Without talking about who should be the nominee, I think who the GOP nominee is depends greatly on how bad things are in min 2011. If things are portrayed as stagnant but not horrific, Romney has the best chance. Romney might be able to overcome the Wall Street label and seem like a reasonable choice compared to 0bama. If things are labeled as a depression or similar to late Jimmy Carter and the mood is desperation, Huckabee's comforting minister will play a lot better with moderates, and he is just conservative enough to get a lot of the base to come along if things are bad. If the mood shifts to bloodless revolution, and people get angry and ready to make a statement, Palin will be the beneficiary of that. Romney represents a tweak of the status quo, Huckabee represents comfort, Palin represents sweeping change/bloodless revolution. Ron Paul is too old now, but his economic message would play very well as things break down. Obviously if the media can spin a recovery, 0bama will win. This is also PERCEPTION...this doesn't mean what the candidates say they are, are, in fact, what they are. In my view, winning the House is paramount. You can uplug a lot of the agenda with the House if the GOP shifts right. Big if. 40 posted on Wednesday, June 24, 2009 11:37:01 AM by Crimson Elephant
Sarah Palin is not running folks. Bachmann is the one. 2 posted on Wednesday, July 20, 2011 11:53:25 AM by Scythian
Like she keynoted the Tea Party Rally in Arizona, where she pimped John McCain, you know, “That great American Hero and conservative Tea Party Patriot! John McCain!”. But like Arizona, she had no intentions to run for anything. Just collect a huge promotions fee. 11 posted on Wednesday, July 27, 2011 3:41:17 PM by PSYCHO-FREEP (Always Remember You're Unique.......(Just Like everyone Else.))
Listen up, rookies... There will NEVER be a President Sarah Palin. If you can't grasp that fact, you just don't understand where this country is at this moment in history. 4 posted on Saturday, July 30, 2011 6:12:36 PM by Glenn (iamtheresistance.org)
Palin would be foolish to leave the lucrative position she is in now for an extremely long shot of ever becoming president. There is very little support for her to become president. This is a fact and I have NEVER seen any statistics that should encourage her. Intrade gives her a 3% chance of becoming president. Of course, it's not impossible but the chances are so remote she shouldn't even think of it. 9 posted on Sunday, July 31, 2011 5:57:13 PM by Conservativegreatgrandma
Her current time frame is another month. She’s playing Thompson here.Except she’s getting Rich doing it. She’s not In. 20 posted on Friday, August 12, 2011 3:58:16 PM by hobbes1 (Hobbes1TheOmniscient® "I know everything so you don't have to...." ;)
I’ll bet you a dozen donuts Palin doesn’t run 2 posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 8:50:50 PM by Java4Jay
To: Java4Jay The Iowa fair crowd roared NO to a Palin run, when asked about her making a run. Couldn’t believe my ears. 10 posted on Saturday, August 13, 2011 9:04:11 PM by RitaOK (TEXAS. It's EXHIBIT A for Rick. Perry/Rubio '12)
“Palin’s appeal has also been usurped by Bachmann, a Tea Party movement leader who appeals to many of the same anti-Washington voters. Perry is also popular with Tea Party movement backers.” This rings true to me. Palin has sat mute while John McCain savaged the Tea Party, while Bachman has actually represented the interests of the Tea Party in Congress, to the point of refusing to vote for any raising of the debt limit, regardless of a BBA vote. Palin has pretty much become a leader without a base at this point, save for her rabid band of FReepers who hold out hope that she’ll run (she won’t), and attack any other conservative candidate who offers and alternative option to Palin. Once I saw Palin on NBC News after the Iowa Straw poll, I knew she was desperate to stay relevant in the GOP field. Alas, that ship has sailed in the night, which must have been when she denounced McCain for his words on the floor of the Senate, since I didn’t hear them. 21 posted on Sunday, August 14, 2011 10:47:22 PM by Carling (At some point, those surrounding Obama have to realize that they are working for a psychopath)
BTW, I think he's wrong about Palin. She's also in love with her own celebrity and wants to keep raking in the bucks, not be a losing presidential candidate. 1 posted on Sunday, August 21, 2011 9:43:40 AM by Astronaut
She must be running for President of Fantasyland. 27 posted on Tuesday, August 23, 2011 11:02:39 AM by TomServo
There’s no way she’s running. Why take the pay cut and put yourself and your family through that hell WITHOUT a guaranteed win (and no, it wouldn’t be a guaranteed win, there is too much baggage on Palin for her to pull the moderates from Obama despite the disaster Obama has been) - but in the end, the calculus says she would like to be more of a kingmaker than the King. 21 posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 10:38:59 AM by MikefromOhio
Sarah will not run she is too valuable to be dragged in. She would be better served and serve better as a fundraiser for the massive effort of getting a veto proof Senate and more House reinforcements. She is pure gold in exciting the base and with help from Demint and others something special is on the verge of happening. 12 posted on Wednesday, August 24, 2011 1:28:24 PM by vicar7
She missed her window. Not that she had much shot against Obama, but even if she does get in, I think she’ll be the Fred Thompson of this cycle (disclaimer, I was a Fredhead). Look for her to pimp reverse mortgages in a few years. 6 posted on Tuesday, August 30, 2011 10:19:02 PM by RockinRight (The ObamAA+ Downgrade)
My gut tells me she will not. Although a great believer in Sarah, I fear events have passed her by. She is young and there will be another day 1 posted on Wednesday, August 31, 2011 9:49:13 AM by bert
All Palin wants to do is generate more free publicity for herself so she can jack up her speaking fees and get more money for reality TV appearances. Period. She is not a real candidate, no matter how many Freepers fantasize that she will be our nominee and eventually president. Never going to happen. She’s a celebrity, not a presidential candidate. Who would be her VP nominee? Kate plus 8? Snookie from the Jersey Shore? She’s a joke. 4 posted on Saturday, September 03, 2011 1:10:23 PM by Astronaut
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