Posted on 11/17/2010 2:27:51 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum
Sarah Palin says she is seriously considering a run for the White House, and she believes she could beat President Obama in 2012, the former Alaska governor told ABC News' Barbara Walters. "I'm looking at the lay of the land now, and ... trying to figure that out, if it's a good thing for the country, for the discourse, for my family, if it's a good thing," Palin said in an interview scheduled to air in full Dec. 9 on ABC as part of Walters' "10 Most Fascinating People" of 2010.
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Good post.
As a football coach once told me, “The game isn’t played on paper, it’s played on the field.”
Someone who had pre-marital sex with a character like Levi is a bad role model for America’s youth.
We have a different voting populace than 1980.
How so?
Hillary's been on the national stage for two decades, and is well past her "sell by" date. She never earned her position in politics on her own merits, but rode Bubba's coat tails the whole way. What has she ever accomplished that could hold a candle to Sarah Palin's resume?
Where is the coast to coast grass roots support for Hillary? Sarah Palin is the titular head of an historic, citizen insurgency, in the Tea Parties. What's Hillary Clinton leading? The (non-existent) Coffee Party???
One last thing. If Hillary is the Democrat nominee in 2012, blacks will stay home. They're not going to accept any reason for Obama not seeking a second term. Not even The One will be able to convince them that he's stepping aside for the good of the party. They're going to believe that the Clintons pushed him out of the way.
“It is an anomoly. It only says that the corrupt rhino wing of the party (which Sarah fought HARD) allied with the dems who knew they had no chance whatsoever.”
If it’s bad in Alaska, it will only be much worse in the other states that she’ll need to win in 2012.
when the nation was kicked around by runaway inflation, iran, and 18% mortgage rates.
I ask again, who TODAY could carry the blue states, yet energize the reds? the blues wouldn’t vote for Mclame,,and he was saying all the things they want to hear. They wouldnt vote for Bush.
Who, in this upcoming cycle, can do it? I doubt you are suggesting that a person to the right of Sarah could carry California or the NE. So you must mean a fake like Romney,,,
But I thought they wanted her to Win so they could beat her”
There’s another possibility: Obama/Hillary 2012. The PUMA’s will unite with all the other democrats.
Please tell us which conservative has a *family* pure enough for your austere tastes. Please name the family in which every single member saved theirself for marriage. Can EACH of Mitt’s kids survive that microscopic rectal exam?
Thats pure ignorance,,im not voting for someone so their danged kids can become some sort of silly role models. Enough of the “president as exalted royalty” crap.
Sad, I guess they were almost married!
Must be one of those newfangled excuses. LOL
It is pretty clear which side you are on as you work the threads in behalf of the corrupt rhino wing of the party.
Palin’s near miss in taking out a sitting GOP Senator from a dynasty family, with a totally unknown, rookie candidate, who’s biggest misstep was against her, was a sign of strength, not weakness.
If theres a three way race in every state, and every state normally is 2/3 repub,,,of course you’re right.
Still drinking the Willard koolaid. LOL
Folks this is how you have to look at the 2012 Presidential election:
1) When a sitting POTUS vies for a second term it is always a referendum on his first four years in office and NOT the challenger.
2)If Obama’s job approval number goes above 51% with Gallup (due probably to a vast improvement in the economy) he will win a second term going away; if his job approval is below 47% going into the fall election (Sept 2012)he will lose. And if he is between 47% and 51% he will be in no man’s land.
(From Matthew Dowd, advisor to Bush 43)
3)Currently after a consensus of many polls conducted over the summer and fall only 40% of American LIKELY VOTERS feel Obama deserves to be re-elected while over 50% do not. Watch that figure over the next two years.
4)The Dems got 37% of the WHITE vote in the midterm election to 60% for the GOP. This is exactly what Obama’s job approval with WHITES was with Gallup just prior to the election. By the way in the latest Gallup Week Summary Obama has fallen to 33% among WHITE voters. Obama cannot win re-election being mired between 33%-38% with WHITE voters.
5) And currently Obama is only getting support from about 41% from MALE voters and about 48% from FEMALES. In 2008 it was 49% and 56% respectively. Obama cannot win re-election with these current numbers.
Conclusion:
Palin has a decent shot at beating Obama but it is not for the reason you think. As the famous Brices Crossroads wrote a few months ago about the Carter-Reagan matchup, once the voters decided to fire Carter, they voted for Reagan despite some folks having misgivings about the Gipper and the same will apply in 2012-once the American people decide to fire Obama en masse they will vote for the GOP nominee, whoever that might be. If it is Palin, so be it.
Debates anyone?
Nobody has said she can't run. I've never said she shouldn't run. I never used the word "unelectable". I don't believe she has a very good chance of winning the general election though I think her chance of winning the nomination would be quite good.
I’m not pumping for any candidate here. You got me wrong. I do not think she can win. I’m not saying no conservative can win the presidency. I think one can. I do not think Palin can win. I’ll ask again what electoral numbers do you think would give her a victory? Maybe you think she’ll win New Jersey or maybe NH (only 4 votes). I don’t know. You won’t tell me.
Mitt Romney ?
are you nutz ?
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