[2ndDivisionVet]

I await your thoughts...

[ReneeLynn]

Sarah knows who dirty, sneak-attacked her. Who kept her out of this race. I suspect it’s payback time now. Sarahcuda style.

[Wyoming Cowboy]

Well, I’m still hoping for her to save us all come convention time...

[CainConservative]

INTRADE now:

Newt Gingrich to win the 2012 South Carolina PrimaryEvent: South Carolina Primary (Republican)
83.9%
chance

Mitt Romney to win the 2012 South Carolina PrimaryEvent: South Carolina Primary (Republican)
17.7%
chance

[paul51]

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

[PA Engineer]

You betcha.

[tsowellfan]

Not sure if I’m rooting for Santorum to drop out or stay in. The last time he endorsed Mitt Romney

[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.

[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...

[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.

[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

[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.

[RetSignman]

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

[Friendofgeorge]

Phony baloney Nikki Haley was asked about the Palin Factor by Gretta Van.... last night, the pathetic NH said she has seen or heard nothing about Sarah Palin, but went on to say she was a dear friend??? Some friend, what a joke!!

Ya NH and MB and Sarah are all dear friends...LOL

I hope NH is thrown out of office first chance SC voters get.

[BobL]

Good article. I’m not in SC, but between Newt and Santorum, it is a tough call. Newt’s personal life is yucky, his politics were good when he ran the House, but he goes off the shoulder every now and then (to say the least) - but then Newt seems able to attack the bad guys (i.e., media, Dems, etc.). Rick, at least in my book, was a good conservative in the Senate - on close votes he was ALWAYS with the conservatives (unlike the real RINOs). Once in a while he vote local (like protecting unions, something understandable, somewhat, in PA), and he did support his president...even for big government. But I don’t remember any votes where Clinton wanted something passed and Santorum was supporting him and angering the base. So, to me, he would have done well as president. But Rick was boring and it wasn’t clear if he had the stomach to take on Obama - something that McCain CLEARLY was not up to in 2008.

But then Sarah spoke, and that was it for me. It was Newt all the way, and I’m not even a big Sarah person. There’s just something about her guidance when the two remaining viable candidates are that close to each other.

[FrankR]

[CatherineofAragon]

“I await your thoughts..”

You probably don’t want mine. Sarah was originally my candidate of choice, but she chose not to run. CHOSE. NOT. TO. RUN. Yet I’m still waiting for people to get the crap over her already and order from the menu we have.

It’s obsessive.

[DNME]

When Sarah said she would vote for Gingrich if she lived in South Carolina, she added that she didn’t want to see the nomination process decided too early.

That tells me she WANTS a brokered convention. And she could win the whole thing, IMHO, if they drafted her for the GOP nomination.

Everyone who hates Sarah Palin will continue to hate her, no matter what she says or does.

The rest of us, who love her, know she draws HUGE crowds and she is popular. She is the living embodiment of the Tea Party and, I believe, holds our best hope for both winning the White House and getting us back on course.