Personally I think its a good thing. An early frontrunner tends to mean the media has already chosen the candidate they want us to vote for.
That’s not a bad thing. The MSM don’t have a clear target to vilify and ruin so let’s keep it that way.
Palin is hated and feared by the Left. I'd crawl over broken glass for her.
Romney is LOSING ... ergo. the corrupt MSM reports
its lie du jour.
THE REAL DEAL:
The dynamics of running are different. There is no front runner because the candidates don’t want to be one. As soon as one is determined the media anal exam will commence and the candidate will have to spend all his time defending itself from baseless charges. We really don’t know who is running for sure yet except for Myth.
Finally the conservatives and others that normally allow the RINO GOP to run the show are not stranding the quality candidates in the open to be shredded by the MSM to protect a loser RINO.
So far we don’t have any campaign or any declared candidates who have actually filed to be in the race.
I think that means a lot. People want to see a field.
Perhaps that indicates a reluctance on the part of establishment Republicans to arouse the no-longer-sleeping giant of constitutionally-awakened and "aroused" voters.
If they push the usual "politician," instead of choosing a statesman whose devotion to constitutional principle is real, then the pushback from Taxed Enough Already citizens will most certainly expose their spineless pretense to leadership.
"Whenever things get so far wrong as to attract their notice, the people, if well informed, may be relied on to set them to rights." --Thomas Jefferson to Richard Price, 1789.
"Although all men are born free, and all nations might be so, yet too true it is, that slavery has been the general lot of the human race. Ignorant – they have been cheated; asleep – they have been surprised; divided – the yoke has been forced upon them. But what is the lesson?... The people ought to be enlightened, to be awakened, to be united, that after establishing a government they should watch over it." - James Madison
"A well-instructed people alone can be permanently a free people." - James Madison
Dark Horse recommendation: Heather Wilson
New Mexico Representative for around 10 years.
May be considering running for senate/
She just published an excellent article on the state of our graduate education: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/01/21/AR2011012104554.html
AF Academy Grad
Rhodes Scholar - got D Phil there vs the normal master’s degree obtained by most of the Rhodes types.
Brilliant and personable.
She’d have to be dead for ten years in order for her IQ to drop to only 10x that of the Obamaloon.
If you’re a republican who likes Obamacare, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who wants gays in the military, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who supports gay marriage, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who wants to protect a woman’s right to murder their baby, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who believes there are not enough gun control laws, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who wants business to give all of America’s secrets to Red China, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who likes mandates, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who likes taxes which are renamed fees, vote for Romney.
If you’re a republican who believes in reaching across the aisle and partnering with democrats to reach their goals, vote for Romney.
In other words, if you’re a republican who is really a democrat, vote for Romney.
I think this is actually a good thing. It is time to fight it out on our side and see who is left standing. I think Palin will do fine.
And for all those who say Palin should be staying above the fray and not responding to the petty stuff, that’s what Bush did - he never responded. Palin is a “take no prisoners” kinda gal. I think that is what we need right now.
1932 Democratic Party Nomination (from: wikipedia)
Democratic candidates:
* Franklin D. Roosevelt, governor of New York
* Al Smith, former governor of New York
* John Nance Garner, U.S. Speaker of the House from Texas
* James A. Reed, U.S. senator from Missouri
* Albert Ritchie, governor of Maryland
* William H. Murray, governor of Oklahoma
The leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1932 was New York Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). By the time the 1932 Democratic National Convention opened in Chicago, FDR was believed to have more delegate votes than all of his opponents combined. However, due to the "two-thirds" nominating rule then used by the Democrats, FDR's opponents hoped that he would be unable to obtain the two-thirds majority necessary to win, and that they could gain on later ballots.
On the first three ballots Roosevelt had well over a majority of the delegate vote, but still lacked the two-thirds majority. Before the fourth ballot his managers - James Farley and Louis Howe - struck a deal with House Speaker John Nance Garner, who was also a candidate. Garner agreed to drop out of the race and support FDR, and in return FDR agreed to name Garner as his running mate. With this agreement Roosevelt won the two-thirds majority and with it the presidential nomination.
..and so the candidate who was confined to a wheelchair became a four-term President. Economically and geopolitically, it's 1931 now (but not exactly.)
And, she excites the voters.
Well if I must choose between these three, Palin is my woman!! In my opinion all she would have to do to surge far ahead of Huckabee and Romney is to announce and hold a rally.
I still hold out hope that there is someone in the wings that will make a truly great President, and that he or she will come forward real soon...
It’s driving them nuts that they don’t know who to character assassinate.
Four years ago the democrats had a front runner who was considered unbeatable; a primary shoo-in and also the presumed next president.
What was her name, what was her name.....?
As far as the republicans go - the fact there isn’t a clear leader might be an indicator that they are moving away from the tradition of awarding the nomination based on who has been waiting in line the longest.
That’s not a bad thing.