I guess Palin Won't be running 2012

[AlexMerced]

I think part of her viability hinged on her influence in the general elections this year, and most of her senate hopefuls lost last night... same goes for demint.

On the other hand, while a smaller group, the Ron Paul crowd had a much stronger showing last night with wins by Amash and Rand Paul, and relatively strong showing by John Dennis.

If Palin doesn't run and Ron Paul does, I think he's got a damn good chance.

[bobbyw24]

On the other hand, while a smaller group, the Ron Paul crowd had a much stronger showing last night with wins by Amash and Rand Paul, and relatively strong showing by John Dennis.

If Palin doesn't run and Ron Paul does, I think he's got a damn good chance.

Bump

[AlexMerced]

bump, thanks for the bump, lol

[oyarde]

I could be wrong , but have never thought she would run .

[squarepusher]

palin is on the table for 2016 or 2020

[AlexMerced]

I don't know I figured Rubio or Rand would try to pull an Obama in 2016, go from one term in the senate to the presidency

[FrankRep]

I think part of her viability hinged on her influence in the general elections this year, and most of her senate hopefuls lost last night... same goes for demint.

On the other hand, while a smaller group, the Ron Paul crowd had a much stronger showing last night with wins by Amash and Rand Paul, and relatively strong showing by John Dennis.

If Palin doesn't run and Ron Paul does, I think he's got a damn good chance.

Wishful thinking. Sarah Palin would be silly not to run.

[SWATH]

I think Palin just like to keep people thinking she is going to run so they will pay attention to her and what she says. Ron will have a damn good chance though.

[sailingaway]

I think part of her viability hinged on her influence in the general elections this year, and most of her senate hopefuls lost last night... same goes for demint.

On the other hand, while a smaller group, the Ron Paul crowd had a much stronger showing last night with wins by Amash and Rand Paul, and relatively strong showing by John Dennis.

If Palin doesn't run and Ron Paul does, I think he's got a damn good chance.

I heard that 69% of her endorsements won. Which suggests she was very careful about endorsements... but all the same....

[HOLLYWOOD]

She's already made $5+ Million since quitting the governorship... all the fame, penthouse suites, entourage, media, popularity, attention... etc Remember she was a soft porn candidate, repeat offender of participating in beauty pageants.

Palin Loves the attention and money.


AnyHoo, it will take her another 4-5 years to educate her for the political presidential, though I find her STILL so irritating to listen to.

[AlexMerced]

I heard that 69% of her endorsements won. Which suggests she was very careful about endorsements... but all the same....

yeah, but it's the senate candidates that the media was focusing on, and it'll be what the electorate will perceive if Joe Miller doesn't pull it off in Alaska she's off to rough start cause the media has put such emphasis on Joe Miller and Christine O'Donnel as Palins Proteges

Although most of the country doesn't follow politics this close, the residue off the top does rub off

[FrankRep]

yeah, but it's the senate candidates that the media was focusing on...

Right now the Republican party is feeling very euphoric after their monumental win and Sarah Palin is viewed as a Tea Party cheerleader. She has a strong chance of getting the nomination if she ran.

[Matt Collins]

I've heard that she is indeed running.

[Daamien]

Sarah Palin will be too busy whoring herself out on Fox News and on her new TLC show.

[AlexMerced]

Ron Paul just needs to announce

THe party feels good now, but if Miller a couple of weeks from now is announced a loser the media cycle will focus on that for awhile.

People remember the final words, not the interim ones

[libertybrewcity]

I think it is inevitable that Sarah Palin announces her candidacy for a run in 2012. She has it all going for her...the supporters, the money..who cares if all of her candidates didn't win. MANY of them did.

I hope I am wrong about her running.

Lastly, Sarah Palin being nominated on the Repub ticket an AUTOMATIC INVITE for a third party/independent run. (Bloomberg?) The Republican strong base will go for her, but she would get destroyed with independents and youth. The votes just aren't there for her.

On the other hand, I really think Ron Paul is in a similar situation, but he definitely would be able to get the votes from independents and youth. An independent run might screw things up a bit..

[Ninja Homer]

Sarah Palin is finished as a politician. She's making too much money as a Fox commentator, she has a TV show coming out, and another book coming out. The old guard (such as Karl Rove & company) blame her endorsements for not gaining Republican control of the senate. She was just a pretty face to use as a tool to try to co-opt the Tea Party, and it worked, for a while. With her failed endorsements that made huge news, she has slid down the totem pole a bit as the leader of the Tea Party. The new face, the new superstar of the Tea Party, is Rand Paul.

I think a lot of people here have yet to fully realize just how big a victory the Randslide actually was. It's a hell of a lot more than just a senate seat. In trying to co-opt the Tea Party movement (and the Ron Paul Revolution), TPTB made the Tea Party huge, trying to engulf and overshadow the movement that Ron Paul started in 2007. Now Rand Paul owns it... flat out OWNS it.

The media (and not just the so-called leftist media either) threw everything they could at Rand. Nothing they threw at him stuck... it just made him more popular. I'd guess that Rand Paul is now the most well known and most recognized senator. With his huge win after all that, Rand is now the model for a successful Republican campaign. It's going to be so easy to put forward Rand Paul's platform now, which was almost an impossibility a couple years ago.

Everything's coming up Liberty.

[Pauls' Revere]

I don't know I figured Rubio or Rand would try to pull an Obama in 2016, go from one term in the senate to the presidency

I hope not, I think the nation has seen what a fiasco that turned out to be. Then again memories are short. I was thinking what if it was a Paul/Paul ticket with Rand as VP? Just thinking out loud.

[silentshout]

I am sure she will run, as she seems to love attention. However, it would be a waste of time. Even though Rand was elected as well as others, people rejected that whole "mama grizzly" thing last night, at least with candidates like Angle, O'Donnell, and so on. The GOP would be foolish to give her the nomination.

[Philhelm]

I think a lot of people here have yet to fully realize just how big a victory the Randslide actually was. It's a hell of a lot more than just a senate seat. In trying to co-opt the Tea Party movement (and the Ron Paul Revolution), TPTB made the Tea Party huge, trying to engulf and overshadow the movement that Ron Paul started in 2007. Now Rand Paul owns it... flat out OWNS it.

Hmmmm...I like your thinking. The Tea Party was taken from the father, but returned to the son. Granted, Ron Paul and Rand Paul aren't the same person, but there might be something going on here. I hope that Rand can carry his father's torch. If he does, then we will have many years to plot and scheme against the forces of statist evil.

[Philhelm]

I hope not, I think the nation has seen what a fiasco that turned out to be. Then again memories are short. I was thinking what if it was a Paul/Paul ticket with Rand as VP? Just thinking out loud.

Holy $#@!! I had thought about the same thing, not long ago, and nearly creamed my pants.

Paul/Paul 2012 is such an obvious choice.

[libertybrewcity]

Paul for 2016, not 2012. He needs more experience!!! He had some trouble running a state campaign..going straight to a national campaign would be a disaster after only two years

[amy31416]

Palin's irrelevant, a distraction.

I don't know if the GOP is going to run something like a Jeb Bush/Rubio ticket in 2012 or 2016--either way, we have to be prepared for a serious neocon challenge. The Republican base was never sold on Romney, obviously...but damn, they are setting the stage for something huge--and I hope that they're impatient enough to try it in 2012, rather than 2016 when people will have forgotten about GW Bush and will embrace the "diversity" of Rubio being on a ballot.

I see Palin as...what do you call it? A decoy to distract from what they're really up to. They'll be nice to her because they want the Christian Zionist base, but she's a tool--in the literal sense.

[cindy25]

Rand would normally be a viable choice for VP, but he is a white male, and the VP must be a minority, either Rubio, Haley, Jindal or Martinez

[AlexMerced]

Rand would normally be a viable choice for VP, but he is a white male, and the VP must be a minority, either Rubio, Haley, Jindal or Martinez

I was thinking Nikki Haley cause she's Indian, a women, and conservative, I still who heartedly believe she's the strongest VP pick on the table right now from astrategic point of view.

[RM918]

Palin would be completely destroyed in debate, unless she refused to.

[knarfxii]

John Dennis got 15%, how is that good?

[trey4sports]

Ron/Rand 2012!

[Krugerrand]

I don't know I figured Rubio or Rand would try to pull an Obama in 2016, go from one term in the senate to the presidency

Outside of 2008, the Senate has historically been a poor stepping stone to the presidency. Most previous senators lose. I would guess the longer one stays in the Senate, the lower the chance of being elected president.

[nate895]

I don't think Palin is going to run. Not because of her endorsements, but because of her new TV shows and the poll that came out today. She would have to give up her TV show after less than a season to run for Prez, and Huckabee and Romney are crushing Obama in the polls, while Obama is still ahead of Palin. If Obama's governing style doesn't significantly change over the next year-and-a-half, any strong GOP candidate will beat him in a crushing landslide.