Rick Perry reveals the aliens among us

If Palin fails to run, all the paychecks will stop cold.

She would be a complete nobody - nothing, faster than a lightening strike.

Nobody would seek her endorsement; nor go to an event to see her (except possibly to lob a few rotten eggs?).

No one knows this fact better than Palin herself. She is truly painted into a corner, where she either runs or runs out.

You are correct. But that’s not why Sarah will run. She will run b/c she is NEEDED in the Executive Office in Washington to SERVE America, and allow freedom to flourish once again. Damn the paychecks!
Perry may be better than some others, but to me he is a disappointment for many reasons. I’m afraid that he will be another Bush and turn a blind eye to the massive illegal nightmare. Bob

I agree fully.

I was merely pointing out how illogical, and foolish the poster’s assertion was.

Here is the difference between you and me on one side and the people who are drawn to these threads only to smear and spread lies on the other: You and I are nowhere close to making up our minds in this election.

I enjoy your comments because I find you so reasonable and 'polite', if I may say so. I also agree with all that you wrote.

Those who are so completely enamoured with Palin will be devastated if she doesn't run, I think. I saw one who said, 'but she'll disappear', and I find that sad.

I sincerely hope that she and Perry will both enter the race and see what happens.

Keep in mind that the members of this website are not indicative to the Republican electorate. And that this primary will be somewhat different from 2000. Romney is in for the long haul. As things stand right now, Bachmann has the grass roots to stay in play through Nevada. We KNOW Ron Paul will spend the least money but will stay in the race into next summer. I am not counting Newt Gingrich's ability to reinvigorate his campaign. Rudy Giuliani desperately wants to be president, and he will be a factor. Barring unforeseen circumstances, Rick Santorum and Tim Pawlenty will cancel each other out and be gone early. They have both been at this for a long time now. They have no traction. I LOVE Herman Cain, but he has no experience, and his peak was probably 16%. Johnson & Huntsman? Paul gets any potential votes that would go to Johnson. Huntsmans votes were already being divided between Pawlenty and Santorum. McCotter (my guy) never thought he had a chance. His campaign is a ruse for name recognition. He wants to challenge Debby Stabenow for Senate. Bolton, I LOVE the dude, but he isn't fooling anyone.

That leaves Romney, Palin and Perry, and THAT is what is drawing the Palinites to the Perry threads. Remember: REPUBLICAN Primary, not CONSERVATIVE one. There are people who vote in Republican primaries who think we should raise taxes, or who support gun control, or who believe in gay marriage, or who want universal healthcare. Hell, registered Democrats can vote in a lot of Republican primaries. The reverse was what Operation Chaos was all about. Without Perry, you have a three horse race: The people who HATE Palin, the people who HATE Romney, and the undecideds. The undecideds lean Romney. With Perry in the Race, Romney loses some votes, but Palin loses more. The people who end up voting for Palin were the 18-20% of Republicans who were always going to vote for Palin. Romeny starts off with the 20% he was always going to get as the frontrunner establishment candidate. Give Paul his 6% and Bachmann her 10% and that leaves us with roughly 30% to be divided between Perry and Romney, with a big majority going to Perry. Will it be enough?

As things stand right now, with Palin out of the race, Bachmann gets more TP votes, but the race still comes down to Perry and Romeny. The only thing Palin does if she enters this race is to basically hand the nomination to Romeny. And don't think all of these people don't have a Karl Rove on their staff who is telling them something similar. Well, maybe not Gingrich, this week anyway. So, if Palin gets in this race, and Romney ends up with the nomination, and Palin becomes his Energy Sec., if you don't smell a rat, I certainly will for you. She who “has no negatives” campaigned for Perry in Texas.

At the moment, I still think Palin is leaning towards enjoying all the attention she's getting for now, cashing her FOX checks, and waiting for John McCain to retire. In the mean time, she will eventually write another folksy book about herself. Any Republican president who defeats Obama will feel pressure to give her a position in his cabinet, as a sop to the TP. He would be better served giving that job to Michelle Bachmann. But don't rule out Palin challenging a Republican incumbent in 2016.