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What Sarah Palin Needs To Win The Republican Nomination
UK Telegraph ^ | November 22nd, 2010 | Alex Spillius

Posted on 11/23/2010 1:52:05 PM PST by dselig

Last week was the week when the idea that Sarah Palin is going to run for president began to sink in properly. As I explained, she is an immensely viable candidate for the 2012 Republican nomination.

Frank Rich, in the New York Times, argues that she is a shoo-in for Republicans because time is ripe for her populist stance, and because her defects are no greater than George W Bush’s when he jumped into the 2000 primary race.

I am not so sure. The debates would prove a stiff test of her grasp of detail, and if she found the slings and arrows of running as vice-president and governing Alaska hard to cope with, how would she fare in the brutal terrain of a presidential race?

Palin is the best known quantity among the likely candidates. As First Read notes, her main task would be to broaden her appeal among a primary electorate that in the past has always opted for the candidate most likely to win the general election. With her negative numbers among Democrats and independents still high, that is quite a challenge.

Karl Rove’s comment that she lacks the gravitas for the top job continue to define the battle over Palin among Republicans. Barbara Bush, with the ultimate back-handed compliment, has now underlined how the old school views the Alaskan queen as an upstart. Palin’s unique style has already changed the game, but to win the nomination she may well need another game changer

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TOPICS: Editorial; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Alaska
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To: Ruth C
Beyond that she is a conservative with regard to big government, the constitution, the people’s liberties, etc., etc..

I disagree. The supreme right protected by our founding documents is the right to life, and she, like Gerald R. For, John McCain and Ron Paul, is pro-choice for states on abortion.

And I have a question for you: Can you name one department of the U.S. government she has advocated eliminating? Do you have a link, for example, to her ever calling for the abolition of the unconstitutional Dept. of Education?

41 posted on 11/23/2010 2:53:31 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.)
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To: Virginia Ridgerunner

Great picture! Freeper heroes...nice to see them together.


42 posted on 11/23/2010 2:55:16 PM PST by GOPJ ('Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power." Martin Buber /a Tea-nami's coming..)
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To: nmh
Reagan was charismatic - Palin is NOT.

Heh...have you ever seen her live and in person?


43 posted on 11/23/2010 2:56:42 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: nmh

My fear- and it’s a real fear- is that we are doing to Palin what the left did with/to Obama. She’s becoming idolized and it’s a destructive force to have idols for leaders.

I normally don’t even go on Palin threads because I have several dear freeper FRiends who adore her and I see no value in getting into a fight about her.

I like her. I admire much of her life story. I don’t support her for POTUS and honestly- after seeing her daughter getting death threats for dancing on a TV show I would think she’d think long and hard about running.

I don’t know who it’s going to be that the GOP finally chooses- but someone who alienates Independents will ensure 4 more years of The One.

I wish I could get excited about any of the apparent contenders- but none of them have “it”- and Reagan’s dead.


44 posted on 11/23/2010 2:57:39 PM PST by SE Mom (Proud mom of an Iraq war combat vet)
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To: Jim Robinson
Someone like Jim DeMint, maybe. But unless he's playing it ultimately coy, he's not running. Romney? You gotta be kidding. The Hucksterjoke? Pawlenty? Pawlease. Gingrich? Good grief. Barbour? Jeb? No more Bushes! Who ya gonna call?

Mitch Daniels.

Wait and see. The pressure is on the GOP now, to find somebody who's smart, engaging, accomplished, and experienced, who can take some of the shine off of the Palin celebrity train.

Party-wise, Indiana seems to be a mixed bag and yet Daniels won both his campaigns handily.

I can see him gaining establishment support pretty early on.

45 posted on 11/23/2010 3:02:00 PM PST by r9etb
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To: r9etb
Mitch Daniels.

DOA.

Mitch Daniels open to VAT, oil tax hike

46 posted on 11/23/2010 3:06:30 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: nmh
Reagan was charismatic - Palin is NOT. You couldn't help buy LOVE Reagan with his humor. Palin's "humor" is cutting and sarcastic in a shrill way. Palin’s sharp tongue and shallowness wear thin. Her heart is in the right place but the substance is NOT there. We really need another Reagan type candidate.

Reagan had many years as a celebrity to develop his personal skills -- still, he was despised and seldom taken seriously by the opposition. For the relative short time Palin's been on the radar, she's done a remarkable job. Hell, most of the votes McCain got were for her. Palin may need to refine the skill-set somewhat, but she has the basic mojo and instincts needed for winning a national run. And, no I'm not in the Palin cult. There's no one on the scene right now on our side who can hold a candle to her in a national campaign. Your incessant venting against her makes you sound like you work for PMSNBC.

47 posted on 11/23/2010 3:09:14 PM PST by vortigern
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To: r9etb

Well, unless he changed his mind he said recently that he was definitely not running.


48 posted on 11/23/2010 3:11:19 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: EternalVigilance

Actually she did not say she was pro-choice, she said that if Roe vs Wade were over-turned, let the State’s decide. That does not say ‘I’m pro-choice’ It says I am State’s Rights believer.


49 posted on 11/23/2010 3:14:59 PM PST by Ruth C
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To: r9etb
I can see him gaining establishment support pretty early on.

Good Grief....

50 posted on 11/23/2010 3:18:57 PM PST by vortigern
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To: dselig

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51 posted on 11/23/2010 3:32:51 PM PST by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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To: nmh
I have said this over and over to the Palin cult - “populist stance”. We need a conservative and NOT a “populist”.

Your Mitt Romney guy is no conservative.

52 posted on 11/23/2010 3:42:36 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: Ruth C

Try that reasoning with any other unalienable right of the people and see how it works out for you.

Do you want the states to decide whether or not the people retain the right to free speech or freedom of the press?

Do you want the states to decide if the people retain parental rights or religious liberty”

Do you want the states to decide if the people retain the right to a jury trial, or the right to be secure in their persons and their papers?

Do you want the states to decide if the people retain the right to keep and bear arms?

And, again, let me remind you, the right to life is the supreme right. Without it, the individual person can never any enjoy any other right.


53 posted on 11/23/2010 3:54:24 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.)
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To: ansel12; onyx; Fiddlstix

In the coming primary battle, the establishment, the “smart” money, the RINOs, the Sodom and Gomorrah political whores and the media are all aligned against the people with wicked giant Myth Romney. We the little people are backing Sarah the RINO Slayer from the North. It’s an uphill battle against huge odds, but we’ll be praying we’re on God’s side. We’ll need all the help we can get to smite the heathen giants.


54 posted on 11/23/2010 3:59:14 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Nuke the corrupt commie bastards to HELL!!)
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To: Ruth C

Don’t feed the Alan Keyes/third party, hijack troll, try to leave him alone, this is one of his favorite tactics on Palin threads.


55 posted on 11/23/2010 4:01:05 PM PST by ansel12 (Mitt Romney supporter, and anti-tea party figure, Eric Cantor, won this battle.)
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To: EternalVigilance

This is really off this topic. I get it. You can say what you like as to not liking Sarah Palin. I can answer you. I have. We disagree, so we will agree to disagree. I believe she is conservative, you don’t.


56 posted on 11/23/2010 4:02:38 PM PST by Ruth C
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To: ansel12

Thanks :) I’m slow in my old age, but I finally figured it out. LOL Have a great Thanksgiving.


57 posted on 11/23/2010 4:04:58 PM PST by Ruth C
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To: nmh
"Doesn’t ANYONE read her book? Going Rogue? Palin is NOT a friend to business. People that “love” her need to UNDERSTAND her. Her actions and half term as a governor highlight how she does NOT work well with people = especially business people."

Then you should be head-over-heels infatuated with Obama.
He's so friendly to the country's business interests you know.

58 posted on 11/23/2010 4:04:58 PM PST by StormEye
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To: Ruth C
It says I am State’s Rights believer.

To claim that men, or states, can decide whether the people have rights is to destroy the main premise of this country. The founders considered it to be self-evident truth that our rights come from God, not men, that those rights are therefore UNALIENABLE, and that the duty of government, the reason for its very existence, is to protect those rights.

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men..."

And the Constitution is explicit about the imperative duty of all to do so. It spells out in no uncertain terms the responsibility of each and every state in this regard:

"No State shall deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws."

It's not optional.

59 posted on 11/23/2010 4:17:13 PM PST by EternalVigilance (Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither.)
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To: Jim Robinson; Fiddlstix; Syncro
In the coming primary battle, the establishment, the “smart” money, the RINOs, the Sodom and Gomorrah political whores and the media are all aligned against the people with wicked giant Myth Romney. We the little people are backing Sarah the RINO Slayer from the North. It’s an uphill battle against huge odds, but we’ll be praying we’re on God’s side. We’ll need all the help we can get to smite the heathen giants.

I'm with you and Sarah Palin, no matter the odds. Sarah Palin has fire in her belly. She is fearless. She loves God, she loves our Republic, our Constitution, our military and she's all American. She's a pro-life mother of five beautiful children and grandmother of one and happily married to a true Alaskan hero.

No more compromises in our candidate! Restoring our Republic is too big a task to leave to anyone with ties Washington, D.C. Sarah Palin is hostile to the way our business is conducted and she has the guts to smash and dismantle unconstitutional government agencies and departments, and hopefully do some public employee union busting while she's at it.

Prayers for Sarah Palin and her precious family. God save America from "the corrupt bastards aiming to stop her" and the Marxists currently in power.

60 posted on 11/23/2010 4:25:34 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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