Posted on 07/07/2009 4:14:28 PM PDT by SolidWood
Political analyst and Republican Party strategist Roger Stone tells Newsmax.TV that he disagrees with the chattering class in Washington and believes the only way Sarah Palin could remain a viable presidential candidate in 2012 or beyond was to leave the governorship of Alaska.
First of all, her administration is mired down by these nuisance lawsuits and ethics complaints from every garden variety left-wing nut paralyzing the state government, Stone says, noting Palin is governor at a time when the drop in oil prices is contracting her state economy.
Theres no plus in Sarah Palin staying as governor of Alaska.
Stone points to Palins natural constituency that could sustain her through a national campaign and doesnt believe she will be labeled a quitter.
There was nothing to be gained, nothing good that could come out of being governor of Alaska for another 18 months, Stone tells Newsmax. On the other hand, theres no question Sarah Palins political imagery needs some repair.
Stone says the unyielding assault of the liberal media attacking Palin for being homespun, plain spoken, middle class and simple, lead to her decision to repair the political damage. He notes Palin has the most valuable thing a politician can have in presidential politics: she has a favorability rating of more than 20 percent of the American people who say they love her, and more than 60 percent of Republicans.
She has a national political base, Stone says. Mitt Romney does not have that; Haley Barbour does not have that; Charlie Crist doesnt have that. None of the other potential presidential candidates whove been mentioned have that.
Palin has now freed herself to cultivate that base, but more importantly, to go on television, Stone says, noting working in a packaged, controlled environment will help correct public misperceptions of her.
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The economy is cyclical. If the economy recovers (or head-fakes a recovery), Obama will be extremely tough to dethrone in 2012.
On the other hand, if inflation kicks in and the recovery still looks a long way off, or Obama hoses up any number of other things, a Republican will sail into office.
At Palin’s age, she could easily hold out and run in 2016. If a Republican were to win in 2012, she could be the follow-on in 2020. She’d only be 56...probably still looking great and she’d have all this time to get educated and polished on all the issues.
She should quite simply MOBILIZE CONSERVATIVES!!
- Put some steam into the Tea Parties and get involved organizing real grass-roots events across the country
- Keep working the new technologies (Facebook, twitter, blogging, you-tube, etc.)
- Content is key. She needs to educate the public. She needs to be able to help focus the minds of people who are not up to speed on the facts of our situation.
- Hire the best people she can find in PR, marketing, writers, etc. (better yet, get them to work for free as part of their patriotic duty to save what’s left of the country!)
- MOST important, she needs to keep on pi**ing off the Lefties in the MSM so they continue to spew their venom (it’s the best advertisement ever for her!)
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"Stone says the unyielding assault of the liberal media attacking Palin for being homespun, plain spoken, middle class and simple, lead to her decision to repair the political damage. He notes Palin has the most valuable thing a politician can have in presidential politics: she has a favorability rating of more than 20 percent of the American people who say they love her, and more than 60 percent of Republicans.Hehe, great points. Well said!!She has a national political base, Stone says. Mitt Romney does not have that; Haley Barbour does not have that; Charlie Crist doesnt have that. None of the other potential presidential candidates whove been mentioned have that."
She has a national political base, Stone says. Mitt Romney does not have that; Haley Barbour does not have that; Charlie Crist doesnt have that. None of the other potential presidential candidates whove been mentioned have that.”
This is key. Some conservatives want to sell out to RINOs in the GOP hierarchy. We have the power over the Party, not the opposite.
All we have to do is stand up and make it clear we want a real conservative.
Absolutely. Sarah is a strong conservative with good national name recognition. If she chooses to run, she has my full support. However, I won't support conservatives who have no chance of even winning their own home state. We need to win with a conservative, but a conservative who can make it, not just take it, lol.
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