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Clock ticking on Sarah Palin entry into 2012 presidential race
Politico ^ | 08/25/2011 | Molly Ball

Posted on 08/25/2011 2:35:30 PM PDT by Hawk720

Even for Sarah Palin, there are deadlines.

The former Alaska governor seems to believe that most of the rules of politics don’t apply to her – that with her media appeal and her grassroots following, she could waltz into the presidential campaign at the 11th hour and make a go of it.

But if she does want to run for president, she’ll have to get on the ballot. Palin has gestured vaguely at various self-imposed deadlines — the latest being late September — but there are some drop-dead dates that she cannot escape, starting with Oct. 31.

That’s the day presidential candidates’ names have to be submitted for inclusion on the primary ballot in Florida. By the next day, candidates have to file for the South Carolina primary ballot – along with a $25,000 fee. And the deadlines for other states come fast and furious after that. It’s $1,000 by Nov. 18 in New Hampshire. On Dec. 5, thousands of signed petitions are due in Illinois.

“It isn’t inconceivable that somebody could get into the race as late as the first or second week in October and manage to get it all done,” provided they knew what they were doing, said Matt Seyfang, a Democratic lawyer who’s handled ballot-access and delegate issues for five presidential campaigns, including Bill Clinton’s 1992 effort — which didn’t get started until October 1991. But any later than that, he said, would probably be impossible.

(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mollyball; notrunningmeme; palin; palin2012; politico; pollutico; runsarahrun; sarahpalin; toolatememe; waronsarah
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1 posted on 08/25/2011 2:35:34 PM PDT by Hawk720
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To: Hawk720

Helllloooo!

Has this person been living under a rock? It’s as if she’s the only person who has not heard that Sarah will make an announcement on Sept. 3.


2 posted on 08/25/2011 2:42:53 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd (The views and opinions expressed in this post are true and correct. Deal with it.)
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To: Hawk720

I think it’s already too late.


3 posted on 08/25/2011 2:48:06 PM PDT by A_perfect_lady (Islam is as Islam does.)
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To: Hawk720

I suspect that Sarah has been paying for private polling to see how many people change their mind about voting for her after they see the movie and the 2 minute commercial. If nobody changes their mind, then she will not run. If she “converts” enough to win past the margins of error, then she will get in.

IMHO, she will only get in if she has evidence that she will win both the primary and the general.


4 posted on 08/25/2011 2:48:06 PM PDT by Andy from Chapel Hill
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To: Al B.; RedMDer; trisham; DJ MacWoW; The Cajun; gov_bean_ counter; presently no screen name; ...
The "11th hour" is before Labor Day or whenever the media says?








POSITIVELY PALIN!


GO SARAH!

5 posted on 08/25/2011 2:49:36 PM PDT by onyx (If you enjoy FR, support it! If you support Sarah Palin & want on her Busy Ping List, let me know.)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Sarah isn’t getting in. She unfortunately missed her window, found her negatives unmanagable and is perfectly content with admonishing the meanies and the galactically stupid 24/7, tutoring the populace and generally stepping on the real candidates efforts to unfold their campaigns. There are fewer and fewer left who appreciate that much, and as another has said, the candidates will squirm if they get her endorsement. Game on is game over.


6 posted on 08/25/2011 2:50:16 PM PDT by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick. Perry/Rubio '12)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Come back Sept. 4 and tell me what happened.


7 posted on 08/25/2011 2:50:43 PM PDT by RockinRight (The ObamAA+ Downgrade)
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To: Hawk720

I don’t think I owe anything to the Mainstream Media

8 posted on 08/25/2011 2:51:25 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: onyx

Love your post!


9 posted on 08/25/2011 2:53:53 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: RockinRight

Sarah Palin never stated that she would announce on September 3rd.


10 posted on 08/25/2011 2:54:09 PM PDT by RedMDer (May we always be happy and may our enemies always know it. - Sarah Palin, 10-18-2010)
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To: onyx
"We are going to stay happy and may we always be happy and may our enemies know it.


11 posted on 08/25/2011 2:54:21 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: Responsibility2nd

Tell them they can save as much as 15% on car insurance if they go with Geico.


12 posted on 08/25/2011 2:55:37 PM PDT by who_would_fardels_bear
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To: Andy from Chapel Hill

Another article by Politico today suggest she would struggle in the primaries alone.

Sarah Palin out for two-fifths of Republicans, poll finds

snip:A nugget from today’s Pew poll that deserves a post of its own: Forty-one percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning voters say there is “no chance” they would vote for Sarah Palin in a presidential race.

That’s the second-highest rejection rate of any Republican candidate, exceeded only by Newt Gingrich, who was ruled out by 48 percent of respondents.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0811/62074.html


13 posted on 08/25/2011 2:55:55 PM PDT by MissyMa
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To: RitaOK

You are so wrong!


14 posted on 08/25/2011 2:55:58 PM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: onyx

EXACTLY!! LOL!

We feel the same way, SARAH!!


15 posted on 08/25/2011 2:57:59 PM PDT by presently no screen name
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To: RitaOK

AA.


16 posted on 08/25/2011 2:59:24 PM PDT by gov_bean_ counter (Wesley Clark was an Eagle Scout too...)
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To: RitaOK; onyx
To: onyx; DJ MacWoW

I’ve already put a couple notorious thumpers on notice that if they’ve not already been zotted before hand, the day she announces and they’re continuing to trash her, they get the zot. Guaranfreepingteed!

482 posted on Sunday, August 14, 2011 4:58:22 PM by Jim Robinson (Rebellion is brewing!! Impeach the corrupt Marxist bastard!!)
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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2763158/posts?page=482#482

17 posted on 08/25/2011 3:00:31 PM PDT by DJ MacWoW (America! The wolves are here! What will you do?)
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To: MissyMa

Then they can either vote for Obama or stay home. Screw them!


18 posted on 08/25/2011 3:01:55 PM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: onyx; RedMDer; DJ MacWoW
http://www.humanevents.com/images/coulterpalin.jpg

The Drive By Media is going to wish for these Days when Sarah wasn't in the Race, because once she is, she will be saving a truck full of Money to fund her campaign, because she will be living in their heads Rent Free, 24/7 365.


19 posted on 08/25/2011 3:03:22 PM PDT by KC_Lion (If Sarah can't be elected in 2012, then Phase II will fall into place, may G-D have mercy on us all)
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To: DJ MacWoW
So if you support another Republican besides Palin, and Palin decides to run, we must not speak ill of her? Even if the poster is on say, a Perry thread trashing Perry as they have been for 2 weeks?

I need the ground rules laid out here so I don't get the zot.

20 posted on 08/25/2011 3:04:40 PM PDT by normy (Don't take it personally, just take it seriously.)
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