Posted on 12/30/2010 3:40:18 PM PST by Smogger
SharpieMarker writes"In what could be the most extreme and influential crowdsourcing project ever, Democrats are beginning to organize to purposely vote for Palin in the 2012 Republican primaries. Their theory is by having Palin as an opponent, Obama will have the best odds at winning reelection. Recent polls have shown that Obama comfortably leads Palin by 10-20 points, but Obama is statistically tied with Romney and barely ahead of Huckabee. They even have a state-by-state primary voting guide to help Democrats navigate various states' rules for voting Palin in Republican primaries."
Dems choose our last candidate for us; we cannot afford for that to happen a second time.
“Stopped reading Slashdot years ago.”
I never started.
Rush encouraged conservatives to do that with 0bama against the Klintoon Hag and it backfired.
Let’s hope the DemonRATS didn’t pick up on that and it backfires on them the same way.
I might enjoy having a President Palin.
I have mixed feelings about stuff like this.
Obviously I very much like Palin, I THINK I’m also pragmatic about the amount of lies that the Lefts has thrown at her and worry that in the next election she may not be able to fairly get her message across to the American people without the projected narrative that would surely follow by the MSM et al.
For sure Sarah should run, if for no other reason to get all of the Left to send her campaign money that they would otherwise use to brainwash America via the media.
Then if she thinks that her message is being undermined by the Media Bias and Lies, she can simply withdraw. That would make this effort by the Left a very expensive exercise in futility.
She is VERY young and would have great opportunity later and IMO this might be the best way to to go for 2012.
She is definitely a force for Conservatism and that needs to continue from her because honestly we have no else currently carrying that water for us all.
As they near the end of the Primaries, and the polling looks good then she should definitely finish the journey but if not then she pass on this round and take all of THEIR money with her.
Saves Palin lots of money.
Go for it, Dims.
The Democrats wanted to run against Reagan, too.
There are many, many things that could happen between now and the ‘12 election that would cause even rats to crawl over broken glass to vote for Sarah.
In two years Obama won’t be able to win against Gumby and Pokey.
Exactly. I voted for Hillary during the last presidential primary.
(Then I went home and took a shower.)
He felt differently come November.
Nation: Where the Polls Went Wrong
Monday, Dec. 01, 1980
Reagan’s landslide challenges the pulse-taker profession
For weeks before the presidential election, the gurus of public opinion polling were nearly unanimous in their findings. In survey after survey, they agreed that the coming choice between President Jimmy Carter and Challenger Ronald Reagan was “too close to call.” A few points at most, they said, separated the two major contenders.
But when the votes were counted, the former California Governor had defeated Carter by a margin of 51% to 41% in the popular vote—a rout for a U.S. presidential race. In the electoral college, the Reagan victory was a 10-to-l avalanche that left the President holding only six states and the District of Columbia.
After being so right for so long about presidential elections—the pollsters’ findings had closely agreed with the voting results for most of the past 30 years—how could the surveys have been so wrong? The question is far more than technical. The spreading use of polls by the press and television has an important, if unmeasurable, effect on how voters perceive the candidates and the campaign, creating a kind of synergistic effect: the more a candidate rises in the polls, the more voters seem to take him seriously....
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,924541,00.html#ixzz19ds1awQR
But will the GOP limit voting in the primaries to registered Republicans? Nooooooo.
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This is the strategy that the so-called White House insider, who supposedly has been feeding material to Ulsterman, claimed the Obama team would implement. Given that they probably will not have much of a primary in their own party, this could turn out to be a significant effort. The last thing we need is for them to start picking our nominee.
I am sure pissant meant Reagan, not McCain, when referring to Palin's mentor.
We should encourage them. It will be an utter waste of money.
Good thing most states caucus still. GOP better sue states that don’t let them caucus.
Ugh, you know those folks that double down after all is lost ?
EVERYONE I know who went for the current A$$HAT is still effing behind him.
“Give him a chance” they say, “It’s too soon”
You keep on talking about the good life, Elton, ‘cause it makes me puke.
Anyone seen this, from a reputable polling outfit? I find this extremely, extremely hard to believe...
Doesn’t matter how you feel about Palin’s electability, the fact that such a scheme can be hatched, and can be effective, is frightening.
There are many who believe that this flawed process gave us McCain, and thus Barack Obama. I’m one of them.
The bottom line is that this primary system is BROKEN and NOTHING has been done to fix it.
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