>> “Candidates have to be able to raise and budget funds effectively” <<
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So that they will be beholden to the big money people rather than the voters?
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>> “They have to debate other candidates and argue their ideas with them in public forums” <<
Palin, and really, only Palin has presented the issues and her platform for all to see in writing and in public address.
No professed candidate is prepared to debate Palin, because the platform points that she has expressed are exactly the ones that they had hoped to ignore completely, and figured that the LSM would be happy to assist them in that goal.
That is exactly what these fake debates with restricted questions are all about.
>> “The reasons I see given for Sarah not getting in I read as: she doesn’t want to do what it takes to be a candidate” <<
What??? - She is the only candidate that has done anything of significance, and she is doing it constantly: Hitting the pretender in the offal orifice with real, well thought out commentary on his failures and devastation of the country.
So that they will be beholden to the big money people rather than the voters?
So they can win. We need someone who can beat Obama, and raising money is a requirement for a competitive campaign.
Palin, and really, only Palin has presented the issues and her platform for all to see in writing and in public address.
Candidates have to defend their positions under fire from competitors. They have to run against other candidates, not just release statements. And, it's not a "platform" until you are a candidate for office.
No professed candidate is prepared to debate Palin.
They don't have to unless she enters the race.
She is the only candidate that has done anything of significance
Except become a candidate. She's not a candidate, she's not in the race.
We need an effective, winning candidate; and, that means someone who is willing to do the things a candidate has to do, to work for it. Actually enter the race, build a finance team and a campaign staff, win local endorsements, organize a real campaign on the ground, debate and defend their positions, develop and execute a campaign strategy.
A Rosey Ruiz strategy is not going to cut it.
“Palin, and really, only Palin has presented the issues and her platform for all to see in writing and in public address.”
C’mon, you cant be serious.
We have 2 books from Perry, maybe a dozen books from Gingrich. Ideas galore from Gingrich, Santorum, Cain and Bachmann. They’ve given more real substance and detail on their plans, and folks like Bachmann can back up their words with what they’ve been doing in Congress.
Just this week, Romney delivered a tome, a serious detailed economic plan, almost 100 pages of specific legislation and presidential actions to turn the economy around:
Here’s Romney’s summation:
Right-size government by cutting spending, repealing Obamacare, and ending wasteful programs
Make American businesses competitive in the global economy
Open markets abroad, on fair terms, for American goods and services
Ensure energy security and independence for America
Train and prepare American workers for the jobs of today and tomorrow
Sound familiar? It should sound familiar because in fact nothing Palin has been saying is drastically different from what the announced GOP candidates are saying, including Romney’s plan. It’s all about drilling for energy, reforming tax code, cutting the spending, fixing entitlements, repealing Obamacare and getting govt back under control and giving the people their freedom. The ‘plan’ in her Iowa speech is a cliff notes version of what Romney lays out in detail.
And this “No professed candidate is prepared to debate Palin” must be unintentional satire, since OF COURSE the announced candidates just DID debate tonight, and Palin is free to join the crown if/when she announces. None will fear her in the debates.
“Hitting the pretender in the offal orifice with real, well thought out commentary on his failures and devastation of the country.”
Palin has been great on this, true, but pretending she’s the only one is silly, when most of the candidates (i’d say all except Huntsman) have been going after Obama pretty well. Perry did enough right out of the gate to get Team Obama focussed on him, like Sauron’s eye after the Ring!