Dissecting Sarah Palin’s 2012 Candidacy (Palin - Giuliani 2012)

Governor Palin 4 President ^

[MaxCUA]

As more and more of the country is realizing Obama is a communist and a monumental disaster, dreams of 2010 and 2012 are vivid and nightly. Race for 2008 posted its analysis of each candidate on domestic and foreign policy. I included their analysis on Governor Palin and Mayor Giuliani, since I think they would make a great team. I do not believe he is a RINO, they have similar political styles and they are friends. You can also check-out their analysis on Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Tom Ridge, Mike Huckabee, Gary Johnson and Ron Paul.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

And what, in God's name, would Rudy bring to the table?

Hell, she might as well run with McKeating again.

[pgyanke]

One more time... NO GUILIANI!!!

Thank you for listening...

[rockinqsranch]

IBTZ!

[rightwingextremist1776]

Well...even Ronald Regan had to balance the ticket....

[Non-Sequitur]

You can also check-out their analysis on Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, Tom Ridge, Mike Huckabee, Gary Johnson and Ron Paul.

I doubt that any of them would have any interest in second place on a Palin ticket.

[Tijeras_Slim]

Gary Johnson? You gotta be kidding me...

[dirtboy]

Well...even Ronald Regan had to balance the ticket....

There's balancing the ticket ... and then there's scuttling it.

[Diogenesis]

The article inaccurately describes the evil Mitt Romney.

Romney is a hater of women and is fascist when convenient.
Romney favored an OPEN BORDER until he was exposed using
criminal illegal aliens in his Belmont sanctuary.

James Carville (DNC): "It's a feel-good story, this Romney thing. Romney is an ascendant guy."

The McCain/Palin ticket was up ++8 pts. days prior to September 18th, 2008.
So the RomneyTeam attacked Gov. Palin and her children to throw Election2008.

"Frum was indeed a critic of Palin, calling her nomination a "huge mistake" during an October 13 Early Show appearance."

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David Frum: "Two of our most plausible candidates for president in 2012 are leading Mormons: Mitt Romney and Utah governor Jon Huntsman."

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David Frum: "I have a lot of regard for Mitt Romney as a man and politician.
Let me say for the record: If Romney emerges as the Republican nominee, I will support him without qualm."

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Late in October, The American Spectator's The Prowler revealed:
"Former Mitt Romney presidential campaign staffers, some of whom are currently working for Sen. John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin's bid for the White House,
have been involved in spreading anti-Palin spin to reporters, seeking to diminish her standing after the election.
'Sarah Palin is a lightweight, she won't be the first, not even the third, person people will think of when it comes to 2012,'
says one former Romney aide, now working for McCain-Palin.
'The only serious candidate ready to challenge to lead the Republican Party is Mitt Romney.
He's in charge on November 5th.'"
The Prowler added: "Some former Romney aides were behind the recent leaks to media, including CNN, that Governor Sarah Palin was a 'diva' and was going off message intentionally."
The Romney supporters in the McCain campaign had access to internal polling which indicated well in advance of the November 4 election that McCain had no chance to win.
So they began working to position their man Mitt for a run in 2012. Just two days after the election,The Palmetto Scoop reported:
"One of the first stories to hit the national airwaves was the claim of a major internal strife between close McCain aides and the folks handling his running mate Sarah Palin."
"I’m told by very good sources that this was indeed the case and that a rift had developed, but it was between Palin’s people and the staffers brought on from the failed presidential campaign of former Gov. Mitt Romney, not McCain aides."
"The sources said nearly 80 percent of Romney’s former staff was absorbed by McCain and these individuals were responsible for what amounts to a premeditated, last-minute sabotage of Palin."
These aides loyal to Romney inside the McCain campaign, said The Scoop, reportedly saw that Palin would be a serious contender for the Republican nomination in 2012 or 2016, which made her a threat to another presidential quest by Romney.
Erick Erickson, who organized Operation Leper, said:
"Here’s what I think: I think there are some staffers on the McCain campaign who seriously screwed up the roll out of Sarah Palin, to which Governor Palin herself objected.
These staffers are now out trying to finish her off thinking, as typical D.C. types do, that if they don’t do it to her, she’ll do it to them. They just never understood who Palin is or what she is about."
"Likewise, I do think there are some staffers and others who expect Mitt Romney to run again in 2012,
they decided McCain could not win, and decided to undermine Sarah Palin and her chances hoping it would ingratiate themselves with Mitt Romney."

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"Who's the Palin Leaker from the McCain Campaign? (Mark Wallace, Romney pimp)
National Review Online The publication of a Vanity Fair profile of Sarah Palin
appears to have opened old wounds in the McCain campaign.
... the source of the “Diva” leak was Nicolle Wallace’s husband."

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Who benefits most from Sanford meltdown? Californian (that's right) Mitt Romney

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"Peeking Out From the McCain Wreckage: Mitt Romney"

"Someone's got to say it: IS MITT ROMNEY RESPONSIBLE FOR OBAMA'S VICTORY?"

"Vanity: Team Romney Sabotaged Palin and Continuing to Do So?"

"Romney Supporters Trashing Palin"

"Romney advisors sniping at Palin?"

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[monkeypants]

and may I add... NO GIULIANI!!

(nor Huck, Mitt, Newt, Dick, Jeb or Timmy).

These folks need to help us find a solid Patriot who serves the Constitution.

[Rodebrecht]

What do you have against Gary Johnson?

[Vigilanteman]

If we have to have a RINO on the ticket, we should at least make sure they are in the second spot. I think the ego of Gui8lani would be too big to accept second billing. Ditto for Huckabee, Romney and, of course, McCain.

If a RINO is needed for balance or whatever reason, I beleive a well-known but weak personality like Orin Hatch or even Joe Lieberman might do the job without undermining Sarah. Neither is what you would consider a solid conservative except on a few important issues. But neither has an ego too big to handle the #2 spot either.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

KEEP GIULIANI IN NYC AND AWAY FROM ME!

[monkeypants]

No RINO on ticket - that’s the path to Hell.

[humble and shy]

Personally, I’d like to see a Palin-Hunter ticket. I think that would rock!

[broken_arrow1]

Makes me skeptical when someone is stating Guliani is NOT a RINO. Like telling me Obama is NOT a communist. At lease he got it half right.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The guy was good in some ways while in office, but he’s more like the typical Santa Fe freak now. Not to mention cheating on his late wife who was largely responsible for his success (being the brains of Big J)with some artsy hardbody because Dee had physical problems and couldn’t keep up with skier-boy.

I’m convinced Gary dumping her contributed to her premature death (A cause was never mentioned in the press, but to be found dead in bed right around Thanksgiving? I believe she may have gone the OD on pills route.)

He’s a right egotistical bastard who wants to be 20 forever.

[Retired Greyhound]

Be patient. A candidate will emerge.

Palin has really helped her cause since she stepped down as Gov. She delievered the fatal blow to health care with two simple words: death panel. Quite Reaganesque.

But Jindal is doing some impressive things in LA. He is an attractive candidate, too.

[Rodebrecht]

Good governor, bad person?

[counterpunch]

I doubt Sarah would choose Giuliani as her running mate.
She would pick John McCain!

Every time she makes a move, she is flanked by McCain’s people.
When are FReepers going to wake up to this fact?

[hosepipe]

Palin / G. Gordon Liddy...

[Tijeras_Slim]

OK Gov, even not comparing him to the current one. His strongest point was fiscal discipline. It’s just that he left office and wanted to play all the time.

New Mexico is a small place in some ways. I was talking with his father Earl at a local lumberyard and he said, “He doesn’t have the faintest idea what’s he’s doing.” My wife worked with Earl in the school system for a number of years, and knew Gary when she was doing triathalons in the 80’s, when he seemed to spend most of his time training with his crony Harold Fields - who followed him into the administration.

[ilgipper]

I wouldn’t call Guiliani a RINO. Ya can’t paint everyone that is not rated 100% by the ACU with a single blanket statement. Rudy is very strong on some issues and very liberal on others. Unlike a lot of the go along get along people we see that hurt the party, there is no better figure on a number of conservative issues than Rudy. He brought any number of strong conservative things to the city of NYC to make it a livable and fiscally strong city. He is obviously weak on a number of issues which is why I would not back him for President, but you can’t lump him in with so many of these others like Crist in FL, McCain etc that claim to be conservative but mush out on everything.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhe38wJ86Do

[Clemenza]

Rudy is seen as a has-been in his old stomping grounds. His pro-gay, anti-gun, pro-illegal record cannot be hidden, nor can his associations with the likes of Ray Harding and Bernie Kerick.

I can't believe that Rudybots still exist on this site. I guess because they think a Long Island creampuff like Rudy is "tough."

[ex-snook]

" And what, in God's name, would Rudy bring to the table? "

Let's see now. It would advance the pro-abortion agenda that Steele wants. It would also bring Rudy's choice of sidekicks like indicted Kerik for Homeland security. The GOP could say he is a Catholic, the first Italian, Jewish voters in Israel, the NYC vote. There sure a lot of pluses, aren't there. Now about the negatives - just about everyone else.

[Vigilanteman]

Reagan named a RINO to the ticket. If we can get eight years of Sarah Palin, I will take four years of a RINO afterward.

The way ObaMao is ruling from the far left, I'd like to think we could put TWO conservatives on the ticket and still win. At this point, however, I think we need to be prepared to throw the RINO wing a bone.

[newfreep]

I’d like to see President Palin pick a strong conservative for VP that knows the inner workings of the Fedzilla to be able to purge the garbage as quickly as possible.

[toddausauras]

I think Palin/Rudy would be very effective. He’s a great attack dog, would reassure miderates, has credibility (deserved or not...perception is king) on the economy and he’s a great campaigner. It’s too early but what the hell. I’m not worried that he’s too this or that, he would be a vp, Sarah would be in charge. He would help her win bottom line.

[broken_arrow1]

Guliani thought gun control was okay. That violates the second amendment just fine! That makes him a RINO in my book, which is the Constitution.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

I’m not voting for Palin if she picks Rudy, forget it!

[presently no screen name]

I agree and he does have backbone!

[presently no screen name]

Here we go, again.

[SoCalPol]

The Pot Heads support Gary Johnson since he is on himself.
A Paulite loon.

[presently no screen name]

You are grasping at straws big time.

[Reagan Man]

Palin-Giuliani?! You can’t be serious.

They’ll have to do it without my vote.

[Reagan Man]

>>>>>Ya can’t paint everyone that is not rated 100% by the ACU with a single blanket statement.

This rationale is way over the top. Giuliani's politics are very close with Joe Lieberman's politics. Lieberman's lifetime ACU rating is 15.96! Compare that with McCain at 81.43. Come on. Giuliani is a life long liberal who supports big government, gun control, abortion, amnesty and a host of other "progressive" policies.

The GOP needs to reject the likes of Rudy, Romney, Huckabee and Ron Paul for any elective office. Especially POTUS and VPOTUS.

[FreeStateYank]

My VP selections: Lt. Col. West or Ken Blackwell.

[Still Thinking]

Palin - Giuliani 2012

Yeah, um, no, I don't think so.

[Still Thinking]

I’d like to see President Palin pick a strong conservative for VP that knows the inner workings of the Fedzilla to be able to purge the garbage as quickly as possible.

Good point. She has no fedgov experience and one problem is that even when you get a reasonably conservative POTUS, the agencies have a life of their own and often undermine the philosophy the candidate campaigned on. So having someone with the savvy and the balls to ride herd on the bureaucrats would be a big plus for her.

[Kevmo]

If tootyfruityrudy is on the ticket I may just vomit all day when it comes time to vote.

[MaggieCarta]

I included their analysis on Governor Palin and Mayor Giuliani, since I think they would make a great team.

Bwah-hah-hah! Oh, stop, it hurts to laugh so hard.

[MaggieCarta]

For you, MaxCUA

[correctthought]

I agree, No Guiliani,

and add, No Romney.

[jaydee770]

Awwww geeze, not this crap again!

Giuliani? Really? That’s who you came up with?

Focus on why Sarah has ignited the political right like no one has since Reagan. If you pair her with a RINO, you will douse that flame quicker than you can say, “compassionate-conservatism”.

[GQuagmire]