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Sarah Palin may be the most electrifying political personality in a lifetime. Barack Obama came from nowhere to win the Presidency, but no one has quite fascinated the American public as the former Governor of Alaska. There is considerable speculation that Ms. Palin will run for President in 2012. She did not discourage anyone from that viewpoint in her recent interview on Fox News Sunday, and it appears that she will run if drafted. I would suggest that she may make a capable President in the future, but 2012 is not the right time. If anyone needs proof that a...

Sarah Palin has undoubted political skills. In fact, that's what one should expect from someone who defeated an incumbent governor in the primary and a former governor in the general election. But her common touch and winning speaking style do not mean she is a reincarnation of Ronald Reagan.

PHOENIX, ARIZONA. FEBRUARY 14, 2010. President’s Day will be the day an almost-President will formally feel a hard charge from his right. Conservative former Congressman and talk radio host J.D. Hayworth will announce his campaign for the U.S. Senate, a seat now held by the 24-year incumbent John McCain, at Hayworth's new campaign headquarters in Phoenix. Republican stalwarts, Team Party patriots and a few surprises will be on hand. The Hayworth campaign will also launch a “Money Bomb” on Monday too. Details about this online fundraising effort can be found at www.JDforSenate.com, which formally debuts with Hayworth’s announcement.

The significance of Governor Palin’s speech at the Tea Party Convention in Nashville lies in the new facets it discloses of the emerging doctrine we call Palinism. We wrote of this in an editorial issued December 2. It marked Mrs. Palin’s willingness to let Israel decide how to regulate its settler movement, her statements in favor of a strong dollar and concern over the collapse in the greenback’s value against gold, and her recognition that the unemployment question is connected to the tax question. For all the eagerness of her critics to set her down as a lightweight, the early...

Faced with his toughest re-election battle ever, John McCain has moved to the right on several hot-button issues, like gays in the military and climate change, and has built a campaign war chest of more than $5 million. Defeated just two years ago as the Republican presidential candidate and with his bonafides as a true conservative again being challenged, John McCain finds himself in a struggle to get even his party's nomination for another term in the Senate. Many conservatives and Tea Party activists are lining up behind Republican challenger and former talk radio host J.D. Hayworth, reflecting a rising...

"I want to speak up for the American people and say: No, we really do have some good common-sense solutions. I can be a messenger for that. Don't have to have a title to do it." This is a pitch-perfect recital of the populist message that has worked in campaigns past. There are times when the American people are looking for something more: for an Eisenhower, who liberated Europe; an FDR or a Kennedy or a Bush, all unashamed aristocrats; or an Obama, with eloquence and brains. But in the present mood of the country, Palin is by all odds...

Sen. John McCain once led the global warming debate on Capitol Hill, pledging to force repeated floor votes on cap-and-trade legislation until it passed. "Over time we will not be elected Miss Congeniality in the Senate, but we will win," the Arizona Republican said in April 2006. But McCain has gone on hiatus from the issue since losing the presidential election to Barack Obama. And he is likely to keep his distance even more over the next six months due to a primary challenge from a conservative former congressman that threatens to end his Senate career after four terms. "The...

Maricopa Co. Sheriff Joe Arpaio is urging GOPers to shelve Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in favor of ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R), a challenger attacking from the right, in a new letter sent to primary voters. "Senator McCain has served this country admirably but it's time to replace his moderate or even liberal positions on taxes, the border, social causes and big bank bailouts with a consistent conservative like J.D.," Arpaio writes in the letter. ""I just wish Senator McCain had run as hard against Barack Obama as he is against a conservative like J.D. That could have prevented the harmful,...

(CNN) - The newest member of the Senate will soon hit the 2010 campaign trail for Arizona Sen. John McCain. A McCain source confirms Sen. Scott Brown, R-Massachusetts, will campaign with the 2008 Republican presidential nominee in early March. McCain is facing a primary challenge from former Rep. J.D. Hayworth. (snip) Former Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin will also hit the campaign trail for McCain at the end of March.

<p>If Tea Party activists are unhappy with President Barack Obama, it would have been a lot worse under President John McCain, Tom Tancredo declared Thursday in opening remarks at the convention in Nashville, Tenn.</p> <p>“Thank God John McCain lost the election,” the former GOP congressman from Colorado and 2008 presidential candidate said to cheers and applause from the 600 grassroots activists in attendance.</p>

Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) wants Obama to use the State of the Union address to reach out to Republicans. It’s something the 2008 Republican candidate defeated by Obama says the president has failed to do since entering office. “I'm still waiting for him to fulfill his campaign promise of sitting down together and negotiate in good faith with one another and not ram things through,” he said.

The question isn’t why Sarah Palin is helping John McCain. The question is: What are you doing to stop him from cementing his Big Government Republican legacy? *** Pay attention: In the afterglow of the Massachusetts Miracle, there are flickers of peril for The Right. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but like Paul Revere’s midnight-message, consider this warning “a cry of defiance, and not of fear.” Conservatives have worked hard over the past year to rebuild after Big Government Republican John McCain’s defeat. But McCain isn’t going gently into that good night. Red Flag Number One:...

Sen. John McCain (R) has known from an early stage that he could face a tough primary in his bid for re-election this year, and acted on it. He already launched radio ads touting his effort to block President Obama's "extreme left wing crusade." And just this week, Sen.-elect Scott Brown (R) recorded robocalls that went out to voters in Arizona. Now, a Rasmussen poll (502 LVs, 1/20, MoE +/- 4.5%) shows the Maverick just over 50 percent in a potential matchup against former Rep. JD Hayworth -- not the best position for an incumbent to be, but an improvement...

Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) is running a new radio ad slamming an opponent who hasn't even gotten in the race. The unusual ad suggests McCain is truly worried about a challenge from ex-Rep. J.D. Hayworth (R), who is taking steps toward running to McCain's right. McCain has already run 2 positive ads on conservative radio stations, but the 3rd ad shows McCain's team has already done the opposition research. "John McCain's running for re-election. Well, I'd hope so, why wouldn't he? It's not like our country is on the right track. It's a mess, Congress spending us into oblivion. We...

Pay attention: In the afterglow of the Massachusetts Miracle, there are flickers of peril for the right. I hate to be the bearer of bad news, but like Paul Revere’s midnight message, consider this warning “a cry of defiance, and not of fear.” Conservatives have worked hard to rebuild after Big Government Republican John McCain’s defeat. But McCain isn’t going gently into that good night. Red Flag No. One: A reader from Arizona informed me the day after the Bay State Bombshell that he had received a robo-call from Massachusetts GOP Sen.-elect Scott Brown. “He basically wanted me to vote...

The political action committee associated with Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, SarahPAC, reported strong support from small donors in its mid-year report. SarahPAC reported $733,000 in total receipts through June 30, of which $420,000 was “unitemized” or from donors who contributed $200 or less. . . . . . Only two candidates received contributions from SarahPAC through June 30: Palin’s former running mate, John McCain, received $5,000; and Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski received $5,000.

With all due respect to Judis, I'm not popping anything just yet, except maybe some sleeping pills to get me through the night. (That's for you, John.) In the last few days, pretty much every tracking poll I trust (WaPo, Gallup, Rasmussen) and several I either don't trust (that would be you, Zogby) or don't have much of an opinion about (Kos, Investor's Business Daily) has shifted toward McCain, in some cases sharply. While some of the more traditional (i.e., non-tracking) polls show Obama with a big lead--like the Pew poll Judis cites--these polls tend to reflect older information. As of this...

So where is Ralph Nader? of all years when there is so much corruption on the rat side, worse than normal, where is our glorious man of righteous thinking and ideals? where is the uproar over the 1/2 billion spent by husseins' campaign, and where is the uproar over WHERE this money came from... Why aren't the banking and mortgage connections and the contributions hussein rec'd from Wall street robber barons under scrutiny by Nader?.. my opinion?.....they're out there but the drivebys won't cover them because its not in their marching orders.....

my first vanity ever..... I would like some confirmation of the present McPalin campaign.... I live in a no-fly zone apparently and we get no ads here... ARE there McPalin ads?...are they effective?...where are they being run,if anywhere?.....Do we have 527's and are they doing anything?.... who deserves more money right now for good work....which pac or the Rnc or the compliance fund..???.. if we had some sense of where we are, maybe some needs could get filled.... lets brainstorm.....

Here's a thread for all those Sarah Palin lovers out there in America. I have been reading post after post after post of people who love her, want to be her, carry her child (this from some men!), so I decided to start this thread so everyone can voice their respect for the Governor of Alaska.