Look who's back

[Dick Whitman]

Let the ****show begin.

http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/26/recent_moves_fuel_latest_round_of_media_speculation_on_a_white_h.html

 

[Care Bear]

Let the ****show begin.

You mean on this thread?

 

[Dick Whitman]

Let the ****show begin.

You mean on this thread?

I honestly don't even think any of the board's staunchest conservatives support this circus act at this point in the game.

I guess I'm not surprised. I have written on here before and said that to remain relevant, she has to have that carrot to hold out that she may be president some day. Look how quickly she has faded into obscurity the last few months as others have taken the stage. I wouldn't be surprised if she backed out before the primaries got going, needing to "spend more time with her family" or something along those lines, and hinted strongly at a run in 2016. But the possibility has to be there to keep the crowds interested.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I think there's a good reason the left keeps bringing her up, and the right has sort of moved on. Little chance she's running, and no chance she'd win. This pipedream has been kept alive by the side that hopes she'll run so Obama will steamroll in 2012.

No. It's kept alive by the person who watches the money roll in every time she hints at a run.

 

[Bob Cook]

I think there's a good reason the left keeps bringing her up, and the right has sort of moved on. Little chance she's running, and no chance she'd win. This pipedream has been kept alive by the side that hopes she'll run so Obama will steamroll in 2012.

No. It's kept alive by the person who watches the money roll in every time she hints at a run.

Well, OK. But it's been my observation that, while she has a very vocal and devoted base, the left is way more fascinated with her than the right is.

While that may be true, she must have some donors either showering her with cash, or getting ready to do so, or else she would have just told us already that she's not running. If there's a reason Republicans want her to run, it's that she can do something no other candidate (except maybe Ron Paul) can: draw a crowd. An enthusiastic one.

 

[Care Bear]

Well, OK. But it's been my observation that, while she has a very vocal and devoted base, the left is way more fascinated with her than the right is.

I would agree with this. I honestly don't get it. I suppose she's mostly amusing fodder for the left and cringe-worthy material for the right. But both sides have their idiots, so I don't know why she is such a special case.

Whoever keeps giving her money needs to ****ing stop.

 

[DanOregon]

She's got a 28 percent approval rating nationwide and yet is second to Romney (17 percent to 15 percent) in Gallup's latest GOP presidential poll.

That's a dog that will not hunt. Hell - Obama already beat her to her best shot at turning around her approvals a month ago in Pakistan.

 

[D-3 Fan]

I think there's a good reason the left keeps bringing her up, and the right has sort of moved on. Little chance she's running, and no chance she'd win. This pipedream has been kept alive by the side that hopes she'll run so Obama will steamroll in 2012.

No. It's kept alive by the person who watches the money roll in every time she hints at a run.

Well, OK. But it's been my observation that, while she has a very vocal and devoted base, the left is way more fascinated with her than the right is.

While that may be true, she must have some donors either showering her with cash, or getting ready to do so, or else she would have just told us already that she's not running. If there's a reason Republicans want her to run, it's that she can do something no other candidate (except maybe Ron Paul) can: draw a crowd. An enthusiastic one.

And with the pool of candidates Team Elephant has right now, only Bachmann and Palin can draw a crowd and eyeballs.

Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty won't do much. And barring a major meltdown for the O-man, someone has to be the lamb that gets led to the slaughterhouse next November.

A number of Tea Partiers are starting to realize how much they ****ed up the GOP by running off the base of Republicans who weren't bat**** crazy. The more they lose traction (which is moderately unlikely), the more the moderates GOP will be waiting for those faction-splitting clowns to beg them to come back.

 

[Michael_ Gee]

I had this theory that Ron Paul was the Max Bialystock of presidential candidates, because he raised a ton of money and as far as I could tell never spent any on his campaign. But Paul is a sincere ideologue, so I don't really believe it, it was just a joke.
But I could see Palin pulling that move. Very easily. Campaign funds, once a campaign is over, can be declared as income if you're willing to pay income taxes on them.

 

[Mark2010]

Palin is an attention *****. There are very few places where she could get elected governor or senator, much less president.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

Well, OK. But it's been my observation that, while she has a very vocal and devoted base, the left is way more fascinated with her than the right is.

I would agree with this. I honestly don't get it. I suppose she's mostly amusing fodder for the left and cringe-worthy material for the right. But both sides have their idiots, so I don't know why she is such a special case.

Whoever keeps giving her money needs to ****ing stop.

I dunno. She did a book signing here at a Costco and the line wrapped around the outside of the massive building. I think she'd get trounced in an election, but there are plenty of people who think she's God's gift to conservatism - literally.

 

[Azrael]

There are very few places where she could get elected governor or senator, much less president.

America being one of them, apparently.

 

[Mark2010]

You've got to be kidding. You really think she could get elected president? For real?

I truthfully don't think she could win the party's nomination -- unless the Tea Party splits off and becomes its own official party, God help us --- but if somehow she did, she'd wind up with less than 30 percent of the vote.

Sure she can draw a crowd at rallies and book signings and rake in a lot of money -- far more than she ever would by being governor of Alaska --- but those figures represent just a tiny percent of the electorate.

Look, I like Palin. She's probably a good, sincere person and certainly is good for a good laugh now and then. But she's no more a serious candidate for president than Donald Trump would have been.

 

[Azrael]

There are very few places where she could get elected governor or senator, much less president.

She was already elected governor of Alaska.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

You've got to be kidding. You really think she could get elected president? For real?

I truthfully don't think she could win the party's nomination -- unless the Tea Party splits off and becomes its own official party, God help us --- but if somehow she did, she'd wind up with less than 30 percent of the vote.

Sure she can draw a crowd at rallies and book signings and rake in a lot of money -- far more than she ever would by being governor of Alaska --- but those figures represent just a tiny percent of the electorate.

Look, I like Palin. She's probably a good, sincere person and certainly is good for a good laugh now and then. But she's no more a serious candidate for president than Donald Trump would have been.

Against this field? I could definitely see her getting the nomination. Ultra conservative candidates usually do well early because of the idiotic way the primaries are set. Hell, Buchanan and Huckabee are just two examples of guys who have done really well early because oif the early focus on places like Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina.

I do not support Palin and I want her to go away, but could I see moderate republicans splitting votes between Romney and Pawlenty while Palin cleans up on Tea Party votes? Absolutely.

 

[deskslave]

A good, sincere person? Have you read, like, anything about her, ever? Even people who like her don't think she's sincere.

 

[Shaggy]

There are very few places where she could get elected governor or senator, much less president.

She was already elected governor of Alaska.

That was before she became an attention-craved buffoon.

 

[Mizzougrad96]

A good, sincere person? Have you read, like, anything about her, ever? Even people who like her don't think she's sincere.

How many politicians are sincere?

 

[Bob Cook]

The Republican nightmare is that Palin or Bachmann doesn't get the nomination, and decides to run under a third-party, Tea Party banner.

 

[BYH]

You've got to be kidding. You really think she could get elected president? For real?

America's full of stupid ****ing idiots.