Compared to WHAT!?! We don't need 2 year long presidential campaigns.
Sarah could wait until like February of next year and would still be fine.
OH yeah, and Sarah is NOT a hillbilly, She's a Hunter!
Posted on 07/03/2011 11:06:27 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Bristol Palin told Fox News her mother has made up her mind about running for president, but Sarah Palin told The New York Times she's still thinking about it.
According to the conventional wisdom, it may be too late for her to run. Ms. Palin's done no fundraising, hasn't built a campaign team. Republicans who supported her are drifting to active campaigns, chiefly that of Rep. Michele Bachmann of Minnesota.
The conventional wisdom is more conventional than wise. Candidates start early to build name recognition and need a campaign organization to get supporters to the polls.
Sarah Palin has 3.2 million followers on Facebook -- about 800,000 more than all the declared GOP candidates combined. Palinistas tend to be the sort who would crawl over ground glass to vote for her. She has less need of a get-out-the-vote operation than any political figure in modern times.
The Republican National Committee's new rules favor late entrants. There will be more delegates in 2012 than ever before. A higher proportion will come from heavily Republican states. All but a handful will be selected after March 1. In the four February contests, 129 delegates are at stake -- 23 fewer than in Texas alone.
Delegates in the early states must be selected by proportional representation, the RNC says. So whoever wins these contests probably will wind up with fewer than half. After March 1, delegates may be selected on a winner-take-all basis.
The early contests are unlikely to produce a clear frontrunner, but will winnow the field. This is most important for debates. It's stretching the term when seven or eight candidates are on stage. Cut the field to three or four, and debates have real meaning....
(Excerpt) Read more at post-gazette.com ...
She doesn't need to. We are all holding our bucks until she gives us the word GO!
Also, it’s not quite accurate that she is doing no fund-raising. I’ve gotten a couple of letters from SarahPac, presumably because one of the conservative or pro-life causes I donate to gave her people my mailing address.
Of course, SarahPac could just be raising money to support other candidates or whatever. Or it could be for her coming use.
He scoffs at it himself (as it relates to Gov. Palin) in the editorial.
Only the truly ignorant underestimate Sarah Palin (i didn’t say they are unintelligent) but ignorant of the facts on how time and time again she has overcome people more powerful than her, she knows whats she’s doing and her unconventional ways appears to confuse her adversaries and keep them unbalance everytime.
She’s not a hillbilly. I would ask if there is nothing too low for them to throw at her, but we all know there isn’t.
$2000.00 as soon as she announces.
LLS
LOL! Boy, is that a dumb statement........
Keep reading, he says she doesn’t have to....
Sarah already has that. Why should she start so early(which she has, duh) when she can get things done BEFORE she announces....without them harping on her about the "rules and regulations"?
Sarah is one smart cookie. I CANNOT wait to vote for her in 2012.....nor the debates between her and barry. I would NOT be surprised if barry walks off the stage at one of their debates.
You are dead on accurate .... We have a couple of the plastic carboy water jugs we fill with coins between elections. We donate that to Sarah when shé starts her campaign.
Change WE believe in.
Sarah 2012 !
That’s a good idea! Silver for Sarah! Pennies for Palin!
Compared to WHAT!?! We don't need 2 year long presidential campaigns.
Sarah could wait until like February of next year and would still be fine.
OH yeah, and Sarah is NOT a hillbilly, She's a Hunter!
"Change WE believe in."
Literal change, both literal and metaphorically.
Damn right!!! The libs and RINOs have EVERY reason to be scared of Sarah.
Not too many times, I would say. I recall Fred Thompson falling on his face 3 years ago — people said it was because he waited too long to get into the race. (not just pundits but local observers too). However if Palin gets in late and wins, then next time out, those very same people who said Thompson waited too long will say that you can get in late and still win.
It's all over but the announcement. Then it's go time.
;^\
She should wait until October of 2012 to announce. Considering her name recognition and popularity, she’d win and say “I’ve already saved the American people tens of millions of dollars, and I don’t owe a dime to anyone.”
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.