Palin willing to run against Obama

[Gideon300]

She might be smarter to wait until after Obama's second term (yes, I do think he will be reelected) and take on Hillary.

If the election was held today, Obama would lose to a stuffed monkey named Bongo....

Elections are won by swaying the independents and his numbers are ultra low with them.

[carol1948]

I really like Sarah Palin, but for now I am not ready to say I would vote for her for President. I would like to see a stronger candidate, and perhaps Palin the VP candidate.
I'm hoping the Republican leaders will change to more conservative, and a third party will not seriously challenge the Republican candidate. IMO, that would be a disaster as the Dems would win again.
My hubby says," like it or not, Sarah is too attractive to be taken seriously as a Presidential candidate". I haven't heard Michelle Bachman speak, but there may be the same problem there. Surely there are some strong conservative Republican (dare I say, male?) types who are willing to serve this country, and not just be served by it. I pray that is so, anyway. Time will tell. I would seriously consider C. Krauthammer or someone like him. I'm not real interested in voting for or creating another career politician. I definitely do not want to vote for a lawyer.
Of course, my foremost prayer is that the Church will have exited this earth before the next election.

[Gideon300]

Palin's more interested in making money. She has no intention to run, but indicating an interest in running I'm sure boosts interests in her speaking appearances. If Republicans want to lose in 2012, then Sarah Palin is the right person.

Well, she is not going to make money for long by telling the press she is seeking a bid for the White House. Conservatives don't like liars.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/new...cle7018587.ece

She's a quitter and the decision to to leave the governor's mansion during a "lame duck session" ruined any chance of her ever running credibly for public office again.

I'll use Buzz's line here. You sound like someone off MSNBC.

Let's look at this honestly: If you were going to run for President would you continue your job as Alaskan Gov where the rest of the country never sees or hears from you, or would you take a job at Fox where you are seen almost daily putting your ideas out for the public to hear? You know you have a lot of political power when you make the sitting President hold a press conference because of something you posted on your Facebook account like Palin did.

The fact that she was also willing to defend Rush Limbaugh for using the 'R' word white criticising Rahm Emmanuel for doing the same thing shows she's more interested in political expediency than standing by her principles.

Ummmmmm, you do know what satire is right...and this is what the left was saying. Are you a lefty because you sound like it!

Republicans need more Charles Krauthammer type conservatives and less of the folksy Sarah Palin types.

This is a very elitist remark. Spoken more like a country club republican and not so much like a conservative.

[Gideon300]

today's dnc talking points were brought to you by donuts. Buy some at a store near you.

so true!

[Jacinth]

and less of the folksy Sarah Palin types.

.Will you please explain your personal definition of this word?
And how do you know there are not fellow RR members who are what you'd call "folksy"?

Everybody has personality quirks that annoy me, including Mrs. Palin, but this statement sound quite snobbish.

[WanttoKnow]

Doesn't matter whether she chooses to run or not. She's got the 0 and the Dems falling all over themselves like fools right now.

[Buzzardhut]

Doesn't matter whether she chooses to run or not. She's got the 0 and the Dems falling all over themselves like fools right now.

yes, that is pretty funny
they are scrambling, bumping heads, finger pointing at each other, they are in a tizzy

[Tall Timbers]

Sarah did an incredible job for Wasilla, and Alaskans know and respect her for that. She left the governorship too soon to be tested, and her running for VP took her away from managing the state for a good part of the time she was governor. Because of her short time in office, and the amount of the time she was in office that saw her running for VP, she never really "ran" the state of Alaska as Governor.

We're a conservative thinking people in Alaska, but somehow democrats have managed to be the predominant power in the state. We have liberals running as republicans and then aligning themselves with democrats to create a majority voting block. It's because of that, in part at least, that Sarah was DOA when she returned to the governorship after the Presidential election. I'm disappointed she didn't remain our governor, and think less of her for it, but I can see that she wasn't going to get much done with the national socialist machine still attempting to discredit and destroy her, and a liberal majority in our state legislature sympathetic to destroying her.

As good as she seems to be I'd like to see her demonstrate success at something beyond mayor of Wasilla before she took on the Presidency. I'd vote for her if she won the Republican primaries and I think anybody could beat Obama right now, and I also believe, that despite her lack of experience she's got more executive experience than Obama had. I'd much rather have Sarah as President than Obama or any other member of the democrat party... plus if Sarah were President I could truthfully say that our Commander-in-Chief has personally served me a hamburger!

[JohnSays]

Ive said it before and I'll say it again, Sarah's got my vote!!!

[Kaleb]

I'd pull the lever for Palin if a head to head election were held today. No doubt. Obama is a nightmare. A liberal Socialist who pals around with domestic terrorists, marxists, activists, has an Islamic background and is still cozy with oppressive Muslim regimes. This matchup is a no brainer.

However, I see serious problems for Sarah running against Obama. Remember, Obama will have the luxury of saying he has 4 years of experience (albeit a disastrous 4 years) when he runs against her. And don't underestimate the rabid loyalty of his base. Remember folks, he is a God to many of them. A demi-god to most of them at the very least. Just as much as many of us are opposed to Obama and his form of ideology and governance, so to are his supporters opposed to Palin and her more conservative perception.

Most disturbing is Obama is a strong candidate. Very strong. Its been said he is a stronger candidate than he is President and I don't see how anyone on the political spectrum right or left can argue that. In other words, he looks good when he is sitting on the dealer's lot, but when you drive him home , its only then you know you got a lemon (if you care about his policies and not his rhetoric). He's got many advantages over Palin on a campaign trail. He's well known for his grand speeches and oratory style and believe me, he'll have teleprompters a plenty in 2012. Most of all he'll have the media which is his personal propaganda machine (a must have for any communist or socialist pide piper) without which they cannot lead their zombie rats astray so easily. This is the same man whom people have said on air in front of cameras "gives them a chill"

And its been rightly pointed out that Sarah leaving the governorship early, regardless of her motives, good or bad, you can bet will haunt her. McCain and Palin half heartedly tried to point out Obama's lack of experience in Obama. That same tactic will be used against her.

It will be a tough road for Sarah. She'll have to be willing to go to the mat with Obama and call him out mercilessly on the damage he's done. Obama and his supporters do not play fair. The corrupt Chicago style politician will not go quietly. They are masters at propaganda and as mentioned most of the media is in his pocket. His ideological supporters will never back down and his money supporters will never shift money to anyone remotely conservative even if it is only in rhetoric.

If Sarah does indeed emerge as the front runner for the Republicans to capture the whitehouse in 2012, I'll defintely get to the polls and vote for her and I'll pray for her very very very hard.

[SPYDYR]

That would be a disaster. There's no way she would win against Obama. All this would do is guarantee Obama another 4 years.

I am going to get flames, but the fact is... i have the right to my opinion.

I agree 100%. The Republican party needs to pick somebody the people will more easily accept, and that has conservative values. She may be a Reagan Republican... but she lacks the support of enough of the party. Ronnie Reg had a dang near landslide against his opponent. Palin would be in a close call race.

Enough of the left is dead set against her, and enough of the right is dead set against him. It would litterally be an election where it was down to solely California Virginia Ohio and New York.

Theres enough granola to ensure CA, and Ohio seems to be teetering left. So it would be down to the former red state of Va and the Liberal waspnest of NYc to control its state.

[Hootmon]

she (Palin) has substance and ran a state with it, more than what Obama did before his election.

No kidding.

Ive been reading her book (Going Rogue) off-and-on for the last several weeks. She is a lot more capable than most people give her credit for.

[Jacinth]

I am going to get flames, but the fact is... i have the right to my opinion.

I agree 100%. The Republican party needs to pick somebody the people will more easily accept, and that has conservative values. She may be a Reagan Republican... but she lacks the support of enough of the party. Ronnie Reg had a dang near landslide against his opponent. Palin would be in a close call race.

Enough of the left is dead set against her, and enough of the right is dead set against him. It would litterally be an election where it was down to solely California Virginia Ohio and New York.

Theres enough granola to ensure CA, and Ohio seems to be teetering left. So it would be down to the former red state of Va and the Liberal waspnest of NYc to control its state.

IF after 4 years of Obama and his band of Marxist Thugs' willful destruction of this country, the majority of the American people would still vote for Obama over Sarah Palin, then this country deserves what it gets and therefore we'd be doomed regardless.

People can't fence ride anymore. Those days are gone. This is a time for choosing.
They've got two choices now: choose socialism or freedom.

[gozo]

This wonderful country is barely surviving the first year of this occupier, squatter in the WH, let alone a second term.



Political organization? Are you serious? More like a group taking their cue from the Mafia! and that’s in all facets. The Clintons started the "slash and burn" politics, and obamone just proved to be more evil and deceptive in his tactics. Evil, just "one upping" evil...yeah...that’s something to admire



Of course, the proverbial "Bush bashing" always seems to find its way in...so old...so passé. Its amazing how "folks" with their "progressive" agenda, always refer to the past, a distorted one at that, which actually is "regressive"...


The speed of which the way events are occurring in this country and the world, GW could end up in History as being our last "real" President...first President GW...last President GW...

When someone wins, what, 360 plus electoral votes and a majority of the popular vote, then yeah, they get to be the "occupier" and the "squatter" in the WH. That's just how elections work. I didn't vote for him but at least he didn't need the intervention of the Supreme Court to put him in office.

Political organizations? Yeah, both sides have them and both can be quite ruthless when they go after each other and the other side. It's a nasty business, no doubt, and the republicans have had some pretty good slashers and burners over the years.

I probably shouldn't have brought up Bush (I voted for him twice) but it's his legacy that was the primary catalyst that brought in Obama. Just my opinion. Our political situation today doesn't exist in a vacuum but it's a tide that flows from our recent history. (my version of dead-horse beating) I have no idea what to make of your last statement other than you thought Bush was really great. I respect your opinion, and like I said, I voted for him as well. Better leave it at that.

[rescuedbyChrist]

I really like Palin and Huckabee, but I don't believe either of them will ever be elected. Our country has moved so far away from being a Christian nation that I don't see how true Christians will ever be elected again. I truly believe God's blessing has left our country and unless we all turn and humble ourselves and seek Him, it will continue to move more toward the left.

As much as I would like to see her as president, I don't think it is going to happen.

[Kaleb]

When someone wins, what, 360 plus electoral votes and a majority of the popular vote, then yeah, they get to be the "occupier" and the "squatter" in the WH. That's just how elections work. I didn't vote for him but at least he didn't need the intervention of the Supreme Court to put him in office.

President Bush won 271 electoral votes and should have and would have been immediately been the "occupier" of the whitehouse however Al Gore like many other socialist liberal progressives don't want to believe that many people actually disagree with them. After 8 years of the "great" Clinton, Bush was not even supposed to make it a contest, but he did, he won, and that's that. Bringing this up serves no constructive purpose but to re-open old wounds that mostly are not healed with the radical left elite. (and never will be)

Political organizations? Yeah, both sides have them and both can be quite ruthless when they go after each other and the other side. It's a nasty business, no doubt, and the republicans have had some pretty good slashers and burners over the years.

With the vast majority of the media FIRMLY in the pocket of the leftist thugs usurping this country, I cannot possibly see how this is a fair comparison. One example: Did you hear anyone refer to Hillary Clinton as a "slutty airline stewardess" when she entered politics? Was her daughter ruthlessly attacked as Palin's ??? I could go on and on. You're right. Political tactics are nasty all the way around, but the dems and their disgusting socialist pals in Collleges, schoolboards, entertainment, judicial system and news media are far more advanced with their smear network in my opinion. They have to be because they further their cause through usurping institutions like these. Not in the arena of real ideas put in real life practice.

I probably shouldn't have brought up Bush (I voted for him twice) but it's his legacy that was the primary catalyst that brought in Obama. Just my opinion. Our political situation today doesn't exist in a vacuum but it's a tide that flows from our recent history.

I'm not going lie, and I'm not defending Bush, but this irritates me. You need to go back a little further than the "recent history" of President Bush. His Presidency was mostly a success except for the sudden halt of our economy in the last portion of his Presidency and people need to wake up and realize that all of that was not the doing of his then 6 or 7 years in office. America is in the economic situation they are in because of decades of accumulating and piling on of massive debt. The housing fell through in this country because we made home ownership and entitlement rather than something that has to be worked for for 30 long years to maintain a mortgage. When you make 40k and you buy a house for 250k, I got a newsflash for you. That loan is more than likely going to fail. Bush's part was that he did not act to stop these kind of practices but he certainly did not originate them. You can fault every President from WWII on for the mismanagement of America's finances in my opinion.

[Iruntherace4Him]

Palin will have my vote.
Is it true that Hillary is thinking about giving up her title of Secretary of State after this term??? Has anyone else heard that?

And what do you suppose she will be doing with all of that free time?

[Gideon300]

When someone wins, what, 360 plus electoral votes and a majority of the popular vote, then yeah, they get to be the "occupier" and the "squatter" in the WH. That's just how elections work.
I didn't vote for him but at least he didn't need the intervention of the Supreme Court to put him in office.

Obama didn't need the Supreme Court. He has goons that work for him tampering with the election:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

And don't come back and tell me they weren't working for him because Eric Holder dropped all charges against these two! http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000...968458430.html

Couple this with ACORN voter fraud, and Obama could have quite easily swung the election fraudulently.

And of course people that voted for Bush twice (yeah right!) bring up the bogus Supreme Court put him in office bologna, and refer to him as Bush Jr......

[Gideon300]

And what do you suppose she will be doing with all of that free time?

The rumor is she will challenge Obama in a 2012 primary. It is just that a rumor, so far. The other rumor taking ground today is that Obama will appoint Biden to the next Supreme Court vacancy, and appoint Hillary his VP to get rid of the threat she poses to him, and consolidate his base. Too late for that...

[Gilgal]

My hubby says," like it or not, Sarah is too attractive to be taken seriously as a Presidential candidate".

Actually, I think an attractive, smart, honest, assertive and gutsy woman can be taken seriously no matter what her job may be.

Sarah Palin rocks!

She would definitely have my vote.