Palin Factor Starts To Emerge in GOP Race

The New York Sun ^ | January 20, 2012 | Benyamin Korn, Special to The Sun

[2ndDivisionVet]

Who is the leader of the “Not-Romney” movement within today’s GOP?

Is it Newt Gingrich, whose surge in the South Carolina opinion polls puts him within striking distance of front-runner Mitt in tomorrow’s vote?

Is it Ron Paul, whose dedicated core of “hard-money” but isolationist supporters gives him 15 to 20% in every Republican contest?

Or is it Rick Santorum, recently endorsed by a raft of Christian evangelical leaders?

For my dollar, the leader is Sarah Palin, whose endorsements continue to carry more weight among conservatives than any other national figure and who is well-positioned to play a king-making role in the 2012 elections similar to her “Mama Grizzly” performance guiding the Republican surge in 2010.

How did this happen? She’s not running. She’s in Alaska. Since declaring herself a non-candidate at the beginning of October, Mrs. Palin has kept a pretty low profile.

Until recently, her main contribution to the political discourse was castigation of “Congressional insider trading,”a practice exposed by one of her SarahPac advisors, Hudson Institute fellow Peter Schweitzer, in a new book called “Throw Them All Out.” That expose gave rise to competing Congressional reform bills, the best of which would make it illegal for Federal legislators to routinely do what Raj Rajaratnam.

Before that, at a much-noted speech to Iowa Tea Partiers back in August, Mrs. Palin the political wordsmith injected “crony capitalism” into the public discussion. That phrase has captured the corrupt connivance between Big Business and Big Government which challenged the anti-business protestations of the “Occupy” crowd....

[moose-matson]

she dropped out of the race. She's about as relevant as Cain

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She didn't drop out.....she never had the courage to get in.

And, the article says that her endorsement is the king maker.....ok, exactly whom has she endorsed in this consets?

[Gargantua]

She could actually implement all her as-stated "instant and continual" legislative reforms from the "bully-pulpit" of the Vice Presidency, now that I think about it.

Possible Gingrich/Palin ticket coming?

[PSYCHO-FREEP]

Much of the Santorum support was the ex-Palin supporters, but now that Sarah is endorsing Newt, as well as Chuck Norris, Santorum’s numbers have dropped off the chart.

Santorum is also showing his true colors, which are, when he is behind, he gets that Little Boy “ME TOO! ME TOO!”, “But I did this, and I did that” when I was a somebody, and brags about his rather sad, moderate record, as if he was some stellar conservative in the Senate. (When he was not even close.)

Santo, reminds me of Huckabee. Almost a carbon copy, who won Iowa, touted his shaky, moderate record as “conservative” and who brags himself up while his audience is being put to sleep by his lack of personality.

[Principled]

LOL. That’s pretty ignorant. What axe do you have to grind? Your statement only makes it clear that there is one - because the statement itself is foolish and ignorant.

You can hate her all you want, but saying something like that is, well, dumb.

[Wyoming Cowboy]

No.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-rlc/2835295/posts?page=16#16

[Jim Noble]

If Newt falters, which, we must admit, is possible...

And if it becomes clear, as it will, that Romney cannot beat Obama...

Well, then...

[DooDahhhh]

Now, now; too early to figure out who the idiots are!

[Bringbackthedraft]

I think that a Rubio or Allen West might be a better choice ....................................................I’d love to see West in there, There are several high ranking officers out there that would crap in their pants if he was VP. Talk about payback.

[harpu]

"She's about as relevant as Cain"

Your thoughts about Sarah makes YOUR future thoughts about anything on FR also irrelevant.

[monocle]

Well said.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Recent weeks have seen a resurgence of the Grizzly factor. In a December 1 appearance, as a Fox News commentator on the GOP race, Mrs. Palin uttered one sentence in praise of Rick Santorum’s “ideological consistency.” Immediately the former Pennsylvania senator’s numbers began to climb.

Her intrinsic authenticity and honesty gives her immense credibility with conservatives.

[varon]

BTTT

[RobbyS]

I hadn’t thought about that, but you are right. In particular the ones who haven’t get their third star.

[APatientMan]

It’s funny watching people click on Palin threads to call her irrelevant. The irony is astounding.

[raybbr]

Palin has had ZERO influence in this race. She kinda, sorta endorsed Newt last week. Until then she was quiet.

How can anyone possibly claim she's influenced the race when she was silent?

[Venturer]

I kind of thought the Dump Romney movement came from voters who looked at Romney's record and saw too much of a RINO and a flip-flopper than they could stomach.

I don't know why they give the credit for having Republican smart voters to Sarah Palin.

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

Palin is wearing her high-heels and dancing La Cucaracha on the testicles of the GOP.

[LibsRJerks]

Palin’s doing GREAT right where she is. Having far more influence than she ever could have as a presidential or VP candidate. LOOK at the effect she had on this S. Carolina race. I really don’t want her to stop doing whatever she’s doing now ...because it’s working. They can’t attack her — and she’s free to operate. Perfect.

Newt will know whether it’s right to select her as VP, or not. Leave it up to him.

[RetSignman]

I await your thoughts... I await HER endorsement.

[rarestia]

I’d love to see Allen West picked for the VP slot by Gingrich. You’d then see so much racism exhibited by the Leftists that they’d be foaming at the mouth like a rabid dogs and would just end up alienating more potential voters for Obama.

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