Posted on 08/21/2014 2:15:58 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
WASHINGTON -- Sarah Palin has lost the magic. The defeat of her choice Tuesday in a Republican Senate primary in her home state of Alaska capped a primary season in which her favored candidates have stumbled across the nation.
A referendum to restore Palin’s signature achievement from her time as Alaska governor, a state tax on oil companies, was also headed toward defeat following Tuesday’s voting, dealing a double whammy loss to Palin in her home state and highlighting her declining influence.
Only four of the 15 congressional candidates endorsed by Palin nationwide this year have won their primaries, a far worse record than the previous two elections, when Palin played a role as kingmaker and her approval was eagerly sought by candidates looking for an edge with Republican voters.
Palin remains talented at raising money. “But her influence on the actual political process is diminishing rapidly,” said John Feehery, a Republican political consultant and former aide to GOP leadership in the House of Representatives.
Read more here: http://www.sacbee.com/2014/08/20/6642066/palin-goes-0-for-2-in-alaska-as.html#storylink=cpy
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And I’m in a state that has runoffs, and I really do not like these races where there is no runoff, especially one with that split among three candidates: 40%/32%/25%.
No way can it be said with confidence that Sullivan is the clear choice of those who voted. 25% is a big chunk of the voters who might have gone either way in a runoff.
you are quite wrong
the poster is solid GOPc
Well, we also had the cluster shmuck in Mississippi with the runoff, so I am mixed on them.
She was wrong on the Tax issue. Too many Alaskans are what I have read here, “Redneck socialists.” Hate the government, but give me my dang permanent fund money!
Doing business in Alaska is extremely hard and expensive, raping oil companies is not going to help things become more productive.
She endorsed Joe Miller too late. I think it really bumped him up in the votes, but it was just too late. Miller got all sorts of endorsements in the last week before the voting. Palin, Levin, pro-life groups, all in the last week.
Really, how come your alleged GOPc buds keep voting and acting like DemocRats? Not ONE DIME’s worth of difference between your GOPc and the DemocRats. Begone, loser.
Don’t blame SP—most voters are ash holes anyway even on the GOP side.
For later
Willard (Romney).
Is this you?
Still dreaming that you can beat Hillary, ain’t you?
I’ll follow her lead anywhere.
A+Bert ?
That was a very unusual election where the leader was so close to 50%, with only three candidates in the race. But, overall, runoffs give the voters a far better opportunity to pick a candidate closest to their views on the issues.
The worst examples of no runoffs are presidential primaries where candidates win states with barely 30% of the vote and then can win the nomination with around 35% of the vote (at the point the winner was obvious, not the final vote including all states).
Maybe if the GOP hadn’t worked hand-in-hand with the Democrats dating all the way back to the deliberate strategy of bankrupting her family and tarnishing her name with the provocative headlines those phony lawsuits engendered, she’d have had a half a chance of being the candidate you seem to think she should have been.
And until Tucson, I think she was going to run…and win.
I think Tucson changed everything. She no longer trusted most of those that she had once assumed she could trust after they clearly showed the eagerness to “finish her off” politically. Fox News became far more of a wishy-washy platform for moderates than a soapbox for conservatives, probably sensing that there would be consequences if they didn’t betray conservatives.
And so we got stuck with Mitt. If it makes you feel good to blame Sarah Palin for that knock yourself out. But for my money, no one running in 2012 had what it took to win against Obama. And I have yet to see anyone aside from Ted Cruz who can do it this year. And the GOP would rather lose to Hillary than allow Cruz to win.
Cockerman ? Sounds right.
Trollbait.
-——A+Bert ?——
of course not.....nor am i wally-bert, razorback bert, dalebert, nor rahbert
I am the original bert. bert’s are fantastic freepers
i am an observer that describes what I see, a wide view. some are blind or view things through a paper towel tube and can’t properly discern the reality.
I have coined the term GOPc to describe the conservative majority that will likely control the new congress
Couldn’t have said it better myself.
Only to add that after Tucson, when the media went into its most vile and incendiary character-assassination I’ve ever witnessed in my life, practically dumping the murdered bodies right on her doorstep, coupled with her fellow GOP-er’s cowardly deserting her in droves, unwilling to provide even modest vocal objections to this “blood libel,” Palin’s approval ratings had cratered to around 28% to 29%.
Difficult position to recover from and mount a campaign.
Bless her heart, I think she’d be a great Senator or President if she could get in, but I don’t see her ever getting elected to any public office again. Just not in the cards.
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