You know, this may be the beginning of a change of tactic among the left. They’ve been viciously attacking Palin for years, and we’ve been making the point that this shows that they’re terrified of her. Now we have an article claiming to really want her to run because she’d be so beatable. This is just their way of trying to convince us that we shouldn’t nominate her; they realize that we know full well how completely afraid of a Palin campaign they are and they think maybe they can do a “don’t throw me in that briar patch” rope-a-dope on us. It won’t work, of course.
>>> They’ve been viciously attacking Palin for years, and we’ve been making the point that this shows that they’re terrified of her.
That was pretty much the reply in defense last year to every suggestion Christine o’Donnell was a trainwreck in progress. As it turned out, they weren’t afraid of Christine at all. From start to finish they actually WERE loudly laughing at her and anybody who bought in to the fantasy she had a snowball’s chance. And anybody who watched that race objectively had no problem seeing this.
Like o’Donnell, Sarah has a fervent band of followers. But as things are shaping up they are not enough to translate into much more then a Goldwater-level loss, assuming she actually could get the nomination in the first place. Personally I think she will make a deal to support one of the others.
I can guarantee you that not one of them will pull the lever or mark the box next her name when it comes time to put up or shut up.
That’s exactly what it is. They haven’t been able to control themselves, however, and got wrapped up in it. Lately, they’ve been trying to convince themselves they dissuaded her from running and ignoring her, but she has shown she is up to it. But even her simply entering the race with the fight in the primaries to come and the media hoping to fend her off, they know she will do damage and say damaging things about 0bama and the media during the campaign and they know the interest she draws and that people will be hearing things they’ve been hoping to hide in regards to what’s going on with this corrupt punk in office and it’s just she will be going all out and in a campaign drawing astronomical attention. The day she announces will be uncontrollable.