Growing speculation that Sarah Palin may not run for Governor in 2010

[LynneSin]

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0609/24051.html

Top Republicans and Democrats across Alaska are quietly lining up to run for governor amid growing speculation that Sarah Palin will not seek reelection in 2010.


No candidate, including Palin, has yet filed papers with the Alaska Public Offices Commission. Palin’s office declined an opportunity to explain her thinking on the 2010 race, and the Republican Governors Association said it would not comment on discussions it has had with the governor.


But a number of Democrats and Republicans in Alaska and Washington who spoke to POLITICO believe her silence is a sign she will not pursue a second term as governor so that she can play a larger role on the national political stage.


At least three Democrats and six Republicans are mulling over runs as they wait on the governor to make her decision.


“There is nothing that she has done that leads me to believe she will seek reelection,” said Andrew Halcro, a former Republican state legislator who ran for governor as an independent candidate in 2006 and is weighing another run. “If you’re Palin, once you’ve flown first class, you don’t go back to coach. She’s been to the show and certainly seemed to like it there.”

[AtomicKitten]

1. There's a good chance she'd lose which would put a damper on her WH aspirations. n/t

[zulchzulu]

8. Exactly AK

She would probably lose in 2010 and it would be over. If she runs in 2012, it will be also over also over.

:hi:

[AtomicKitten]

10. I am appalled that she was lifted out of obscurity to even imagine

a place on the national stage. Her epic ignorance coupled with her rabid rightwing ideology is downright scary.

:scared:

:hi:

[zulchzulu]

35. Maybe...

I own www.sarahpalinpeople.com and need bloggers...

[LynneSin]

11. I have to agree. Palin would have easily won re-election if the whole world didn't see...

what an idiot she is.

[AtomicKitten]

15. I can't for the life of me understand how someone so ignorant could become governor.

And I suspect Alaskans are asking themselves that same question. The popularity she once enjoyed had more to do with the increased $$$ energy shares she dispersed to Alaskans, ironically a form of socialism.

[joeybee12]

27. Ding, ding, ding! Right off the bat...first post gets it right..

...she'd be so bloodied and damaged even if she managed to get re-elected she can kiss any hope of actually moving out of there and actually SEEING Russia.

[StevieM]

36. I think she'll run for re-election, win (Alaska is a red state) and not run for the WH in 2012 (eom)

[hlthe2b]

2. One would have to think Alaskans have wised up by now...

'Hard to launch a pResidential campaign when you've lost an embarrassing reelection campaign, I suppose...:evilgrin:

[Rectangle]

12. The same could be said of Tim Pawlenty, and now, Mark Sanford! n/t

[sarah553807]

3. I thought it was already well known that she wasn't

[merh]

4. Make her head of the party, let her take Steele's job

oh,please, oh please, oh please.

[sarah553807]

5. NO!

I love steele,the guy is pure entertainment,sarah palin is just fucking annoying.

[merh]

9. he is entertaining

but I want the internal battles to eat at the party - the good ole boys aren't crazy about Palin - sure she is purdy, but women don't belong in charge

[sarah553807]

13. neither does a black man for them

I just don't think I can handel hearing her voice everyday promoting her talking points.I just..I couldn't.
it would drive me crazy

[merh]

17. yes, but it would also drive the repubs that are barely hanging on

crazy too - and away from the party - you betcha

[Politicalboi]

23. Yes please

Then Tina Fey can come back and totally destroy her. Not that she hasn't done that already. LOL!

[cags]

6. She wont be running in 2010 or 2012, according to some Alaskan blogs she may end up in prison

[redqueen]

16. Prison?

Please do say more.

[cags]

38. I don't know there, are rumors floating around the alaskan blogs of some crap about to hit the fan

[Submariner]

7. Bible Spice will probably get her own Fox Snooze show after politics

[redqueen]

14. I bet she's gunning for Stevens' seat in the Senate.

[rvablue]

18. Steven's seat, now occupied by a Dem, won't be up for reelection until 2014. n/t

[redqueen]

19. D'oh.

Thanks.

If the prison claim made above is true... maybe she'll end up like Newt... just running her mouth for money.

[Fire1]

20. What's she gonna do? Take gov't classes to get ready for

2012?? Wouldn't surprise me.

[blue_onyx]

22. Well, campaigns now start 2 years before the election

So she would probably start raising money and campaigning right away.

[Fire1]

26. She's still gonna need those classes. n/t

[blue_onyx]

28. Yes, she needs them

but she seems like an overly confident person and probably doesn't think she needs them. I think the Sarah Palin we met in 2008 will be the Sarah Palin we see in 2012.

[Fire1]

29. Oh, good grief. I don't think I could stand it. Irritating to the 2nd

power.:grr:

[blue_onyx]

31. Irritating but...

at least we may get some more funny Tina Fey skits if Palin runs.

[Fire1]

32. True and a democratic win! Btw, I see you're in the 'mitten.'

Are you going to any of the fire works? There's one tonight at Hart Plaza.

[blue_onyx]

33. No, I may watch them on TV though

[Fire1]

34. Me too! n/t

[Clear Blue Sky]

21. You said it all. "Speculation". Nothing more at this point...nt

[Lord Helmet]

24. Dog catcher might be within her grasp.

[Joe the Liberal]

25. Could this be a hint for a possible presidential run?

I sure hope so, she would go down in flames so fast come 2012. I remember someone around here posted a possible campaign slogan for her "Palin 2012 the world's gonna end anyway" :rofl:

Even if Obama completely screws up I still think he would win against Palin. I only wonder what those right wing nut jobs who blamed their loss in 08 on McCain not being conservative enough would say this time around if they lost yet again.

[theothersnippywshrub]

30. She will do whatever the Shadow Governor Dude tells her to do. As always. n/t

[StevieM]

37. I doubt the speculation is true. I think she'll run for a 2nd term and postpone her bid for the WH

eom

[rainbow4321]

39. She will use the "spend more time with the family"

and, of course, while she is announcing that she will not run, she'll somehow blame her decision on anonymous bloggers!

And THEN, she will spend all of her time doing a national BOOK tour.

Her book is supposed to be released in 2010, I believe in the spring? This whole AK gov thing is reallllyyy cramping her style, having to explain all this here gosh darn you betcha get the state to pay to bring the Palin brood with her around the country.
Ditch the gov job and she is free to fly about the country leading up to 2012.
I can see her book signing tour schedule now: Iowa, New Hamshire...