Another Winner on Tuesday: The Palin Endorsement

Time Magazine ^ | June 9, 2010 | Jay Newton-Small

[2ndDivisionVet]

Sarah Palin had a pretty good Super Tuesday. Three of the four candidates she endorsed won, bringing her record in tightly contested races to 8-3 overall this midterm election year. Earlier in the day, TIME asked Palin how she makes her endorsement decisions. "Oftentimes I'm looking at the candidate who shares the circumstances in which I've been: underfunded, up against the machine, no big endorsements, running a grassroots campaign with the help of volunteer friends and family," Palin told TIME. "When I see that, and can feel the momentum they can create with their passion in spite of greater challenges than their more comfortable opponents have, then I empathize, I relate, and I want to help."

Palin has done particularly well picking winners in Senate and gubernatorial races, having endorsed Senate candidate Rand Paul in Kentucky, Texas Governor Rick Perry, Susana Martinez for Governor in New Mexico and on Tuesday Nikki Haley for South Carolina Governor (though Haley still faces a run off). Palin doted particularly on Haley, one of her so-called Mama Grizzlies, not only stumping for her — an effort she's made for only 7 of the 27 candidates she's backing — but also rising to her defense in robocalls when accusations of infidelity arose. "Well, whaddaya know?" Palin wrote on Facebook. "South Carolina's conservative candidate, Nikki Haley, recently zipped to the front of the line in her state's race for governor; and lo and behold, now accusations of an affair surface."

Except for her former running mate John McCain and a lucky few who get a personal appearance, most of Palin's picks benefit mainly from some money, a Facebook post and a few tweets. But even that tends to pack a wallop.(continued)

[2ndDivisionVet]

That bearskin rug in the oval office looks more and more likely.

[ScottinVA]

LOL!! Even the lamestream media types are admitting this undeniable fact:

Mama Grizz has

CLOUT!!!!

[Kartographer]

BUT...But...but what about the endorsement of the Unicorn Master?

[Donald Rumsfeld Fan]

That bearskin rug in the oval office looks more and more likely.

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[2ndDivisionVet]

This woman out-debated a 35 year sitting senator when she was a 2 year governor in front of 70,000,000 people. She delivered one of the most incredible RNC speeches despite her TelePrompTer stalling, and yet the media tells us she’s dumb.

Palin has endured some of the most horrific attacks EVER launched against a politician and she still comes out smiling. When she debates Obama in 2012 she is going to make him look ridiculous. Palin 2012!

[susannah59]

When she debates Obama in 2012 she is going to make him look ridiculous.

While there are few things I can think of I'd enjoy more than watching her wipe the floor with him, Governor Palin doesn't have to do a thing to make Obama look ridiculous. He generally manages to do that quite well all by himself.