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Can Sarah Palin lead US Republicans to victory?
ABC ^ | 12-21-09 | Michael Brissenden

Posted on 12/21/2009 2:10:35 PM PST by euram

The expansive asphalt parking lot in Fair Lakes Shopping Center in Fairfax Virginia was full and there wasn't a single Prius in sight. This is SUV territory and the campaign sticker on the back window of one big Ford summed up the mood: a play on the Obama campaign mantra of hope, this one said simply - "Nope".

There are not too many Obama fans in Fairfax but there are hundreds of people prepared to line up for hours in the snow for a chance to meet the one political figure they believe might still be able to rescue the nation from "socialised medicine", "Liberal intellectuals" and "elitist" newspapers like the New York Times.

Sarah Palin's book Going Rogue is the publishing sensation of the moment here.

(Excerpt) Read more at abc.net.au ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012gopprimary; obamacare; palin; palin2012; sarahpalin
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To: SoCalPol
Looks like some have bit on the Liberal propaganda re Palin.

It is disgusting to see so many grabbing on to the Liberal " oar" to try and move the boat, when it has a full inboard motor!!Sarah is WELL ABLE to set the Country back on the right track. Look what Sarah did for Alaska...She is a strong woman and a great LEADER!!! GO SARAH!!!!!!!

21 posted on 12/21/2009 2:29:04 PM PST by pollywog ("Regime Change USA".... 2010-2012 ~~Let's Roll !!)
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To: NurdlyPeon
"If not Sarah, who?"

Who knows? It's three years away. No one had heard of Barack Obama in the late summer of 2004. Yet, he became President four years later.

Conservatives and Republicans would be much better served worrying about 2010. If we can wrest control back from the Dems next year, 2012 may become moot.

22 posted on 12/21/2009 2:32:09 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: euram

NO


23 posted on 12/21/2009 2:33:32 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: euram

She perhaps is our last best hope.

Nobody else on the horizon.


24 posted on 12/21/2009 2:33:59 PM PST by ully2 (ully)
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To: pollywog

I appreciate the fact that Sarah Palin is hammering out several articles a week on the National and international issues along with op eds in major national papers.

You know where Sarah stands and she is driving the counter to Obama’s agendas.


25 posted on 12/21/2009 2:35:01 PM PST by SoCalPol (Reagan Republican for Palin 2012)
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To: WalterSkinner
"..yes—but the GOP establishment says no"

The GOP establishment - including conservative stalwart Limbaugh - picked Romney last year. How did that work out? As difficult as it is for some to admit, the establishment doesn't select the party nominee. The voters do that. Anyone who wants the nomination, has to convince more people to vote for them than vote for the other guys. It's as simple as that.

26 posted on 12/21/2009 2:36:08 PM PST by OldDeckHand
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To: euram

At this point, three years out, there is no other Republican considering a run that is even worthy of the nomination, IMO.


27 posted on 12/21/2009 2:36:35 PM PST by Pox
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To: pollywog

Thanks! Many needed that wet towel across the face......GO SARAH!


28 posted on 12/21/2009 2:36:42 PM PST by captnorb
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To: jrg
It is useful to recall that Reagan was opposed by the gop establishment, the 'rats, and the media. He won anyway. Clearly, the beltway republicans will oppose her--after all, she does not play fair--she's honest! And it scares the sh*t out of them no less than it does the 'rats and the media.

They look at how she fought and won over the gop establishment in Alaska, an entrenched cabal of corrupt political criminals and big oil executives. If she can beat Exxon she can beat whatever stiff the beltway rinos want to throw up against her.

After that, it just depends on whether the RNC supports her. If the Republican Party wants to win the presidencey, it can. If it would rather wallow than win, it won't. We shall see.

29 posted on 12/21/2009 2:38:26 PM PST by hinckley buzzard
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To: OldDeckHand
That was his last ditch effort to save us from McCain.......At least mac gave us Sarah.
30 posted on 12/21/2009 2:38:56 PM PST by captnorb
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To: euram
No. She's got a huge image problem and some very unfortunate baggage (i.e., she quit as governor). She has been, and can very easily continue to be painted as "unserious" in the same way Dan Quayle was.

And continued exposure to her folksy mannerisms is, quite frankly, tooth-grindingly irritating.

Outside her true believers, Sarah Palin doesn't really have the makings of a successful presidential candidate.

31 posted on 12/21/2009 2:40:42 PM PST by r9etb
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To: euram

Yet another progressive out to trash Palin. He must be on vacation, though, as the quality of writing indicates that he hired some 9th grader to write this piece of junk.


32 posted on 12/21/2009 2:42:16 PM PST by Bigg Red (Palin/Hunter 2012 -- Bolton their Secretary of State)
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To: org.whodat

YES


33 posted on 12/21/2009 2:42:27 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: euram

Lots of negative vibes here. I strongly support Sarah already but you are welcome to be skeptical. I just say that it is early. Hillary is America’s Ex-Wife. That was part of her being divisive. She was associated with Clintonian failures. That was another big part. Sarah’s divisiveness is based on what people have written, not on what she has done. Let her talk about herself over the next couple years. Listen. Then decide. In December 2005 who did not believe that the November 2008 presidential contest would be between Hillary and Rudy?


34 posted on 12/21/2009 2:43:12 PM PST by jimfree (In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
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To: WalterSkinner
..yes—but the GOP establishment says no

In the Wall Street Journal/NBC poll released a few days ago, 12/20/09 , pollsters Peter Hart and Bill McInturff asked,

Snip "The poll also found that Palin's positive ratings have ticked up a bit, while her negatives have ticked downward. Fourteen percent of respondents say they have very positive feelings toward Palin; 18 percent have somewhat positive feelings; 23 percent are neutral; 14 percent are somewhat negative; and 26 percent are very negative. "

I think it may be just a little bit more than the establishment, figure are not much different than during the president election.

35 posted on 12/21/2009 2:43:14 PM PST by org.whodat
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To: jrg
I believe that she is as polarizing to them as Hitlery is to us. “

Rubbish!
Who is more polarizing that 0bama, by far the most extreme left wing radical ever to have occupied the White House? That never stopped this communist from winning did it?

36 posted on 12/21/2009 2:43:32 PM PST by SmokingJoe
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To: euram
"Not unless they follow."

...to boldly go...

...where no RINO has gone before!

(...following the will of the overwhelming majority of the people. Most ordinary people sit out since they have been conditioned to believe -- by the press and by long-standing Democrat Marxist vote fraud, that their vote will not matter.)

Cheers!

37 posted on 12/21/2009 2:43:48 PM PST by grey_whiskers (The opinions are solely those of the author and are subject to change without notice.)
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To: Sans-Culotte

Reagan was only polarizing after he was elected and the libs needed a straw man. Palin is polarizing now.

I would love to see her as POTUS but there are too many who only see her in light of her Couric interview.


38 posted on 12/21/2009 2:44:40 PM PST by zeebee (Ask a teenager now, while they still know everything.)
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To: r9etb
And continued exposure to her folksy mannerisms is, quite frankly, tooth-grindingly irritating.

So, you prefer an Ivy League intellectual who spouts off $25 words over a woman who speaks just like the rest of us average main street Americans.

Yeah, that's bring real success in 2012.

39 posted on 12/21/2009 2:45:35 PM PST by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: NurdlyPeon

I think she could win with Marco Rubio on her ticket. Two true conservatives and diversified at that.


40 posted on 12/21/2009 2:46:35 PM PST by varina davis (Life is not a dress rehearsal)
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