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If Palin runs for president: Her strengths won't be a lot of help
The Chicago Tribune ^ | September 12, 2010 | Steve Chapman

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)

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2010; 2012; alaska; iowa; iquitarod; joemiller; kingmidas; lisamurkowski; midas; obama; palin; palin2012; polls; romney; romneybigdig; romneycare; romneydirtytricks; romneymarriage; sarahpalin
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To: UriÂ’el-2012; CynicalBear
CynicalBear Since Jul 15, 2010 Welcome to FR

YES INDEED! WELCOME. Conservatism brings them in! And very observant ones, I might add. Or perhaps TOO observant for you, thus your post.
121 posted on 09/11/2010 2:54:10 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

I not only have NEVER worked for a Democrat; I have never worked for a liberal. That goes back to 1962.


122 posted on 09/11/2010 2:55:23 PM PDT by Nucluside (ready)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

Only God is worthy of our trust. However, He uses His people to perform HIS tasks.

GO SARAH!


123 posted on 09/11/2010 2:56:01 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner
You seem to be a newcomer.

Be careful not to get the spray on yourself


124 posted on 09/11/2010 2:56:28 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012
"He said he was working for both parties at the same time. Is that your claim to fame? I have only worked for one party at a time."

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?

125 posted on 09/11/2010 2:57:17 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: Non-Sequitur

yeah, that is what they said about Reagan also. Reagan was a “nobody”.


126 posted on 09/11/2010 2:57:39 PM PDT by libbylu
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To: presently no screen name
Only God is worthy of our trust. However, He uses His people to perform HIS tasks.

You seem not to believe in Free Will.

Seek the face of YHvH.

shalom b'SHEM Yah'shua HaMashiach
127 posted on 09/11/2010 2:59:03 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: libbylu
yeah, that is what they said about Reagan also. Reagan was a “nobody”.

Reagan could prove them wrong. I doubt Palin can.

128 posted on 09/11/2010 2:59:20 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Welcome Back, Dad

He's wrong.

129 posted on 09/11/2010 3:00:16 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: UriÂ’el-2012; All
You seem to be a newcomer.


130 posted on 09/11/2010 3:00:21 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: texmexis best

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.


131 posted on 09/11/2010 3:00:46 PM PDT by upsdriver ((RINO: An acronym used by people who can't spell moderate or liberal.))
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To: Non-Sequitur

Yes. If anything I think the left/elites/media have been harder on Palin than Reagan. She is a tough cookie.


132 posted on 09/11/2010 3:01:25 PM PDT by libbylu
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To: UriÂ’el-2012; Virginia Ridgerunner
"You seem to be a newcomer. Be careful not to get the spray on yourself."

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!

133 posted on 09/11/2010 3:01:58 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
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?

I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about politics and parties.

Your statement was not clear.


134 posted on 09/11/2010 3:02:05 PM PDT by Uri’el-2012 (Psalm 119:174 I long for Your salvation, YHvH, Your law is my delight.)
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To: UriÂ’el-2012

I was a poll watcher in Orange Mound in Memphis.


135 posted on 09/11/2010 3:02:52 PM PDT by ebshumidors ( Marksmanship and YOUR heritage http://www.appleseedinfo.org)
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To: Non-Sequitur
Palin is no Reagan.

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.

136 posted on 09/11/2010 3:03:31 PM PDT by floozy22 (The Left has an irrational devotion to protecting evil.)
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To: libbylu
Yes. If anything I think the left/elites/media have been harder on Palin than Reagan. She is a tough cookie.

She hasn't seen anything yet.

137 posted on 09/11/2010 3:03:33 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur

Yeah, what the Hell does he know about President Ronald Reagan compared to you? LOL


138 posted on 09/11/2010 3:05:19 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I don't need a newspaper to know the world's been shaved by a drunken barber.)
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To: upsdriver

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.


139 posted on 09/11/2010 3:05:32 PM PDT by texmexis best (My)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Why is it that pundits who don’t directly attack Sarah Palin are still snide and sarcastic? Is this country that cynical?


140 posted on 09/11/2010 3:06:35 PM PDT by RoadTest (Religion is a substitute for the relationship God wants with you.)
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