into pumpkins.
"Sarah Palin has special medicine," wrote John Dickerson of the liberal online magazine Slate after the primaries. "The Palin brand now grows ever stronger because other Republicans will want to access that magic."
All that looks like the perfect prelude to something even bigger. After steadfastly refusing invitations for political gatherings in Iowa, site of the first presidential contest in 2012, she's going to Des Moines on Sept. 17 for the Republican Party's annual Reagan Day dinner. To run for president, one local GOP official was quoted saying, "She needs to be here — and she's doing that with a big, high-profile event."
If she enters the race, Palin will have the inside track. A recent Gallup poll found that among Republican voters, she's more popular than Abraham Lincoln, with a 76 percent favorable rating — higher than any other potential GOP presidential candidate listed by Gallup. The nomination is starting to look like it's hers for the asking.
But appearances are deceiving.(continued)
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I not only have NEVER worked for a Democrat; I have never worked for a liberal. That goes back to 1962.
Only God is worthy of our trust. However, He uses His people to perform HIS tasks.
GO SARAH!
You seem to be a newcomer.Be careful not to get the spray on yourself
Do you really think that being an intelligence analyst is a political patronage job or that it involves working for a political party? Do you know anything about intelligence or our government?
yeah, that is what they said about Reagan also. Reagan was a “nobody”.
Seek the face of YHvH. You seem not to believe in Free Will.
shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
Reagan could prove them wrong. I doubt Palin can.
He's wrong.
Absolutely, she did the same thing in Alaska by working around the normal political avenues. There is nothing conventional about Sarah Palin. She really does think outside the box. I like her style.
Yes. If anything I think the left/elites/media have been harder on Palin than Reagan. She is a tough cookie.
Six years is a "newcomer" now? Really? I'm even "newer" than he is. I don't care if you signed up on day one, unless your name is Jim Robinson that means Jack Squat! So you discovered a conservative website back before most people even had the Internet? Aren't you the clever one? That and $5 will buy you a cup of coffee at Starbucks!
Your statement was not clear. I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about politics and parties.
I was a poll watcher in Orange Mound in Memphis.
That is true. RR was in the public eye for a long time, and was one of our greatest presidents. He was our iconic Cold Warrior. Truthfully there cannot be a comparison.
However, it can be said that Sarah Palin reminds many people of RR, including his son, Michael. Yet she is a politically-adept, modern conservative.
There will never be another Reagan because we live in a different world and the rules have changed. A strong conservative candidate will have to "do politicking" a lot differently than one 30 years ago would have done.
30 years is a generation. I like to think of Sarah as this generation's Ronald Reagan.
She hasn't seen anything yet.
Yeah, what the Hell does he know about President Ronald Reagan compared to you? LOL
I do too. I think she would make a terrific President.
I also think Tina Fey’s expiration date has arrived and that her schtick won’t be particularly effective if she chooses to use it. Which may not be in her interest.
Why is it that pundits who don’t directly attack Sarah Palin are still snide and sarcastic? Is this country that cynical?
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