The reasons Sarah Palin wouldn’t run for president

Washington Post ^ | 07:53 AM ET, 08/22/2011 | Aaron Blake and Rachel Weiner

[SoConPubbie]

It’s the question that has been asked over and over for well more than a year now: Will Sarah Palin run for president?

The former Alaska governor has people talking yet again after her PAC on Friday released an Iowa-themed web video teasing her appearance at a tea party rally there on Sept. 3. And former Bush adviser Karl Rove, for one, thinks she’ll do it.

For what it’s worth, so too do an increasing number of Palin’s potential opponents in the GOP presidential campaign. But many others remains skeptical.

[Covenantor]

The RINO wing won't cede power easily and it certainly won't respect a splintered conservative base.

Do you really think that the current Rino leadership in the House and Senate are honored and revered by anybody but the walking dead country clubbers? The Rino's are flotsam and jetsam waiting to fulfill their destiny of being swept away.

[Cincinatus' Wife]

Yes it will!!

[frogjerk]

thanks

[sand88]

The Independents won’t get behind her in a Presidential race. She can’t win.

This LIE is all the PDSers have. It's based on meaningless polls and distortions of the MSM.

Sarah WILL get a majority of so called Independents. Sarah strikes the most rabid hate in the evil left. They know what Sarah's supporters know: She will crush the Marxist (>370EV)

[HerbieHoover]

If she passes on the Sept. 3 speech, she is not running.

I have a mental image of Palin's diehards on the morning of 6 November 2012, still declaring that she's still waiting for just the right moment to announce.

[OrangeHoof]

The RINOs are the representatives of the CEOs and estate owners who aren’t as ideologically conservative but are Republicans because they resent the Democrats’ attempts at class warfare and attacks on wealth.

They may not have the passion of conservative voters but they have the wallets we only wish we had. When a candidate can energize both wings, the party can top the Democrats. When they can’t, they lack the electoral strength to defeat the Democrats.

“Country clubbers” can be a pain in the ass but we need their money and support to beat Obama just as they need our grassroots activism to get voters to the polls to beat Obama. Either side cannot win it alone.

If Palin cannot tap into the “country clubbers”, she’ll ultimately fail. Same is true of Bachmann or Cain. Romney and Huntsman come from the other direction - they need to attract conservatives and, if they can’t, they’ll ultimately fail.

I’m a social and economic conservative. In a perfect world, I want the most socially and economically conservative candidate to win. But, to beat the Democrats, we also need someone who can energize the “country clubbers” and RINOs. If Sarah can do that, I’m happy but if it takes a Perry to satisfy both wings, I can live with that too. More than anything, we *have* to beat Obama to have any chance at rolling back all the damage he’s done.

[freespirited]

ABsolutely! Sarah would be perfect for Kyl’s seat. But there is no sign that she is interested.

[submarinerswife]

Sarah WILL get a majority of so called Independents.

What color is the sky in the world that you live in?

[dfwgator]

I think she’s considering both, and certainly keeping a high profile would help towards running for the Senate seat, should she not run for POTUS..IMHO, that would be her best move, because that would give her the opportunity to overcome her negatives....I just don’t see that happening in time for the 2012 election for her to win. Imagine Palin as Senate Majority Leader...yes normally Senators make for poor Presidential Candidates, but at least Palin would also have her Alaska Governorship to hang her hat on.

[sarah fan UK]

Correct that she isn’t interested in a Senate seat. Confirmed here.

http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/arizona/politics/article_b04ebb62-8ed1-11e0-8be2-001cc4c03286.html

[CharlesWayneCT]

When did Reagan announce his candidacy?

Is he running again? I thought he was dead....

[CharlesWayneCT]

Technically, Glenn Beck lined up the september Iowa event. I personally think it would be weird to have her use that as her official campaign announcement, I would think she’d set up her own event, but she doesn’t do things the normal way so who knows.

So long as Sarah Palin keeps saying she is considering running but hasn’t made up her mind one way or another yet, I’m going to actually believe her and remain neutral on the subject. I let others pretend they know better than Sarah herself what she is going to do.

[CharlesWayneCT]

I disagree. She is very powerful right now, as the voice of the tea party and a kingmaker. Being just a senator from Alaska wouldn’t be nearly as good a platform for her.

[CharlesWayneCT]

Of course she knows whether she is running, but why would she want to deprive the press of the time they need to vet Perry?

Sarah Palin: "I'm not the only one who has not decided yet and is not ready to announce yet. There's still a lot of contemplation that needs to go into such a life-changing, earth-shattering decision."

Do you think she is lying, or are you just expressing your own wishful thinking? I choose to believe Sarah Palin is telling us the truth when she appeared on Meghan Kelly's show a couple of days ago and again said she was still CONSIDERING the race but hadn't decided yet, and was going to evaluate the other candidates befor making a decision later.

[ConservativeDude]

Yes, that is an important but oft-forgotten point around here!

[frposty]

“defer to your tagline”

My tagline reflects my modesty and humility. Actually I’m very smart.

[mrspeelwerneeded]

This is recent for me. I took my tagline of Palin 2012 down because of her behavior. It’s getting to be too much. If she doesn’t run it’s going to be interesting to see the reactions.