Posted on 07/27/2010 3:25:02 PM PDT by techno
Palin has high favorables with the party?
Coward Romney will use dirty tricks against Honorable
Gov. Palin and her children (as before).
The backstabbing, carpetbagger will continue to hide,
throwing bricks, defending ObamaCARE, defending RomneyCARE.
Palin’s favorables with PPP and Econ/youguv have been consistently in the 70’s and she has constantly maintained a double-digit lead on her GOP competitors for months. Gallup about a week or so ago pegged them at 76/20.
The issue with Palin has never been her standing with Republicans or conservatives (also in the mid 70 range) but whether this could be translated into these folks voting for Palin in the GOP primaries (or now the polls). Until recently the gap was quite large but with recent polls there is reason to belief that gap is narrowing as she begins to LEGITIMIZE her presidential credentials and proves she is worthy and qualified.
Of course Palin’s GOP competitors (especially Romney) are none too happy with this recent development.
President Palin. Read it, write it down, think those words, get used to them, because she is going top run in 2012 and she is going to win, period.
No amnesty queens. Sorry.
Yep, there are those who say it’s good at least that Romney is contributing money to various Republican campaigns—but that’s very expensive money.
I don't know how much of a favorite son Romney is considered. I'm in Massachusetts, and I don't detect the love for him some outside the state seem to see.
Obama's thin skin could be his undoing. McCain was so obsequious, as if he was afraid of upsetting St. Obama. I can see Palin getting solid points across and not being seen as bitchy, but in contrast, Obama could very easily be seen as his whiney, bitchy self in response.
Good article. My enthusiasm level has ticked up a little bit.
Good post
I’m in Massachusetts, and I don’t detect the love for him some outside the state seem to see.”
I’m from there, have a wicked lot of family there, still...you couldn’t get anyone they or I know to vote for him at gunpoint.
I’m sorry she doesn’t seem ready to be President. She has repeatedly demonstrated an inabilty to answer simple questions in interviews.
Also, what does she really believe? Is she really pro-amnesty, as another poster above has intimated. Sounds like it from what I’ve heard. What specific steps is she going to take to address the budget issues. What’s she going to to in Iraq and Afghanistan, and with Iran?
Is she just the latest sock-puppet for William Kristol? Can we expect the return on neo-con Bushism if she is elected? That’s what it’s starting to feel like to me.
Bush was a “feel good” candidate of the right. Obama was the “feel good” candidate of the left. And while Bush was not a anti-American horror like Obama, he failed to advance the conservative agenda in any meaningful way. And, why should he. He never said he was going to.
I’m all for baseball, the flag, and apple pie, but it’s going to take a lot more than that to get me to support someone in 2012. I could support Palin, but only if she clearly articulates what she stands for.
So far, her sniping on issues like the mosque in New York is amusing, but not convincing. The only reason we even are discussin a mosque is because of decades of misguided, failed immigration policy has let in thousands of hostile, Sharia loving Muslim immigrants.
Is her brain big enough to connect those two rather obvious points, and resolve to fix the root cause? Or is she planning on getting elected with a soft-sell pitch. We’re beyond that now. We need a strong person, with clear ideals and plans.
I didn't quit!
I think the writer may be underestimating Independent support for Mrs Palin. Her endorsement of Rand Paul pleased many of them.
Who is that?
“Is her brain big enough?” Sounds like you’ve fallen for the Democrat-media blitz on her being a ditz. I suppose you haven’t noticed that she’s run circles around any other political players for the past 18 months?
She’s not perfect and she’s not going to be, but it also sounds like you’ve fallen for the “She’s not ready” meme. She’s got gobs of experience, incredible political instincts, and the right, principled core. And yes, I hate it when she talks around rather than answering a question—though that is what pols are wont to do. (And it sounds as if your idea of a straight-talking pol may be sadly unelectable.)
I think all the tabloid instincts in her daughter Bristol are unfortunate, I worry that she’s bought in on the ‘path to citizenship’ once the border is supposedly sealed, and I hope that she’s not inclined to use the military in an activist global way.
But there is nobody else close to her political talent about to step out or be drafted. My take is that as of now she’s the best hope for the Republicans. Better to back her but get her nailed down on immigration than to look about for another candidate to beat Obama—’cause she’s likely the only one who can.
Indeed she has much to overcome...you make many valid points.
She will have to convince me as well.
I hope she can.
Good reasoned post, but you will pay for it with unreasoned insults.
Pawlenty's Record (Pawlenty 2006: "Era of Small Government is Over")Wall Street Journal
How far do you think he will get with the voters?
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