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Has Sarah Palin exhausted the patience of her supporters?
The Christian Science Monitor ^ | 08/24/2011 | Peter Grier

Posted on 08/26/2011 10:21:29 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan

There is some evidence that while waiting for a potential Sarah Palin presidential run, her potential voters have moved on and now support other tea party-backed candidates, such as Rick Perry or Michele Bachmann.

Has Sarah Palin waited too long to announce she’s running for president?

(...) So if she does throw her snow machine helmet into the ring, she might start a White House race closer to the back of the pack than the front.

First, let’s address the waiting part. The former Alaska governor on Tuesday denied that she intends to announce a White House bid on September 3, (...)

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Palin might use the September 3 address to endorse another candidate. She might use it to make it clear she will announce at some point – Governor Perry used that same sort of slow-unveiling strategy as he edged into the race.

But the problem is at this point she may be exhausting the patience of potential Palinites.

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“I think Palin could get back a number of voters should she get into the race – people who gave up on her running and moved on to someone else. But, I do not think it would put her in a strong enough position to get into first or second place,” writes Erickson.

Some other analysts are less negative. In an opinion piece for CNN, political scientist Paul Sracic of Youngstown State University in Ohio writes that Palin’s on-camera optimism about America seems natural and akin to that of GOP icon Ronald Reagan.

“This offers at least the possibility that, despite her current low standing in the polls, she will be able to leap-frog over the more negative sounding Bachmann and Perry, and compete head-to-head with Romney,” writes Sracic.

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


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2012election; notrunning; palin; palin2012
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1 posted on 08/26/2011 10:21:31 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan
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To: BuckeyeTexan

No...but nice try.


2 posted on 08/26/2011 10:22:17 AM PDT by carjic (I've always been taught to respect my elders.... but it's getting harder to find any!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Nope.


3 posted on 08/26/2011 10:22:58 AM PDT by Crim (Palin / West '12)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

No, Sarah hasn’t exhausted the patience of her supporters, just you clymers in the media who can’t get her to do what you want.


4 posted on 08/26/2011 10:23:20 AM PDT by Dahoser (Separation of church and state? No, we need separation of media and state.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

She has been very straight-forward in telling us she would make her decision in September. We’ll wait.


5 posted on 08/26/2011 10:23:39 AM PDT by ilovesarah2012
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I don’t think she will run.

But if her strategy was to wait, enter the race late and “save the day”...

I think her strategy backfired, big time. Especially with Perry entering the race.


6 posted on 08/26/2011 10:23:54 AM PDT by Do Not Make Fun Of His Ears ("But resist, we much...we must...and we will much...about...that...be committed." - Al Sharpton)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Sarah who? Oh, the reality TV star that went fishing with Kate plus 8! She’s just intent on milking her celebrity for all its worth and translating that into dollars. She is the very opposite of a serious candidate.


7 posted on 08/26/2011 10:23:55 AM PDT by Astronaut
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To: BuckeyeTexan

I have felt this way for some time. She either needs to get in or get out and stop confusing the voters. Once voters are lost, they are tough to get back. Especially if they have used their wallets in support of another candidate. People are not very patient during these times.


8 posted on 08/26/2011 10:24:20 AM PDT by RC2
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To: BuckeyeTexan

No.


9 posted on 08/26/2011 10:24:31 AM PDT by Savage Beast (IF THE ECONOMY FAILS--EVERYTHING FAILS!!!!!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

In my case, yes, she has ... But I understand why, it’s so the press isn’t pounder her everyday, and we know that technique works because she has been badly damaged already, it’s not right, but the constant attacks work.


10 posted on 08/26/2011 10:25:17 AM PDT by Scythian
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To: BuckeyeTexan



Run Sarah, run!




11 posted on 08/26/2011 10:25:51 AM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Has Sarah Palin exhausted the patience of her supporters?

Only her faux supporters.

The armies of Soros operatives and DU losers pretending to offer her advice.
Radical children are so cute!

12 posted on 08/26/2011 10:26:10 AM PDT by Publius6961 (My world was lovely, until it was taken over by parasites.)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

“The former Alaska governor on Tuesday denied that she intends to announce a White House bid on September 3”

Maybe October then?


13 posted on 08/26/2011 10:26:17 AM PDT by Grunthor (In order; Perry, Palin. None of the rest matter 'til the general)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Palin has a hard-core, loyal base. They will wait until hell freezes over, IMO.

I like and support Palin, but will not wait much longer. She’s indicated that the end of Sept/Oct is fair to her supporters. I’m willing to give her that time.

Meanwhile, I’ll be working to refute some of the misinformation and lies that have been posted to FR about Perry. He and Bachmann have declared and deserve to have balanced information presented about them.


14 posted on 08/26/2011 10:26:29 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
The UNChristian Science Monitor is up to it's usual partisan political tricks.
15 posted on 08/26/2011 10:26:42 AM PDT by MNJohnnie (Giving more money to DC to fix the Debt is like giving free drugs to addicts think it will cure them)
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To: carjic

Nice try what? I support Sarah too.


16 posted on 08/26/2011 10:27:19 AM PDT by BuckeyeTexan (Man is not free unless government is limited. ~Ronald Reagan)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

She’s certainly exhausted the patience of the ABP crowd, but that’s on purpose. We Palin supporters are just reloading.


17 posted on 08/26/2011 10:27:35 AM PDT by gunsmithkat (There is no such thing as Too Many Guns)
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To: BuckeyeTexan
Is Hurricane Irene fizzling out?
18 posted on 08/26/2011 10:27:56 AM PDT by McGruff (a Sarah Palin supporter and proud of it.)
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To: American in Israel; Bikkuri; texassonofww11vet; MarkAmerica; sillsfan; duckman; redver; ...

(((((PING)))))

No, but it’s what the Perrywinkles want everybody to believe.


19 posted on 08/26/2011 10:28:03 AM PDT by Virginia Ridgerunner (Sarah Palin has crossed the Rubicon!)
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To: BuckeyeTexan

Just CSM trying a little psyops there.


20 posted on 08/26/2011 10:28:41 AM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Palin is coming, and the Tea Party is coming with her.)
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