Sarah Palin leads the GOP presidential pack for 2012

[babylonsister]

I can't wait for the debates! :D


Sarah Palin leads the GOP presidential pack for 2012
It’s more than two years away and we’re all enjoying summer, so what better time to talk about the Republican nominee for President in 2012? 'Are you crazy??' we hear you asking.


Sarah Palin holds out her palm to show the notes on it while speaking at a fundraising dinner at California State University, Stanislaus in Turlock, Calif. last month. The foundation arm of the cash-strapped California public university paid Sarah Palin $75,000 to speak at a 50th anniversary gala.

Rich Pedroncelli/AP


“Are you crazy??” we hear you asking. But here at The Vote, we look for any excuse to riff on campaign politics, especially when it involves Republicans acting like Democrats – taking shots at one another and jostling for position.

The Gallup polling organization has just released its latest on likely presidential candidates’ popularity within the GOP. Not surprisingly, Sarah Palin leads all the guys with presidential aspirations (Mike Huckabee, Newt Gingrich, Mitt Romney, and Bobby Jindal) … not counting everybody in the US Senate, all of whom believe themselves to be presidential timber.

Palin’s at 76 percent “favorable” among Republicans – at least 10 percentage points higher than any of the guys.

It’s easy to see why. Although all of them except Jindal have political action committees trolling for dollars, SarahPAC already has a million-dollar war chest with which she’s able to support other Republicans and thereby gain party influence. She recently made $75,000 for giving a speech at the Stanislaus campus of California State University.

Her “mama grizzlies” line resonates with Republican and many independent women. Her message and rhetorical tone is very much in line with the “tea party” movement. Her best-seller “Going Rogue: An American Life” has sold more than 2 million copies, and a biography aimed at young readers is due out this fall.

But Palin also is a lightning rod figure, whose negatives are mounting up as well.

As Gallup puts it, “Her image was generally more positive than negative during most of the 2008 campaign, but has tilted more negative last year and this year.” Among all Americans (not just Republicans), Palin has “a decidedly mixed image: 44 percent rate her favorably and 47 percent unfavorably.”

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http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/The-Vote/2010/0717/Sarah-Palin-leads-the-GOP-presidential-pack-for-2012

[chelsea0011]

1. Having your face in the media counts for everything and having no solutions

to anything doesn't matter.

[ejpoeta]

2. i honestly don't think she really wants it. she is making way too much money

right now and while she may run, i think it would be more to boost her profile to make more money. i just get that vibe from her for some reason.

[babylonsister]

3. And I honestly think she knows she's way too dumb to

make the attempt. If she doesn't, she's dumber than I think. :D

[Mike Daniels]

16. I think she'll run and I think she'll get butchered in the primaries

There's no way people like Romney and Huckabee ( who can string coherent sentences together ) are going to roll over for the Tea Party Princess.

Even if she survives the primary to get the nomination all her dirty laundry will have been aired and she won't be able to pin it on the "lamestream media" this time around.

[tanyev]

4. Let's all send her some Sharpies for her debate notes.

[babylonsister]

5. LOL! Great idea!

:thumbsup:

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. What cracks me up is that she isn't running for anything except.....

to make deposits in the bank. It's all about cashing in for Sarah. Period.

[spanone]

7. i well remember the Gore/bu$h* debates. Gore won them hands down.

the media called every one a draw.

they will do the same with palin.

they WANT her.

[Urban Prairie]

8. Can't help but wonder

How the bullheaded grifter, in the event that winky is somehow "selected" as POTUS in '12, would react if the presidency truly is being controlled by NWO Bilderberg types. She could become a constant headache to manage. Although Caribou Barbie is as mentally dense as a black hole, and is not very well educated and cultured, ala the Shrub, she could become the human equivalent of a buffer overflow.

We are far more likely to see an extreme RWer "selected" into office than an extreme LWer, especially if Obama decides not to run for a second term. He obviously, and IMO, expectedly has been largely unsuccessful so far in his attempts to acquire a significant amount of bipartisan cooperation from Republicans in Congress. US voters gave him a significant mandate and he should be using it more to his advantage, instead of still lamely trying to appease the party of NO!!

[flamingdem]

9. You can't refudiate that! nt

[MilesColtrane]

10. The juxtaposition of the motto and Palin are the very definition of irony.

In her case it should read "Vox Fox Vita".

[KharmaTrain]

11. The Stevie Wonder Driving School...

Just shows how weak the GOOP is right now...void of leadership and full of opportunists. It's a party with no ideas except to regress back to a time that never really existed but sounds good when fed in small soundbytes constantly by hate radio and Faux Noise. It's a party now dominated by hucksters (literally) who yank chains, wedge issues and only stand for regression that can play their games with a compliant corporate media. It's a party in constant campaign mode that has shown it is totally incapable of governing. And this is the result.

What's frustrating is how many are buying this bullshit by the gallon and how it could lead to a major clusterfuck in the near future if the GOOP regains any sort of power. While Mooselini is unelectable, she's still a "bona fide" candidate in the eyes of millions and her fan club in the corporate media. The fact someone so vacuous could ever be considered as "Presidential" says how far this country has regressed.

:hi:

[babylonsister]

14. What I've read will happen first is a hugh fight between her

and Mitt; he's already circling the wagons against her. Get yer popcorn!

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/blogs/crawler/49952084-70/beck-human-party-sen.html.csp

Mitt's woman problem

:hi:

[KharmaTrain]

15. Don't Forget The Huckster...

He's been using Faux Noise to quietly raise a nice warchest...and surely will be the fundie's choice and IMO more likely to create all sorts of problems for La Palinista.

Yep, Mittens has to be considered the front-runner since he's got the most money and worked hard to establish connections and support within the "regular" party, but it's not just his "woman" problem, but the M-O-R-M-O-N (as well as being a moron) that still will knock him down in the early primaries in Iowa and South Carolina. But it still could work for him if Caribou Barbie and the Huckster end up splitting the fundie and teabagger vote.

There should be plenty of amusement ahead...while the pundits like to ignore how divided and screwed up the rushpubicans are, I think people sare starting to wake up that these shitstains may make a comeback.

[MilesColtrane]

12. I see she's still playing the "Hillbilly Teleprompter" card to prove that she's...

just regular folk.

Yeah, just regular folk who pocket a cool 75K for flapping their gums for 20 minutes.

[NJmaverick]

13. There has to be a way to Refudiate this