The Death of the Sarah Palin Campaign Has Been Greatly Exaggerated

September 17, 2011 | SamAdams76

[ASA Vet]

If not VP, I'd like him as Sec. of War.

(Yes, change the name back. That was the beginning of this pc crap.)

[prisoner6]

Understand all you point out however his support of Arlen did it for me. Plus he has that Elsie Hillman smell about him. I am no fan of the Hillmans. They are country club, republican RINOS.

[Jim Noble]

I wouldn't vote for Palin now if you paid me.

That's OK. The election isn't for 416 days.

You have plenty of time to catch up on events.

[SandwicheGuy]

Anyways, awhile back, I decided that what she really wanted was a big fat media job....and One Mil for starters isn't bad.

Meow!

[Finny]

SA76: In strictly technical terms, the “starting bell” would be the Iowa Caucus on February 6, 2012. That is the first contest in which actual delegates are won and lost.

Ambiguity(!) aka Clairity: Are you claiming that she can announce the day before and suddenly she will win the next day?

Finny: Rolls eyes, sighs, and watches sadly as Clairity demeans herself.

[upsdriver]

That’s an awful lot of words to say something that could be said in a few. Whether or not Palin is running, unless you are her authorized Rep, it’s all speculation.

It's an opinion column and was very well written. I'll bet you didn't even read the whole thing, did you?

[SamAdams76]

You are embarrassing yourself. Ronald Reagan himself was a political commentator during the run-up to his 1980 campaign. In fact, one reason he waited until November to announce was because his weekly radio show was so lucrative that he didn’t want to give it up until it was absolutely necessary. There is nothing shameful about that either. Reagan’s media career prior to becoming president is one of the main reasons he was able to so effectively manage a hostile press corps when he was president.

[Louis Foxwell]

It doesn’t matter what she does now, she has play you like a cheap fiddle and made her money. I cannot believe you people can’t see this.

You also can't believe she will be president. Sit back and watch.

[FreeReign]

Many states have moved up their election after feeling they were being deemed unimportant to tiny bergs like NH and Idaho.

On average, I believe the state primaries and caucuses are about two or three weeks earlier than they were in 1980.

So then if Reagan announced on Nov. 13th 1979, the equivilent date for Palin in 2011 would be the last week in October.

[SandwicheGuy]

If I am correct in my assessment, then she is really a foul individual.

Meow! You two little girls need to go outside and play in your sandbox. Your green eyes are glowing.

[upsdriver]

Where I come from its called Brown-Nosing.

I'll bet you're good at it, too.

[ASA Vet]

This is what passes for “discourse” these days on FR.

It's exactly the same type of discourse that has gone on ever since the beginning of FR. Those early freepers were saying the same thing.

Ask any of the 97 & 98 Alphas, and they will verify.

[Clairity]

GOP presidential calendar threatened by rogue states

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2779965/posts

I am sure she can just wait until AFTER all the primaries and THEN announce and all the states will just void their elections and announce her as the winner, just because she is Sarah Palin and rules don’t apply to her.

[upsdriver]

I hope and pray that Palin gets in the race, and I believe that if she does, she will win big and the term "Palin Democrats" will become part of the political lexicon in a good way.

You're absolutely right! Palin will pull in independents and disaffected Democrats like no other candidate since Reagan.

[humblegunner]

my wife and i are palin supporters.

Have either of you heard of capitaliztion?

[Finny]

Living up to your tagline, I see! {^)

[SamAdams76]

I already replied to that thread (see reply #8) - but I don't see the connection between that thread and your statement about Palin having the states "void" their elections.

What is it about Palin that gets you so angry and spiteful?

[FreeReign]

How about focusing on the candidates who can actually beat Obama?

Looks like you'll have to cross Perry off your list.

Latest Rasmussen poll shows Obamy beating Perry by 7.

[upsdriver]

Well that opportunity is ours for the taking in 2012 if we stick with Tea Party conservatism. I do not think even Freepers understand how huge our victory was in the 2010 congressional elections. We basically stopped Obama's agenda in its tracks.

You said a mouthful there! I'm amazed at how blind so many are to the tremendous opportunity to reverse the size and scope of government with a Palin/Tea Party ticket in 2012. Not only can we defeat Obama and the Democrats, we could actually do some real house cleaning in the GOP. The whole Washington,DC establishment needs their comeuppance. I'm looking for a way larger victory than "just beating Obama". Small thinking SUCKS!

[EDINVA]

You don’t find it ironic that on a Sarah Palin thread you’re finding Santorum wanting for having endorsed Spector? That was a stupid thing, granted, but how many posts have there been on FR about SP endorsing McCain? As to that endorsement *I* have no objection, but for some that alone knocks her out from their consideration?

We would all do well to consider what each of the candidates brings to the table, good, bad, hideous, and not their endorsements of and/or by others. No one is going to win the primary or general without endorsements of and for others we may find repulsive, so to me it’s a non-starter.

I’ll make you a bet: by August 27, 2012, each and every GOP contender (including SP whether she enters the fray or not) will be in Tampa, FL, glad-handing the others, then on the stage and road campaigning for whoever gets the nomination. Just a hunch worth, say, a $5 wager.