Hard to say. Waiting until 2016 may provide sufficient time to purge the party of those elements that got us into the mess.
Her appeal in 2008 was largely that her presence was like a room deodorizer masking out much of the McCain stench. Beyond that, her message to me was largely populust.
I do agree that she needs to develop more bonafides that will enable her to put more meat into her message.
Either he's a bit elitist himself in his approach to her, or he didn't care to pay attention to what was going on before the McCain campaign mismanaged her. She had impressive grasp of the energy debate, as she displayed in a way during the Bartoromeo (sp?) interview and which certainly Biden and perhaps Obama could never display on any given subject. And no mention of the Convention Speech? Holy Cow!. I suspect that, like me, his biggest problem with her is the Levi Johnston failure in her parenting skills and performance. It's not a political-killer, but tarnishes what otherwise would be 24 carat sparkle.
Another one who doesn’t get it. “Travel the world and read...!?” Say what?
They just don’t get it. America is tired of “educated” people who think they know best and insist that the right schools give them the right to lead.
They hate her because she energizes the base. She isn’t even my ideal candidate but she is exciting and more important, she’s bringing conservatives out of the woodwork.
Excellent commentary, though I don’t believe waiting until 2016 makes any sense. She’ll never be edumicated like Algore or any of the other philosopher kings the libs grow on trees. And as he points out, she doesn’t need to be.
Seven years in the “wilderness” is too many. Seven years of Democratic handling, and this country would be in shambles.
We’ve got a conservative candidate who is exciting, popular, young, and needed NOW. It’s hard enough waiting three years.
I’m hoping Couric doesn’t have another five years in any media job, but I understand what the author means.
Where is my Sarah Palin fix?
I am tired of Lawyers party.
Bill- Lawyer
Hillary- Lawyer
Kerry - Lawyer
Edwards- Lawyer
Obama- Lawyer
Michelle- Lawyer
Biden- Lawyer
No, she’s gotta strike while the iron is hot and before the country is completely destroyed.
Not a big if at all. When Palin sees an opportunity, she will jump at it. With Palin's popularity, the opportunity is there for the taking.
For goodness’ sake, there are hundreds of brilliant, conservatives she can surround herself with and take advice from. She is the ONLY one out there with that amazing political talent and the courage to be a real conservative. I’m sick and tired of people telling Sarah she has to go back to school before we can take her seriously. Part of being brilliant is understanding what you don’t know and finding the right staff to fill those particular needs.
see everyone trying to say, go Sarah, but not now....
then, trust me, they’ll say the same thing...
Go Sarah, right now.....you have the big Mo and everyone else loses air when you come in the room, by 2016 that nay not be true.....that would give them time.....
Go Sarah, right now.....start as soon as you can and don’t let them off the mat until you take your oath in 2013
Get lost Victor Hanson.
They hate her because to us she is already President, and we will elect her for real in 2012....that’s why they hate her....that’s why I fear for her life.
I say we support Sarah Palin fully and abide by her decision in regards to a 2012 run. There is no doubt that she is destined to be POTUS.
I don’t think we can afford to wait until 2016. What say you?
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Ideally, 2016 would make sense, but we don’t have time on our side now. Homey the Clown and his radical schmucks are moving the country away from our values and destroying the middle class as fast as they can.
We are in a civil war for the future of the country. The statists are trying to eliminate individual liberties and control the citizens.
Unfortunately, with Acorn and its increased subsidies and power, we may not even see free and honest elections in 2010 and 2016.
Time is of the essence.
But right now, the sovereign is like King Theoden of Rohan, with the entertainment-"news" complex in the role of Grima Wormtongue
Sarah has shown signs that she can break the spell.
For now, that's enough for me.
I’ll take her now. She can learn on the job and that couldn’t be worse than communist scum destroying the country while on the job. At least she’s got brains and her feet are on the ground - we’ll just muddle through as we always have.
ditto
They fear/hate Mrs. Palin because she comes from outside of the Beltway environment. While Jesse Ventura turned out to be a flake, I can remember horrified comments on PBS taking the “the Nazis have entered Paris” tone. If you are not from “their” strata, you are unclean.