Governor Palin is not playing by the old rules...
I don’t think she gets in until late in the game.
If she’s not running, she never needs to step foot in Iowa
Those who orbit Planet Sarah will swear that her lack of presence is a sure sign that she is running. :)
Good for her. I’m rapidly getting tired of listening to campaigning over a year out from the elections.
From a strategy point of view, both Palin and Huckabee should be barnstorming the heck out of Iowa right now and basically not worry about New Hampshire. Simply put forth the theory/opinion to the media that NH is meaningless because it basically is a home for Mitt Romney, don’t put any money there or Nevada and dump your money into Iowa and South Carolina.
If either were pretty sure they were running, seems they should already be laying down a better framework.
It is amazing but, if the site I am looking at is accurate, the Iowa Caucus COULD be held January 16th...that is just 9 months away...that really isn’t a lot of time.
Palin lays low for months and then walks into Madison, hitting a home run that keeps everyone buzzing for days. She seems to know how to punch hard and then go invisible.
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Let’s see....in 2008 these were the GOP candidates and how they did....how much did this play in the election itself?
2008 - Mike Huckabee (34%), Mitt Romney (25%), Fred Thompson (13%), John McCain (13%), Ron Paul (10%), Rudy Giuliani (4%), and Duncan Hunter (1%)
Seems to me that the top 3 didn’t get the nomination...so...just how important is this Iowa vote in the overall scheme of things?....and Fred thompson I don’t believe had declared....I don’t remember...seems he declared after the Iowa vote....
The Ames Straw Poll in August is the first big election event.
honestly, I don’t think she intends to run.
She’s not running!
Let Sarah be Sarah; she won’t be pushed...she is a hunter; hunting is all about strategy...you don’t just go out and shoot a moose or any other game; there is a lot to know. Sarah loves sport; it also is all about strategy. She knows what she wants and how to get it. We don’t know what her strategy is; nor what she wants to accomplish. What ever it is she wants to accomplish; she will not fail.
I’m confused. Is she running for some office? Why is this even relevant?
She said if she did run it would be unconventional. I never got why Iowa was so improtant comapred to any other state. And we all are sick and tired of years’ long campaigns. A huge waste of money and time. She could come in next year at this time and announce, that would be just fine with me. Time to upset the election machine and declare that politics as usual is no more.
Lets hope someone steps up because Romney, Huck and Newt are an awful bunch and each will lose.....A sitting Gov with balls needs to step up....
I hope she decides to go with it - hate to vote for some dumbocrat but I will NOT hold my nose and vote again. I am going to stand for what I want this time, not just go with the Republican candidate - not happening. If they don’t run who I want this time I wont vote for them. It doesn’t have to be Sarah - but I wont vote for Trump, Romney, Paul, Huckabee. Pawletny etc I will vote for West, Palin, Bachmann, Cain.
I think Sarah Palin could go to Iowa or anywhere else for the weekend and gather more potential voters than any of the other Republicans combined.
She’s not running.
Iowans need to get over themselves.