Yada, yada, yada. Nothing to do with what actually was happening.
GO TRUMP!
GO SARAH!
I don’t see any risks for Trump and Palin. The media has done their best to destroy them already.
Sarah is great!
Palin’s speech was great. The media has been negative on Palin and Trump from the first day either one of them appeared. Yet support for them is powerful.
The NYTimes didn’t understand Trump’s rise to near 50 percent polling in places like Florda. They didn’t understand Palin’s rise to great love and support. And they sure as hell will not appreciate the rise of Palin and Trump working together.
No risks. They have never been liked by the people that should not like them; it might even inoculate them from the GOPe feigning an attraction to Trump in some sort of agent provocateur head-fake.
I forgot to add — had Palin endorsed Cruz, they would not be saying anything at all like that; it would be just the opposite.
I’ve heard several people who were going to vote Trump now say they have reservations. Full disclosure: I had reservations before her endorsement. Those I’m talking about are Democrats who were going to vote for Trump, but I repeat myself.
Someone wake me when all the conservatives are though fighting each other and they finally remember who the enemy is.
As a Cruz supporter I’ve been honest and brutal regarding Palin and Trump. I can’t stand the NY times but this analysis could be spot on. Sarah gave a god awful speech. Trump did want her to shut up. It was uncomfortable to say the least.
Due to Trump’s celebrity it may not matter either way. His supporters are invested emotionally, but my gut is telling me Sarah is a negative on the campaign trail. A little Facebook column endorsement would have been better for Trump.
It’s good to see Sarah doesn’t suffer from Schoooolonnnngholm Syndrome
Palin will be a big plus to Trump in Iowa, and may very well change the entire dynamic, leading to a Trump victory over Cruz. From all the polls I’ve seen from NH, SC, NV, FL, AL, GA, MN, and others, it doesn’t look like Trump really needs any more help, his leads are quite massive, and probably insurmountable by a distant #2 finisher. So, it could very well be that if Trump does win Iowa, Palin will either return to Alaska, and maybe only occasionally make a primary campaign appearance. She will probably not get involved in campaigning during the general election to any great extent, if at all.
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Yes, it is the nyt. They dispise both Trump and Palin. I am surprised they did a hit piece on Hillary today.
There are three significant downsides to Palin.
First a lot of her supporters also like Cruz. She’s now at least disappointed them, if not angered them.
Second she’s tied herself to Trump. She has a reputation of picking and winning horses, like Cruz during his Senate race. If Trump loses that reputation is diminished.
Third, she was well positioned to step in as a unifying force to bridge the gap between the winning and losing camps. Which will be necessary if the winner if this fight is going to win in November. Now that she’s picked sides it’s much harder if not impossible for her to do that.
The problem isn’t that she endorsed Trump. It’s that she endorsed someone at all. She would have done more for the movement, and herself, by doing a series of speeches or a bus tour or something in Iowa promoting Conservatism and the need for all Consrvatives to support the eventual nominee, be it Trump or Cruz.