Posted on 11/16/2010 4:31:51 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
There is little doubt that Sarah Palin is running for president. But while Mitt Romney is archaically gallivanting across the country to raise money for his run, Palin has molded her platform into a 21st Century media sensation.
Topping off her unofficial campaign for the White House, Sarah Palin’s reality show premiered Sunday night with a viewership of over 5 million — TCL’s largest premiere to date. And it is with this show, that Palin will reintroduce herself to the county.
As embarrassing as it may be, I did watch her new show. Even though I find Palin damning to our national debate, she comes off pretty nicely. The show is scripted, let that be known, but to the average viewer who will tune in and rediscover Palin, they will see an average-seeming, relatable American.
As much as I doubt Palin’s intelligence, she has cleverly crafted herself into a position with all of the benefits of a presidential candidate with none of the shortfalls. No debates, no press interviews, nothing. The eight-episode series will serve as an effective run up to Palin announcing her candidacy sometime next year.
In addition to her series, she has worked her way onto a popular primetime show on a major network. As her daughter shakes her hips on ‘Dancing with the Stars’ Palin’s cameo comes across unassuming as a supportive mother, but the devil is in the details. A recent study outlined in The Hollywood Reporter shows that ‘Dancing with the Stars’ is one of the top ten shows watched by self described conservatives — Palin’s go-to crowd.
Palin isn’t just taking TV by storm. While Obama my have built his campaign on Facebook, Palin has come to dominate Twitter. Out of all the possible GOP contenders, Palin’s has the number of followers presidential hopefuls dream about. And when she tweets, she stirs a media storm. As Howard Fineman so eloquently put, “Sarah Palin, of course, is the Gore Vidal of attack tweets.”
If you doubt Pain’s prowess as a presidential hopeful, just look what she has done in the past year: become a correspondent on Fox News, published a book, helped build the small tea party movement into a national force, launched a TV show, and built a monumental following on Twitter and Facebook.
I know what you may be saying: sure she has selling power but it doesn’t mean she’ll win the nomination. But look at the key victories Palin’s endorsements brought. She helped elect six governors, two I should add are in the key primary states of Iowa and South Carolina — these favors will be called in. Second she successfully endorsed 18 winning House candidates and 6 winning senate candidates – among these newly elected senators are Rand Paul and Marco Rubio who will comprise her steering committee.
Lastly — from the moment she declares her candidacy, Palin will dominate the election. Other candidates may be able to outspend her, but her star power will be unmatched. She will win the Iowa caucus, because Iowa doesn’t usually have a history of picking party darlings. Just look how Mike Huckabee overtook Mitt Romney in the caucuses. When she wins here, it will be just as big of a moment as it was for President Obama.
Palin is a force to be reckoned with inside the Republican party. The problem she’ll need to overcome after she wins the Republican nomination will be positioning herself as a realistic alternative to President Obama—something that may prove tricky with voters who voted against candidates with similar values, like Christine O’Donnell and Sharon Angle.
I've heard Sarah Palin speak in person and I can endorse your judgment--you just want to listen to her for as long as she can speak without falling over.
Authentic people don't "Peak."
???Didn't you know? The trade deal was ready for signing. Obama deliberately blew it up because he had to please the UAW bosses.
I guesss we won't be holding our breath waiting for you to enlighten us.
What a foolish 'analysis'. Obama had and has all of the experience required to begin the destruction of America. In that regard he has been successful beyond measure.
Palin, on the other hand is patriotic, also beyond measure. There is much more, but that alone makes your comparison invalid.
listen, what my point is we are being run into the ground by bammy because he didn’t and still doesn’t have a clue to run his office. i simply don’t want to take that chance again. we need someone who can be elected. as for what you say about her resigning her elected postion, i like her and support her postions on most topics. if i feel that way, what do you think other are going to believe about that?? i simply don’t believe she can beat bammy.
You begin with a faulty premise, and thus you led yourself down a blind alley.
BHO got exactly what he wanted.
heck, i don’t know, gingrich?? maybe boehner?? bachman?? surely someone.
why take the liberal horse apple tact of being insulting? isn’t that what everyone (including myself) complains about palin’s treatment?? bammy is my point. why make the same mistake of electing a personality rather than an experenced leader. she has more than bammy?? that doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in me
surely that can’t be the only criteria. i’m patriotic as well but i’d make a horrible president. we need an experenced, fiscal and social conservative.
I’m voting for Palin for prez in 2012. The ball is in the Republicans’ court at this point. If they want my vote, they nominate her. If they don’t, too bad for them.
“I say again, there must be somebody else.”
OK. Who? What ideal candidate is out there?
Bobby Jindal? Made it clear he wants to be governor of LA. Maybe someday but not 2012.
Jim DeMint? He’s having the time of his life in the Senate. Why would he want to risk that for the ulcers of the Presidency?
Paul Ryan? There’s a real loser of a campaign for you. Social conservatives would walk out the door. Good luck winning without them.
Newt Gingrich? Laughable. Past his sell-by date by about 10 years.
Haley Barbour? Would be a good candidate but he would have to take a translator with him anywhere outside of the deep south.
Rudy? Would make a great head of Homeland Security. Can’t win conservatives. Same problems as Paul Ryan.
David Petreaus? Dark horse choice. Basically an unknown. Possible but very unlikely: dark horse candidates can’t raise the money needed to win a national race.
Mike Huckabee? They don’t call him the huckster for nothing. He has his fans, particularly with evangelicals, but probably couldn’t swing anything outside of the south.
Which of course leaves us with Mitt Romney. I have to say if Sarah doesn’t run, Mitt would be a very tempting candidate to support. Not because I agree with him on anything, it’s just that he would be the absolute best candidate to give rise to a conservative third party.
In other phases of history, many people would cycle in and out of prominence, here today, gone tomorrow.
The circumstances of this particular phase of history is a once-in-a-lifetime, freight train out of control, barreling along to some unknown destiny, sort of thing. The few prominent figures now are destined to become more prominent, the more polarizing the better. People in the mushy middle will have to gravitate to one side or the other, or get caught caught in the crossfire.
Reagan was partly correct when he said that was a time for choosing (in 1964). This really is the time, the real Crisis Era of our existence. Financially, culturally, politically, this is the centenial battle of good versus evil.
If not Palin, then it must be someone equally polarizing. Right now, she is the one out in front on the side of good, and the most likely to remain there.
Maybe I’m missing something here but the only way anyone can get FEDERAL executive experience is to be the PRESIDENT.
Governorship is an executive position and the next step down from being President. Not in line of command but in experience. They both deal with their own congressional houses with senators and representatives and the comparisons can go on and on.
As opposed to community organizer which is two steps up from retail.
Her record in that two years surpasses that of most two TERM governors. It ain't just about time served. But then, you'll ignore that, as all you are interested in doing is bashing Palin. Just another Rovian bloviator.
Amen! Is there any part of our current national existence that is not a pending disaster?
I have listened to a lot of apologists for her resignation, but have not found the explanations persuasive enough, from the standpoint of a non-idealogy driven independent voter.
A simpler way of understanding it is by looking backwards at it from the present. Would you rather have had Gov.Palin waste 18 months as a stalemated executive in Alaska or would you rather that she played the role she did in the 2010 elections and why is it that the people complaining about her resigning are the same ones that never wanted her as governor in the first place? This view also credits Gov. Palin with the degree of political insight that she has proven to possess.
Of course not, and I said there was more.
There's no need for me to try and reinvent the wheel. Have you read post #63 and several others that have listed her qualifications?
How much do you need?
You are right. this is an existential moment in the history of our country. We will be a free market economy with free people or we will be a total Marxist state that picks winners and losers more than our government does now.
“I advocate uniting behind Palin before they foist another McCain on us. We simply can’t afford that.”
Great post. Sarah Palin is not perfect. But she is very, very good. She’s an actual conservative and has some of the best political instincts that you’re going to find.
We can sit around trying to find the perfect candidate, or we can say what we have in front of us is “more than good enough.” I’m for more than good enough. The stakes are too high.
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