Palin 2012 "
Posted on 10/06/2009 4:22:14 PM PDT by rabscuttle385
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But former Republican Rep. Tom Davis, who used to run the House Republican campaign operation, added a few more to the mix today in a wide-ranging interview with The Wall Street Journal.
Asked who he viewed as 2012 contenders, the Virginia Republican replied: “I don’t think it’s anybody out there right now that’s running around, to be honest.”
Palin, he said, is too divisive. “I think as a candidate she probably hurts,” he said, adding to a chorus of Republicans recently dispelling a presidential bid for the former Alaska governor.
Romney is too spent. “In a sense he’s the best candidate in terms of that he looks like a candidate, he’s educated like a candidate, but just watching him on social issues and stuff move back and forth, I think he’s kind of spent,” Davis said, adding, “That’s just my judgment; I know a lot of people like him.”
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Davis is a former congressman because he was about to lose to a Democrat so he chickened out. His wife was an extremely liberal RINO state senator who lost her reelection bid because conservatives couldn’t trust her.
Davis was in charge of Republican House elections in 2006 and we got a Democrat blowout and lost the majority. He is not one I would put much confidence in.
Romney will almost certainly be the nominee (its his "turn"), but this is one good reason why he won't beat Obama.
I like both. I like Palin, too. But I think that she can do more for the country working with these two and others to build a Reaganesque 'small government', non-intrusive coalition.
But W wasn’t exactly an unknown either. It wasn’t like he was Rick Perry runing for President/ Americans had already elected a guy named George Bush president and were used to it. He had his father’s entire campaign and political team and all his connections. He’d also worked on his father’s camapigns including as head of evangelical outreach and knew all the right people across the country. He was the chosen one by the national party that everyone got behind and supported pretty much from the beginning, and he had a phenomenal fund-raising ability and network.
We’d had 8 yrs of Clinton, absolutely needed to win no excuses and he was the guy that everyone rallied behind from the start, and in 1999 there really weren’t any other Republicans who had a national profile or anything. Newt, maybe but he was finished. Look at who elese ran. Liz Dole, Quayle, Forbes, Bauer, Keyes, Smith, Hatch, not an impressive field outside of McCain who pretty much solidified the anti-Bush vote. Even McCain was fairly unknown at that point until themedia built him up to no end in their attempt to stop Bush.
He in no way compares to someone like a Pawlenty or Daniels who would be coming from nowhere.
Also, that whole come in 2nd get in next time thing I think is overblown. Reagan did come in 2nd although it was a virtual tie, much closer than McCain-Romney last year. He was already the conservative leader BEFORE he ran against Ford, was 8 yrs as Gov of CA, by 1980 he’d been on the natl scene for 16 yrs. Bush in 88 was Reagan’s VP, him being 2nd in 80 had nothing to do with him winning. Dole in 96 was the Senate leader and once Powell demurred was pretty much the only guy left besides Buchanan who was never going to be the nominee. Again, him finishing 2nd in 88 wasn’t a big role. And McCain last yr was the nominee but was never some unbeatable frontrunner and in many respects completely lucked in to the nomination after totally impolding in 2007.
Besides, other than Reagan, are Bush,Dole and McCain an all star lineup of nominees? Were they really the best we could do?
When you think abuot some of the guys who’ve been nominated for President it’s amazing how lame most of them are. Gore, Kerry, Dole, Dukakis, Mondale, McCain, Bush41, McGovern, Humphrey, etc...
I guess next the Journal will be quoting Obama on how to lock down an Olympic bid.
RINO corruption is, unfortunately, seldom slimy. It is the kind of corruption associated with 18th Century lords, where the corruption is heavily covered by the sent of French perfume.
She’s running.
Palin votes in my house !
Agree about “next in line” meme. That’s why I was careful when I said we tend to nominate someone who has proven himself/herself in a national campaign; that could mean a recently previous one or one from 2 election cycles ago. And we tend to nominate the one who has worked the hardest for the party - the one who has endeared himself to the party insiders.
Hopefully, this time around, we nominate the one who has endeared HERSELF to the people, not the party. :)
Besides, other than Reagan, are Bush,Dole and McCain an all star lineup of nominees? Were they really the best we could do?
When you think abuot some of the guys who’ve been nominated for President it’s amazing how lame most of them are. Gore, Kerry, Dole, Dukakis, Mondale, McCain, Bush41, McGovern, Humphrey, etc...
Yes, many of ours were duds. And let’s face it, our 2008 field of candidates was lame, boring and weak.
We do best when we nominate a candidate who excited the people, not the party insiders. I happen to think Palin can excite the folks, and I do hope that the GOP wises up and, if they cannot back her, at least they can back off from attacking her.
My family will support Palin.
We will sit out if McCain or a clone becomes the nominee.
My family is small but mighty..Six of us ALL CONSERVATIVE FIRST...REPUBLICAN SECCOND..
OOPS Second....(and used spell check too)
More than just excite, we need someone who will get the people to open their wallet. Obama will have at aleast a billion dollars, probably way more. He’ll roll out 250M in the first quarter of 2011.
We can’t get outspent by another 400M dollars or more if we want to have any chance.
I don’t know if any Republican can match that, but I know there’s definitely a whole bunch of them who can’t come close. I know Mitt Romney raised a little over 50M in a year in 2007. Not going to cut it.
She’s one of the few who may be able to.
Perhaps. It would be amazing for a top General to resign to run against his Commander-In-Chief. And if he waits much longer he’ll pretty much be tied in to whatever Obama does. Also, Obama can always dangle that Chairman of the Joint Chiefs card to keep him on board.
If Palin is still my man when the time comes she'll get every penny of contributions I can afford to give. The GOP will not get one red cent if she's not the one.
I regret it's come to this, but damn I want just this once to support 110 percent the person I want, not someone who was picked by the Party or the MSM.
I suggest we find a way to start pouring money into her coffers right now, so that we have a couple of years of regular, albeit small, contributions to get ahead of the power curve.
BLOOMBERG????
Does he mean the Democrat who turned Republican to get elected mayor of NYC and has since turned Independent? Bloomberg may be even more liberal than Obama.
If he's dropping names like Bloomberg's, he's showing his true colors. Pay no attention to his drivel.
Add Johnson, Carter, Clinton and Obama.
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