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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 ...
Amen... I know so many that are just waiting for her move.
LLS
The Ghettobillys won’t vote for her for sure, but everyone else is darn angry at the current crop of knaves, thugs, dopes, idiots, thieves, and corrupt criminals in DC.
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Wrong. He had no "fire in his belly". I wanted a Thompson/Hunter team and cried the day Thompson dropped out. He was my man.
2008, I voted for Sarah.....NOT mclame.
This next election, if Sarah is not on the ballot, I will be writing her name in. If this country wants to go to hell, so be it.
For me it's Sarah and only Sarah I will pull that lever for only her (actually no longer a lever, we went to the "electronic" devices as of the 2010 elections).
Don't they wish...
What utter horse flop. No such "conventional wisdom" exists, except in the minds of liberal media drones. Reagan didn't announce his candidacy until November of 1979, and traditionally, most campaigns have started between late summer, and early fall.
Palin's got plenty of time, and the success of her campaign also won't be dependent on snapping up any of the so-called 'elite' campaign organizers who are now drifting to others.
As far as all the worry about 'donors' committing to other candidates, those are big money contributors they're talking about - not the $100 small folk who are the real fuel of presidential campaigns. Us regular folks are just fine on keeping our money in our pockets until Sarah declares.
There's also this very illuminating finding:
And easy to do. I empty my pockets of coins each day when I get home. It has been our project / toys / emergency fund for the most part but we decided if Sarah runs its for her efforts to help us an our country.
Best investment we can use it for this time.
Stay Safe !
Yep... Good ideas you have there.
Pennies for Palin is my favorite !
Well done.
Stay Safe ...
Matched. If you change your no., I’ll change mine.
Jack Kelly is a idiot. Anyone could crawl over ground glass. We Sarah Palin fans would crawl over BROKEN glass for her.
It used to be one of my “savings” ways. Now it has become Sarahs.
I throw in singles when I can as well. I would LOVE to give my max to her.
Hahaha! I’m sure that is what he meant, although he expressed it poorly.
Newt and Herman have sold more shirts than Myth? Hahahaha!
Maybe he should buy some himself and pass them out at dog shows....
Nonthin’ wrong with hillbillies OR snowbillies.
JMO
Oh I agree there’s nothing wrong with them, I prefer that country. The sterotype outside of flyover country is very negative.
Think banjo music and guys saying ‘you sure got purdy lips’
It will be worth every penny when she curb stomps Ubama in their first debate
RUN SARAH, RUN!!!!
OH yeah, and Sarah is NOT a hillbilly, She’s a Hunter!.................................. Hunter!, you will realize that if she gets the nomination you will see the Left’s vitriol at full steam, “If she can kill a defenseless animal she will kill innocent peoples too, we don’t want a loose cannon for President”. That is what is going to happen, mark my words, you’ll probably see it on the View. You think they were rough on her now? WAIT.
Fantastic. That will be my opening gift... I will give more over time and I am going to fund raise for her here in my state.
LLS
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