Posted on 09/25/2011 7:52:21 PM PDT by Freepmanchew
As I watch the Republican presidential debates, I must admit that we have a great field of candidates running, and if the reports about New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie getting into the race are true, then things will only get more interesting. It is a great field of candidates because America is finally getting a chance to see how truly diverse the Republican party is. After all, take a look at the Democrat party. All you will find is a who's who of the anti-American, communist-reject society.
Although I must admit that there is one person missing from the debate stage, and her absence has left many wondering why. I do know that she is of the belief that times have changed, and that Obama and the Democrats are so toxic that she could enter the race as late as November, or even late December, and still be the one to beat. Recent polls taken of just the conservative base in the Republican party prove her right. She is still the one to beat, and that has the rest of the field a little uneasy, and you can bet that Sarah is on their minds.
When Rick Perry jumped in many were claiming it's all over, but since then he has slipped. Since she won the Iowa straw poll, Michele Bachmann has slipped a bit. Rick Perry even attempted to lock up the Christian right vote before he jumped in, but Sarah Palin is still the choice of over 80% of the Christian conservatives. And guess who will show up en masse if she enters the race? You got it, the conservative Christian base. That is why the country-club Republicans keep touting Romney, or begging
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Not only that, but there would be no upside to passing one or more early deadlines. You could speculate that the reasons for waiting till the last minute (saves money, ammo, plays the media) might apply for a primary or two and worth the loss of delegates. But, that is a real stretch for me. She'll enter next week most likely.
But the Obama campaign will bring it up..
Palin Cain or Cain Palin but I would perfer Cain Palin.
“Gingrich would be a great advisor” That is correct but I have a few problems with his position on Global Warming. Gingrich is an intllect of great standing. Gingrich is a total novice when it comes to science. He either does not understand it or worse yet has taken a political stand verses real science.
If I were President I would welcome Gingrich in my circle of advisors in respect to politics and economics and history. I would not let Newt get any place close to science, as he does not understand real science and the methodology of it.
Extra points for using intelligent persuasion, reason, and logic to bring us Palin supporters over to your way of thinking.
Stupid? Idiots? You just lost whatever argument you were trying to make, pal.
And by the way, Palin's support among Independents has leaped in the last month, or haven't you been following the news?
The system today is a lot different with primaries everywhere and some caucuses mixed in.
Back in the 1960’s only a handful of states held primaries and only some of those had delegate selection linked to the primary vote.
The back rooms of local political power held the keys to being a presidential nominee.
Heck, the old tradition was for a candidate to not announce while his supporters lined up support in backrooms or ran him in the handful of states like New Hampshire or Wisconsin that held primaries.
The candidate would or could wait until close to the convention to announce.
I like this writer's optimism! I agree completely!
And what about UTAH? I read that Utah is Oct 14 or 15?
Try to keep up, noob, and put away the lame Democrat talking points. They won't fly amongst informed Freepers.
Go back and review what Palin's actually been up to over the last two years before you think of posting such rubbish again.
Wait ‘til you move on down thread to #92. I already discussed the “who needs ‘em”. LOL.
Well Said!!
Obama is going to go negative on any GOP candidate. The GOP nominee should aim to prove to the country that he/she isn’t a nut. This is done by not saying crazy shit that makes no sense to an intelligent person. This can be done without backing away from his/her agenda or refraining from laying it on Obama, who deserves everything he gets. Obama will try to make the other side the issue next year, but I think he’ll find that very hard to do, and also dangerous because he’s really wading in it as it is. The GOP nominee needs to be optimistic but serious, probably more so than Barry is likely to be.
Perhaps it would help you to read the full article which included;
The question is, why should Sarah enter the race ahead of her own schedule? If you ask me, I think she is one smart cookie to be sitting by as the current candidates destroy each other. These debates and all this early campaigning are primarily about getting recognized by the base, and there is not a possible candidate who is better known than Sarah is already. So unlike the others, Palin can sit back and watch the show while she sharpens her teeth for the battle against an inevitable attack she will receive when she does jump in.
Sounds like a plan.
Um, you need to get out more. She has issued many de facto white papers on key issues and at Indianola she put forward the broad outline of a comprehensive campaign platform, to be filled in as the campaign progresses. She is spending almost no effort on defensive maneuvers of the kind you suggest. For that she relies on her vast army of volunteer cyber warriors. We have her back, and she knows it.
Yep. This ain't our grand fathers' primary politics. She's got maybe another two weeks to step in, given the way the game is played today. I think the author is nuts.
“She has missed too many debates because she is afraid of coming off bad in them....”
LOLOLOLOL
Just like George Bush would be devastated by master debater Al Gore.........
LOLOLOLOLOL
There are only 55 posts on this thread as I type this. LOL?
“That is correct but I have a few problems with his position on Global Warming. Gingrich is an intellect of great standing”
I don’t have a problem with his position. His position is simply this. IF IF IF global warming is true, what is the best conservative response so that we have something on the table?
Now you understandably reject the premise and have no need to provide an answer but Newt was always the kind of guy who would ponder what-if hypothetical examples. For example, he wrote a book (1945) on what if we didn’t fight Germany after Pearl Harbor.
She’s going to have the ‘powers’ in the GOP begging her to run before it’s over!;-)
Christie Courted, Still Says No
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You do know that the Nov 1st date is just some states don't you? If she wants to get her name on the ballot for all the state primaries the date would be November 1st she would have to announce by, but even in those early Nov 1st states she can still be eligible for as a write-In. Candidates do concede states all the times. Reagan did not announce until later in November.
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