Palin has no chance. Outside of FR, she is a joke, quit the governorship, and has too little experience. I like her and think there is a role for her, but she is not going to be president in 2012 or probably ever.
I like Pence. If he is interested, it will be interesting to see how he plays nationally without the name recognition.
DeMint would be ideal, but has no charisma. Unfortunatley, in a superficial world, that puts a nail in the coffin.
McDonnell ran a great campaign, but let’s see if he produces any results before annointing him. Virginia is in quite a mess and McDonnell still hasn’t talked about cutting spending.
I don’t know much about Thune other than that he is good looking and has good hair. Unfortunately, that is a qualifier.
Hahaha!
First of all, how many folks gave 0 "a chance" going into the primaries in 2008?
Secondly, Palin's approval numbers have been climbing, and are now almost on par with 0 himself. What current high-profile Republican has higher approval?
Personally, I don't really care if Sarah is the Presidential or Vice Presidential candidate if we can find someone better for the top of the ticket. It seems clear to me no one suitable has yet emerged (perhaps Bachmann...maybe). Surely no one will yap about her "lack of experience" after 0's tyro tour de force.
Sarah Palin '12! The anti-0!
Gee... a million plus FReepers. Who knew?
Wolfman,
You are listening to too many pundents. I don’t know if Palin is going to be a serious contender in 12 or not, but I can tell you this, what she is doing right now is completely outside the conventional model, which is EXACTLY how she took down the corruption of her own party in her own state, and how she stared down EXXON and showed them the door and got a better deal for her state in the process.
Just because conventional wisdom would say she can’t seriously compete because she’s not in the GOP system, does not mean she won’t be the winner when the dust is all settled.
I think Palin is far smarter than folks give her credit for, and perhaps a bit more ruthless too. If she and Cheney continue to be the only voices in the wilderness saying what the overwhelming majority of the electorate is saying to the liberal socialist agenda, you better believe she’s going to be a force in the coming cycle, no matter what the pundents and the folks in the RNC headquarters think or say.
Her entire political career has been unconventional and outside the “norm”... writing her off simply because of that is foolish.
Sniff, sniff?.
Member since 9/2008.
That says it all.