Posted on 01/19/2011 9:41:02 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
DES MOINES, Iowa -- Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has tasked her aides with quietly gauging her level of support for a potential presidential campaign by making inquiries to a select pool of likely allies and grassroots activists in Iowa, RealClearPolitics has learned.
Key Republican officials and operatives in the nation's first voting state had begun to assume that Palin would not run for president in 2012 since most of them have not heard a word from her or from her small circle of aides, even as other likely candidates have begun jockeying more forcefully behind the scenes. But a Palin adviser confirmed that although the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee's footprint has not been as heavy as that of other possible candidates, her political action committee has indeed been taking discreet steps in Iowa that would help her build a credible campaign here if she decided to launch one.
"The idea that we're not in Iowa is inaccurate," SarahPAC adviser Andy Davis told RealClearPolitics.
A top official in the Iowa Tea Party who insisted on anonymity to avoid betraying Palin's trust told RealClearPolitics that a friend of SarahPAC met with him in person in Des Moines late last year and prodded him for suggestions on how Palin might mount a grassroots campaign in the state.
Earlier this month, the same Iowa Tea Party official began preliminary work on scheduling a potential invitation to Palin for a fundraiser in Iowa. RealClearPolitics independently confirmed that the Tea Party official has been in contact with Palin allies....
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“...their leftist masters were too busy dumpster diving to fully comprehend the meaning of what being “competitive” means to Sarahcuda. They are about to find out.”
Well said.
Grizzly Rising.
“Grizzly Rising”
Also well said.
- JP
And millions of others did the same... Many millions. Nobody I know wanted or would have voted for McCrazy without Palin on the ticket.
Please Dear God. Let Sarah be our next President.
Without Sarah on the ticket, I, too, would’ve stayed home and not voted.
Nobody I know wanted or would have voted for McCrazy without Palin on the ticket.
He was on the ticket? I voted for Her. The old guy would have made me stay home if he’d picked anyone else.
Nobody I know wanted or would have voted for McCrazy without Palin on the ticket.
He was on the ticket? I voted for Her. The old guy would have made me stay home if he’d picked anyone else.
I agree..I went to the polls in 2008 for HER not for McCain. Frankly I can’t stand McCain, I wanted Sarah in the White House.
A lot of us have money ready for her if she decides to run.
And there will be a flood of money supporting her campaign that won't move for anyone else.
I love it, I just did it.....
Oh, and now the government wants to know who your employer is (so they can attack them and you, and what you do) None of their damn business.....it says this is only for those donating over $200, but they wanted it from me for $20.12
Try using “retired”.......that seemed to work
Maybe 'funemployed' would work, as well...
Yeah, if Sarah Palin hadn’t been chosen as McCain’s running mate, it would have been hard for me to vote for him. Next go around, if they put forth a RINO; it’s going to be IMPOSSIBLE for me to vote for a RINO.
Shout out to everyone! - time to step up to the plate.
She needs to run. I’m glad to hear this. They don’t want her to even enter the race and they are attempting to dissuade her from running, but she needs to go all out and enter. Watch the panic when that happens. They run all these stories about how she’s no threat and done politically but watch the reaction when she enters.
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