If Palin runs for president: Her strengths won't be a lot of help

The Chicago Tribune ^ | September 12, 2010 | Steve Chapman

[Red Steel]

Manure? Did you or did you not, post the following on FR? go ahead.... lie and make my day troll. Hate Palin, hate Rush, hate Fox news, hate Beck... need I go on. Your posts speak for themselves. See below:

NS, always the good all around troll. You can always count on NS.

[Las Vegas Ron]

LMAO....

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[Lakeshark]

If she runs, and if she gets the nomination, she'll unfortunately have to pick a moderate to run with, much like Reagan did in 1976 (when he lost) and also in 1980 when he won.

I wouldn't mind if Christie were that moderate.

[editor-surveyor]

I would mind very much if Christie were to be catapulted into the presidency after Palin, and start undoing all the recovery.
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[School of Rational Thought]

Gingrich/Bolton

[Red Steel]

All his ‘non sequitur’ posts seem to be removed from DU now. Gee got to give their NS cover.

[Lakeshark]

Why would he do that? Isn’t he a fiscal conservative who has shown how to reign in spending?

[Las Vegas Ron]

Arrggghhhh, I like Gingrich as a pundit but no thanks for POTUS.

He's a Mc Cain without the fat, buxom liberal daughter.

[editor-surveyor]

Spending is not the major issue.

All of the major issues that need correcting are cultural, and Christie gets an F- in Culture.

[Las Vegas Ron]

RE: NS

[Lakeshark]

It's a pretty big issue, probably the biggest in any national poll right now, so we'll just disagree there. Could you give links to his cultural f's? I'd appreciate knowing how you come to that conclusion.

I've been disappointed with his mosque statement and his endorsement of Castle. Other than that, he's done amazingly well, much better than any of us thought.

[Red Steel]

RE: NS

[little jeremiah]

Why would she have to pick a moderate? Is that in the Constitution?

[little jeremiah]

Far too handsome.

[little jeremiah]

Interesting.

[little jeremiah]

NO GINGRICH!

He sat on the couch with Pelosi and whined about Globaloney warming.

NO NO A THOUSAND TIMES NO!

Bolton/Palin, whichever order.

[Lakeshark]

Nope.

It's an unfortunate political reality.

Reagan did it to unite the party and get the moderates behind him. I'm guessing you don't mind that in hindsight, I sure don't, it helped get him elected. It's called political necessity.

[Lakeshark]

Agreed, it can't be Newt.

[little jeremiah]

Times have changed since Reagan. There is a much deeper gulf between liberal and conseravative. More people are waking up.

The idea that a Repub Pres candidate has to have a moderate VP is not engraved in stone. Moderates do NOT win elections. They LOSE elections.

NO MODERATES! NONE! GET RID OF THEM! THEY ARE THE PROBLEM!

A moderate means someone who is not conservative, who is wishy washy, who has no spine, no guts, no gonads, who cares about what leftists, the MSM and the Dems think, is willing to compromise, back stab and surrender.

NO MODERATES!

Moderate Repubs are the very reason we are in such a sorry state right now.

No way is it a “political necessity”.

I call it “political suicide”!

[ican'tbelieveit]

There are many pundits that claimed that Palin is the reason McCain lost. I honestly have to say that I think Palin caused more people to vote for McCain than caused people to not vote for McCain.