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I have observed that the polls and the news readers have taken to reminding us that Sarah Palin's nomination spells certain defeat for the GOP in 2012. Let's examine the question of Sarah Palin's prowess as a candidate, measured against the current field: It has been noted that former Senator Rick Santorum won his Senate seat in a big GOP year (1994) and lost it big in a Democrat year (2006), sweeping in with one tide and out with another. This is evidence of weakness as a candidate. Let's examine the rest of this field, using 2006 as the barometer....

On our TV Show, “Angel And The Wiz” that airs Wednesday May 25th at 4 PM on MNN.org Channel 2, (56) I will formally announce my endorsement of Sarah Palin for President in 2012.I am doing this whether she announces or not because I am voting for her whether she runs or not.My reasons for endorsing her are as follows.Courage: No one, Including Richard Nixon, has been pummeled like our Sarah. Through all the attacks on her and her family, she has shown the courage of a lion, and always handled it with the grace and propriety we would expect...

Reporting from Des Moines— It's presidential campaign season in the heartland, and on any given day, some semi-famous Republican is here to ask Iowans for a shot at the Big Job. Former governors and other onetime pols trip over each other as they vie for love and money. As expected, there is even an evangelical Christian mother of five lighting up crowds of religious conservatives. But her name is not Sarah Palin. So where is the former Alaska governor? Lots of places: India, Israel, New York, California, Oklahoma and, most recently, Wisconsin. But not Iowa, the state that could make...

It is nearly May. Sarah Palin, once the darling of the political Right, still has not committed to running for president in 2012. Although she has a political action committee, she has yet to even formally announce a presidential exploratory committee. Some say she will; others say she won't. And Palin is as ambiguous as ever... It has been nearly a foregone conclusion that Sarah Palin would run for president in 2012, especially after her pronouncements alluding to just that after losing the 2008 national election as Sen. John McCain's running mate. But as campaign season has approached Palin has...

The crop of 2012 Republican presidential candidates is about to expand, adding faces to one of the most varied—and muddled—GOP fields in decades. The lineup currently lacks a clear favorite to stir the GOP base, to the dismay of many in the party. A Gallup poll released Friday underscored an awkward situation facing the GOP. Two men who may not even run—Mike Huckabee and Donald Trump—tied for first among Republicans surveyed, with a scant 16% support apiece, while the presumed GOP favorite, Mitt Romney, came in second at 13%. The last GOP nominee to score under 20% in a Gallup...

"The more you listen to him, the more you say to yourself, you know, maybe this guy's right." Trump on Sunday's ABC This Week Graham doesn't see Palin running for president. ABC NewsThe Rev. Franklin Graham, whose family has served as spiritual advisers to numerous prominent political figures, told "This Week" anchor Christiane Amanpour that businessman Donald Trump might be his candidate of choice in 2012 and that he does not think former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will run for president. "Donald Trump, when I first saw that he was getting in, I thought, well, this has got to be...

Clearly, lots of people want to talk about 2012. Last I checked, there were nearly 800 comments on my column about next year’s presidential race, and by early afternoon today, there were more than 600 comments about my colleague Charles Krauthammer’s “Unified Field Theory of 2012” column. I specifically want to reply to a reader who asked, fairly, why I didn’t mention Mike Huckabee or Sarah Palin as 2012 Republican contenders. The answer is that on this question, Charles and I agree: Neither of us thinks that Huckabee or Palin will run. Charles made this point directly; I did so...

Catch Governor Palin in her first TV appearance since her extraordinary speech in Wisconsin on Saturday.

Sarah Palin has been making more public appearances lately, attending a Tea Party rally in Madison, WI on Saturday, which once again raises the question: could Sarah win the Republican nomination and the presidency? It seems when it comes to Sarah Palin, people either love her or hate her and that could be her biggest obstacle in a Presidential run; she would need to win all those in the middle if she has any hope of winning. She would have to hope voters take her seriously, but she might not be given the chance to ever talk about the issues....

If Sarah Palin’s not running for president, what a terrible waste that would be of the single best stump speech I’ve heard since, well, Palin’s ’08 convention speech, which just happened to be the single most electrifying political moment of my adult life. A thrill didn’t just run up my leg that night, it ran up everything in me that’s American, and today in Madison, WI, it happened again. Surrounded by an obnoxiously hostile, astro-turfed, pro-union crowd that tried and failed to drown out her message with obnoxiously hostile astro-turfed noise, the former Alaskan Governor took the fight directly to...

Heard over Twitter and confirmed on Wisconsin talk radio: Just heard from Wausau Tea Party director, Meg Ellefson that Sarah Palin will be speaking at this Saturday’s Tea Party Rally in Madison. The rally officially starts at 12:00 pm. More info here. UPDATE: Audio: Vicki McKenna: Sarah Palin will be at the April 16th Madison Tea Party Rally Via The Founders Compass Tax Day Tea Party Rally When: April 16, 2011 at 12:00 PM Where: Capitol Square, Madison, Wisconsin Wisconsin is ‘ground zero’ in the battle with the unions. We need your presence to send a clear message that we,...

Will she or won’t she run for President? I once laid out the reasons why Sarah Palin has a better shot of becoming president than Barack Obama did before Obama announced his candidacy during the 2008 election cycle. And while conventional wisdom among the chattering class continues to lean against Palin mounting a presidential run, Palin has been courting the conservative base while not alienating swing voters in swing states such as Ohio, Colorado, and Florida better than any potential GOP contender. Too often, those who cover Palin do not listen to her words or read her statements, Facebook postings,...

On Morning Joe, Mika Brzezinski wants to "cut the crap" about Sarah Palin's 2012 presidential plans. According to Mika, it's a done deal she will run, and the press is letting itself be sucked into a phony build-up....

Mika Brzezinski wants to "cut the crap" when it comes to building speculation as to whether Sarah Palin will run for president in 2012. According to Mika, Palin's candidacy is a done deal, and the press is letting itself be sucked into a phony build-up. Mika is so sure that Sarah is running that on today's Morning Joe she was willing to wager a dubious Jonathan Capehart $1,000. Brzezinski's comments came in response to Politico's report, highlighted by Mike Allen, that Palin has raised significant money and built a nascent campaign staff. View video here.

“The future of our country, the direction that we go as people, whether we move ahead to meet the challenges of the future or slide back into the irresponsible policies of the past, will be determined by those who get involved. ~ Ronald Reagan” When I look at Sarah Palin, when I think about Sarah Palin, when I write about Sarah Palin, one thing stands out: This woman has cojones. Grande cojones! One of the most frustrating things about the modern day Republican Party is, for the most part, they are gutless wonders. Even the ones who you find appealing,...

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In surfing the blogosphere, a person can encounter a divergence of opinion on Sarah Palin's viablity as a GOP candidate. Most of the polls at this stage match her against Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee. Many of them, including the Democrat poll, PPP, include Romney and Huckabee and fairly consistently place Romney in the lead in a three way race. Polls this early, even by reputable pollsters, are notoriously unreliable. I suggest that there is empirical data available at this point that strongly suggests that Palin could not be defeated either by Romney or Huckabee or anyone else in the...

I posted news videos from Al Jezzeera, BBC, ABC, NBC and several local news outlets covering Sarah Palin's Presidential Campaign or Tea Party Express Launch in Searchlight, NV

Local News Video and Sarah Palin On Drudge Report Front Page. It is either a Presidential Campaign launch or Tea Party Express launch?!