Is Palin really looking towards 2012?

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Is Palin really looking towards 2012?
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Might be, as that is the alleged year of peak oil, which means Alaska gets rich for the following ten to twenty years as pipes get rammed into the ground in the frantic search for oil . . .

Or not.

As for Palin as the next leader of the GOP: tough to get my head around that one.
 
Darth Rotor said:
Might be, as that is the alleged year of peak oil, which means Alaska gets rich for the following ten to twenty years as pipes get rammed into the ground in the frantic search for oil . . .

Or not.
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Heh.

As for Palin as the next leader of the GOP: tough to get my head around that one.
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That's what I thought, but to have the quote coming from a supposed McCain campaign source? WTF?

Ech. November 5 can't come soon enough.
 
If she does get the nomination in 2012, I have one question - would it be possible for Obama (in 2012) to win more than 50 states?
 
Seems that way with her in Iowa. If she runs it will split the party in half, she will win the talk radio and religious republicans but probably can't win in the big states with more moderate republicans and with her ego she could go 3rd party.
 
I do not think it was a CNN article, so maybe the operative has been pushing this story around town because I've read the same "Palin has gone rogue" line. I like the sound of that as spoken into a walkie talkie: "Palin has gone rogue." I can't imagine her winning the Republican nomination in four years, not least of all because women really start goin' downhill after their mid-40s.

All of this in-fighting and finger pointing suggests they have given up. Hey guys, remember Katrina? This is no time to play the "blame game." Though unlike a lot of people, I still don't think this is a complete lock for Obama. It's crazy the inexperienced, terrorist-paling Arab Muslim socialist isn't up by 20-25 points, but this is America, and we do have an awful lot of complete dumb-****s.
 
I think if (still saying if, no jinxes) their campaign tanks there is going to be a split in blame. The more moderate Republicans (ie: the sane ones) are going to blame Palin for the death of this campaign.
The far right, on the other hand, are going to blame McCain and say that Palin was the one good thing about the campaign.
Best case scenario (for the country and perhaps the party) is that this causes a rift that gets the Reps to jettison the far and fundy right.
If this campaign has shown anything it has somewhat disproven the message the religious right was pushing 4 years ago which was basically 'we are what wins elections in this country'.
 
1. I am not sure she has the intellectual ability to see that far ahead.
2. A fox is not very intelligent, but they can be cunning, so I will not rule it out.
3. I think she will be eaten alive if she tries to run in 2012...by other REPs, but only if the GOP can come up with better players then the hacks they had running against McSame this year.

TAM:)
 
Personally, I think she is looking toward 2014, as Senator. If Ted Stevens loses, which seems quite possible even if the jury comes back with not guilty or, more likely, no verdict, that will leave a Democrat as an Alaska Senator. If Palin wins re-election as Governor in 2010, she would be in a very good place to run for the Senate in 2014 at the end of her second term.

Then, she would be in great shape to challenge for the Presidency in 2016 or 2020.

Of course, this makes several assumptions. My opinion is that her various gaffes and issues are a bit overblown, and she can recover her reputation in Alaska and win reelection. Meanwhile, she has struck me as fairly bright and a quick learner. She wasn't ready this time around, but I think she has the courage of her convictions, and now that the door is open, it's a safe bet that this barracuda won't keep her eyes off the White House.

Will she win? I doubt it. I think the days of a staunch religious conservative like her are behind us, but stranger things have happened.
 
One can only hope, from several angles including the comedic.

CNN said:
"Her lack of fundamental understanding of some key issues was dramatic," said another McCain source with direct knowledge of the process to prepare Palin after she was picked. The source said it was probably the "hardest" to get her "up to speed than any candidate in history."
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The base loves Palin and does not seem to care much for McCain or how he's been running his campaign. Palin's instinct is punch 'em in the gut and the Rush Limbaugh crowd loves it. It far to early to begin gloating over the prospects of a shattered Republican party, but they do have some tough choices ahead if McCain is soundly beaten and they lose seven to ten seats in the Senate. With the Democrats poised to capture a true governing majority it will be interesting to see if the Republican party becomes the party of bitter obstructionism, pushing out what's left of their moderates or if they renew themselves and oppose the Democratic agenda with better ideas.

I see Palin as the face of that bitter obstructionism.
 
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He might get 57 states.
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Now this post really pi**** me off. I read TCS's post, thought of this reply and, worse, figured that NOBODY could be as clever as me to come up with it. But you did. Go eff off. :)

ETA: On a more serious note, I think Palin will be one of the focal points for the internal debate among the Elephants on what fundamental direction the party is going to take. Palin will be the sweetheart of the social conservatives while the "elite" of the party (like George Will) will see her as cancer.

Conservatives are facing a fascinating choice. Going with the Dobson wing, they risk becoming merely a regional party (the South and Greater IdahoLand) and spending a generation out in the woods. Going with the George Will/Finnacial Elites wing that eschews the "god, guns and gays" plank will lose as much as 25% of the base. Post Nov. 5, this will be the most interesting political discussion to follow.
 
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SezMe said:
Now this post really pi**** me off. I read TCS's post, thought of this reply and, worse, figured that NOBODY could be as clever as me to come up with it. But you did. Go eff off. :).
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And there I was, thinking it would be a cheap shot.
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