Not sure what it means outside of internet name searching, but the author ties it into Sarah's chances of winning.
At one point it went like this:
"Sarah Palin? She waited too long! It's summertime already! She missed the window, and now it's too late to enter the race."
"What's that? Rick Perry? Rick Perry is entering the race? That is exciting news! This will really shake things up!!"
Then it became:
"Sarah Palin? She waited too long! It's Sept already! She missed the window, and now it's too late to enter the race."
"What's that? Chris Christie? Chris Christie is re-thinking the race? He might get in?? Wow! That will really shake things up!!"
Sarah is held to a unique standard, because the Establishment fears her.
I think she is one smart cookie to be sitting by as the current candidates destroy each other.
One thing I like about the four candidates who are my favorites, and Sarah herself although she has not declared, is that they all see Obama as the target, and not one another. Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, and Santorum all have their eyes on stopping Obama, while Huntsman, Perry, and Romney see their fellow Repubs as the main threat.
Between Sarah and the four I named, Bachmann Cain Gingrich and Santorum, I would be proud to have any one of them as my president. As for the others, not so much. But compared to the O, even the weakest and weirdest of them are giants. I'll vote for them if I have to, in fact I'd support any name picked at random from the phone book ahead of the fruitcake presently occupying the White House
This idiot must not have heard about filing deadlines. They start expiring at the end of October.
How comforting is it to have Google trending for anyone on our side? There is Herman Cain about to rise in the polling
who is the only candidate on the planet that can unite the conservative base, burdened as they are with those who will never vote for Palin and those who will never vote for Perry. If Cain should budge those poll numbers enough to threaten Obama like he did in the Florida straw poll he will soon be deserving of some loyalty for his herculean effort at campaigning. Palin’s minions among Cain supporters may not be so willing to dump him over and leave
him. There are ways he trumps her on grasp and experience with economics and jobs, which suits the times and the mood of the electorate, and he’s apparently a baggage free candidate which is a huge plus.
I respectfully disagree with the premise. If she seriously wants to run (and I’m not sure that she does), I think she needs to jump in within the next few weeks or so, or her window for being considered a serious candidate will be gone.
The author fails to mention deadlines for being on the ballot in Florida,Utah and I believe SC.
Unless there is something I am missing, she needs to have her name on the ballot in Utah and Florida in October
If Palin was running she had to jump in a few weeks ago. She has missed too many debates because she is afraid of coming off bad in them. Her time has passed but she can run in 2016 or 2020 I suppose
I think she’s waiting to be drafted at the Convention.
Love the graphic and column. Thank you.
Game On!
She’d better be careful about waiting until the last minute.
All it takes is one minor clerical error to screw things up.
She loses nothing by waiting. If she jumps in, the landscape will reshape itself anyway and meanwhile, in all likelihood several candidates will have run out of money and dropped out.
Disappointing analysis. I am all in for Palin, but with a title like that I was expecting some interesting alternative primary strategies, and there were none. I don’t know how you could come in after missing those early deadlines and still end up with enough delegates to win. Not saying it can’t be done. I just don’t see how it could work. Illinois requires thousands of signatures, all have to be ready to turn in by end of November, so really you have to start mid Octoberish. Second ballot at the convention has been floated, but the real odds of that working are not unlike the odds of the Bears making a successful onside kick. Just sayin ...
I would still prefer November 13 for the symbolism
If she finally decides to run (I sort of doubt it), she needs to have an agenda to run on and fight for. She’s been spending all of her time so far defending herself as a person. Her short record as AK governor is going to come up again though, although much of the public may have forgotten about that already!
I like this writer's optimism! I agree completely!
She’s going to have the ‘powers’ in the GOP begging her to run before it’s over!;-)
Christie Courted, Still Says No
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204010604576593182650732322.html?mod=rss_Politics_And_Policy
Here’s how it is going to come down:
Sarah joins the race in mid-October, 2012 as a write-in independent candidate. On election day, 64% of the electorate writes her in and she makes history.
No muss, no fuss. Nuttin’ to it.
Sarah ping.
Sarah is within 5 points of BO in the latest polls. As other candidates slip, some of their support might look to Gov. Palin.
Ahhh no ... if she wants to enter the race now is the time to do it. Not getting in earlier was fine, but now it’s crunch time - do whatever she will, but decisions must be made.