By Jacqueline Klingebiel

Nov 13, 2009 7:19am

Will Palin Run? Can She Win?

Those are the two big questions that hang over the most spectacular book-a-palooza since Colin Powell’s  “My American Journey” in 1995. “Going Rogue” (according to AP leak) appears to spend a little more time settling scores than “Journey.”   Former McCain aides have already fired back at Palin’s contention that she was lulled into the Couric interview by Nicolle Wallace’s assurances that Couric would be sympathetic because she is a working mom with a “self-esteem” problem. Didn’t happen, says one: “Who ever heard of anyone in network news with a self-esteem problem?”

McCain aides also deny that Palin was charged $50,000 for her own campaign vetting. McCain did pile-up about $50,000 in legal bills from investigations launched by the Alaska legislature after the campaign began, and she did send reps to John McCain after the campaign to get some help paying them back.  But that turned out to be unnecessary when Palin backers stepped in to raise the cash.

On the big question, only Palin knows if she even wants to run for President in 2012. But as Matt Continetti points out in a smart Wall Street Journal piece today, she can put herself in a position to run with a successful book tour aimed at two goals:

1.) Softening up her personal negatives, with humanizing stories, a sense of humor, and a refined version of that “you-betcha” charm that made her a political super-nova in 2008

2.)   Hardening up her political profile, with smart – and substantive – takes on the most important issues Americans care about right now:  Not just “drill baby drill” but a broader playbook focused on jobs, the economy and health care – the issues independents care most about right now.

Can she recapture the Palin magic that made her a political phenomenon?  Make herself a force beyond her staunch cultural conservative base? 

I suspect that Palin, like Powell, will ultimately decide that a race is not for her.  But the opportunity is there. No one else in politics aside from Obama can attract more cameras, mics and blog posts.  “Going Rogue” shows what Palin thinks about her last campaign, but will she show the world now how a future one could be better, smarter and more successful?

Here's my conversation with Robin on GMA:

- George Stephanopoulos

User Comments

Palin cannot be a viable alternative to Obama as long as she continues focusing only on herself and the “hardships” she faces, like mean McCain aides and the national press. Can’t sustain that with 10.2 unemployment and the like…

Posted by: Matt | November 13, 2009, 7:46 am 7:46 am

I believe when Palin was campaigning there was an amount of $500,000 not $50,000 as stated by the McCain staff. There were problems with McCain’s staff towards Palin due to the fact there was a lot of jealousy and hate because she became so popular and Palin made some of her own decisions. She would be a good contender for the Republican presidency in 2012 and after this book tour that will tell the story if she should run or not or campaign for a contender. It appears that some of the contenders don’t want her to campaign for them because she would take the attention away from them. I hope she does run since I am now a republican and would definately vote her in. I believe that Obama is going to be a one term president like Carter because of his lack of decisions and policies plus he has not brought the troops back from Iraq like he promised in his campaign.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | November 13, 2009, 7:56 am 7:56 am

I honestly fail to understand how anyone can view her as a viable Presidential candidate. She makes W look erudite. She sure is popular, though, so maybe I’m wrong.

Posted by: Gary Wise | November 13, 2009, 7:59 am 7:59 am

Democrats certainly hope she runs……

Posted by: SearamblerOne | November 13, 2009, 8:00 am 8:00 am

matt: At this point it will not take much to beat Obama if the college students who voted him in office wake up to the fact that he did not keep his campaign promises. Instead of sending troops to Afghan bring them home and also the troops from Iraq and call it a day. Nixon ended the Vietnam war after he was elected. Obama can do the same but he is keeping both wars going and we are losing more young people. I don’t believe in defending another country. Let them fend for themselves. And America needs a good housecleaning of foreigners. In my time they were not allowed in and we should go back to that again. Ted Kennedy was the one responsible for having Johnson change it. He ruined this country.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | November 13, 2009, 8:02 am 8:02 am

President Palin……… chuckle.

Posted by: zane | November 13, 2009, 8:02 am 8:02 am

She should and she can win obama will a one term president. The mid term elections will take the wind out of his sails with big losses in the house and senate.Good buy Pelosi, Reid,Dodd to name a few

Posted by: Ron | November 13, 2009, 8:03 am 8:03 am

The young people don’t know anything about politics, they just vote to be voting. Obama is a good person but don’t have the capabilities of running this country. He chose Clinton’s former administration to teach him how to make decisions and apparently it failed. Its too bad Bill Clinton could not run again. Hillary would have made a better president but there was a lot of jealousy towards her plus I believe that the corruption of Acorn possibly threw thousands of her votes away like the no doubt did to McCain. They need to be closed down for good so that won’t happen again.

Posted by: Mariann Pepitone | November 13, 2009, 8:11 am 8:11 am

Palin is difinately NOT a team player…however, I do hope she runs for Pres 2012 on the Tea Party Ticket to Nowhere.

Posted by: Raintree | November 13, 2009, 8:16 am 8:16 am

I voted for Sara Palin not John McCain.
I voted with the majority of republicans.
I can sleep at night, I did not vote for this disaster OBAMA. If Obama keeps blaming George Bush. We should bring George Bush to fix the problem.
If Obama keeps going, no one will even have any change to save.

Posted by: Maurice | November 13, 2009, 8:17 am 8:17 am

When Faux News starts fact checking Palin then the bulb is dimming at a fast rate. Was it ever really lit in the first place?

Posted by: pamp205 | November 13, 2009, 8:18 am 8:18 am

I don’t think Palin has a chance in 2012. She quit as governor which wasn’t good. The whole “going rogue” thing is a response to McCain’s handling of her. She has no political chops. I believe she will be just one big distraction to serious political candidates.

Posted by: Bob | November 13, 2009, 8:23 am 8:23 am

I am not a Palin supporter but Mickey Mouse will be able to beat Obama with the way the economy is heading. Wait and see.

Posted by: sammy | November 13, 2009, 8:29 am 8:29 am

Of course the McCain Campaign will deny the allegations. But are we going to believe them. In the history of any voting they managed to committ all the mistakes that were possible and beyond. They lost the election of McCain. And the votes that McCain ticket got were thanks to Palin. And Mariann yes I am afraid you are wrong….

Posted by: karga | November 13, 2009, 8:40 am 8:40 am

Special note to Maurice:
I never voted for Sarah Palin nor John McCain.
I voted with the majority of people who have a brain and most certainly, a soul.
I can sleep at night, knowing that the stupid fratboy Bush administration and his Republican reprobate army can’t destroy America and her economy with another war.
George Bush couldn’t tie his shoes without Cheney and Rumhead providing an instruction manual.
I’m glad you’re so miserable.

Posted by: Steve Hanes | November 13, 2009, 8:46 am 8:46 am

Palin was every bit as qualified to be Vice President as Obama was to be President. The character assassination and dragging of irrelevant family issues into the spotlight by the major broadcast media and most big city newspapers showed me the fear that the Democrats had of a conservative, outspoken outsider. My sense is Palin will have a political role on or by 2012, we just don’t know quite what that role will be. This time, however, she will have more input in defining her positions, strategy and tactics. There are a number of us who like Sarah Palin and are totally dissatisfied with the hard, far left turn this administration has taken. Obama was right, we DO need a change, starting in 2010 and finally, in 2012.

Posted by: curtis41 | November 13, 2009, 9:07 am 9:07 am

almost every Obama news agency keeps slamming her. They know she is a major threat and can win. especialy with this Administration that cows down to Polosi and Reid.

Posted by: Jim Rod | November 13, 2009, 9:43 am 9:43 am

Nixon didn’t end the Vietnam War. He resigned from office in 1974 after being impeached, and the War was still going on until 1975 when the North Vietnamese took over Saigon and we ran out in a hurry. On another note, Palin is an airhead. She is dumber than dirt so don’t compare her to Obama who is intelligent and educated. He is a Harvard Law Graduate, Magna Cum Laude, no less, and taught Constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School for 10 years. He wasn’t just a “community organizer” as Palin kept screaming at all her rallies. She is a dimwit. She will never have the creds. to be President. You can’t fix stupid!!

Posted by: geecee827 | November 13, 2009, 9:44 am 9:44 am

Of course she can win. Her crowds almost matched BO’s after only 2 months of campaigning, and with HORRIFIC media coverage. BO campaigned for several YEARS with fawning media coverage.
Without the restraints of terribly run mccain team holding her back, the possiblities are endless. The more people hear from her the more they like her. Sorry liberal obamabots…
By 2012, provided the liberal socialists in power haven’t completely destroyed our economy, Sarah Palin will be a welcome change.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 9:56 am 9:56 am

The McCain campaign created a monster when Palin was picked to be VP merely because she was a woman and they thought they could get the Hillary sympathizers vote. If she had not been “chosen”, she would still be a nobody living in Alaska harpooning fish and shooting animals from a helicopter!

Posted by: jks | November 13, 2009, 9:57 am 9:57 am

If all you got to pin your hopes on in 2012 is Sarah Palin, you Republicans are truly desperate. Get someone who can bring in the moderates and independents otherwise you don’t have a chance against Obama. He hasn’t been President officially for a year yet and he has made a lot of changes and more is coming – for the better I might add. Once this economy (which Bush/Cheney destroyed!!) begins to turn around, you guys won’t have a chance, regardless of who you put up against Obama. Get used to it!

Posted by: geecee827 | November 13, 2009, 10:02 am 10:02 am

geecee827
If Palin is so stupid, as you obamabots love to say, then why did she out-debate a 35 YEAR sitting senator for 90 minutes in front of 70 million people?
Biden said 14 lies/innaccurate statements which the media ignored. Her supposed flaw was that she winked. That is all the media could say about her performance…”She winked! She’s an idiot!”
She didn’t “crack” under the pressure, as the media anticipated.
If she chooses to run, I would wager that she could out-debate BO as well. Have you ever heard him speak when his teleprompter malfunctions?
“I uuuuuuhhhhhh ummmmmmm uuuuuu, well, i uuuuuuuhhhhhh uummmm”.
BO is also the guy who said “I have been to all 57 states”. Very intelligent indeed.
PALIN 2012

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 10:09 am 10:09 am

I am so sick and tired of hearing about this political hack. She is no more interesting today then she was during the campaign. The only interesting reading about her is waht is appearing in the National Inquirer and the other tabloid papers. That is where the truth about her and her hick family. She and her hick family have received their 15 minutes of fame. Must the american people have to put up with her mindless dribble and the the conservative and neo-cons mindless diatribe. Further softening up palin is putting lip stick on a big. To cover her must indicate a slow newsday and I hope her book fails miserable but the only way it can be given away is with a tankful of gasoline from refined crude but from her mouth or the conservatives and the neo-cons.

Posted by: Frank | November 13, 2009, 10:10 am 10:10 am

Sarah – please run – it would be entertainment for a long long time. Tina Fey would have material for years, Jon Stewart also – please run!

Posted by: cjr | November 13, 2009, 10:15 am 10:15 am

you repubs simply don’t get it. Just because someone is “popular” doesn’t deem them qualified to be the POTUS. Sheesh. What’s with you? Sarah Palin is dumber than George …. come on …….. Look where he’s taken us ….

Posted by: dave2 | November 13, 2009, 10:16 am 10:16 am

dave2
This country just elected BO on the total basis that he was “popular”. He had 0 qualifications to be president, other then the fact that he was great at reading a teleprompter. But now you are saying popularity doesn’t matter? Riiiight.
I am big Palin fan because she is a Washington outsider. She became gov on her own and cleaned out both the corrupt democrats and republicans. Where is BO’s record of fighting corruption in chicago? AKA, the dirtiest political city in America….
Palin became gov and fired the private chef and sold the private jet to relieve the stress on the taxpayers.
BO on the other hand was making backalley deals with now convicted felon tony rezko (who was also his senate campaign organizer) to land a 2 million dollar mansion.
Wake up dave, BO is at the heart of the corruption in our political system.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 10:26 am 10:26 am

RUN you nut case! Pleeeeeeeeese. No, George this idiot won’t run for president, that is….but to the bank! While traveling our country to “incite” anti-americanism, hate, angry and division. And for this, she is a LOSER. Go ahead girl-woman, and run, run, run.

Posted by: sara | November 13, 2009, 10:32 am 10:32 am

While she may run, I doubt she can win. She has some good ideas, but she is overly conservative, and some of that simply isn’t compatible with modern times.

Posted by: Rick McDaniel | November 13, 2009, 10:33 am 10:33 am

I sure hope she runs, what a way to make a run – smart, intelligent, down to earth housewife. Oh yeah, and by all means not hard on the retinas.

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 10:37 am 10:37 am

Yes, Dave – she actually had a “debate” with our V.P. (then Senator) Joe Biden, who was very easy on her. He didn’t say a thing out of the way for fear of being accused of “beating up on her”. You think he couldn’t have torn her to shreds considering his foreign policy credentials as head of the Foreign Relations Committee? He just let her run her mouth and I would hardly say that she “won” the debate. She just outtalked him (which is no small feat – because he let her!!), and she ran on and on about nothing substantive. She hardly revealed any in-depth knowledge she might have had about foreign policy or the like. The one thing she has over President Obama and V.P. Biden is that she can talk a blue streak, and say absolutely nothing, whereas Obama weighs and measures what he has to say so that at least when he speaks, he says something credible and coherent. No run-on sentences. Instead of the hesitation Obama uses, she fills in her ridiculous incoherent talk with “also” and “too” so often it makes one’s head spin. She’s a dimwit!!

Posted by: geecee827 | November 13, 2009, 10:37 am 10:37 am

love it that Palin tops the news while Obama runs and hides after the debacle decision to try terrorists in NY.

Posted by: sifto77 | November 13, 2009, 10:37 am 10:37 am

Why wouldn’t she run? Obama has won the nobel piece prize the same way he won the white house – with no credentials. It’s like watching the Detroit Lions play football, you keep wishing and wanting changes and when it happens it’s change alright, but worse and more burden on the taxpayers. But that’s what democrats are about – CONTROL, BIG GOVERNMENT AND HIGH TAXES AND UNEMPLOYMENT. The only thing that sounds more interesting than Ms President Palin is Mr President Bush (Jeb) that is!!!

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 10:41 am 10:41 am

geecee827
Oh, I forgot. Joe Biden really is intellectually gifted. He just hides it so well. He was taking it easy on Palin during the debate…. Now that is funny!
Let’s see here.. Biden got caught plagerizing in college and during his first presidential run in the eighties.
He also interviewed with couric when he boldly proclaimed “Roosevelt went on televison when the crash happened in 1929 to calm everyone down”. This intelligent comment somehow was ignored by the media because ALL of the focus was on Palin’s interview with couric. Imagine if the “hick from alaska” had said that.
Biden said “jobs is a 3 letter word”.
During the debate, he used the word “bosniac”.
He said “we, along with france kicked hezbollah out of lebanon”. Someone better tell the lebanese that one.
There are so many more that I could go on and on.
Biden is a complete moron and you give him a pass because he has a 35 year career.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 10:47 am 10:47 am

Dave – The V.P. debate was not “won” by Sarah Palin. Do you honestly believe that a 35-year Senator who is head of the Foreign Relations Committee could get beaten by this novice if he really tried to fight? He let her run on and on about nothing substantive. I am sure it was difficult for Joe Biden to keep quiet as he did, but his strategy was to let the dimwit talk to show America what an airhead she was. He didn’t want to appear to “beat up” on her by showing what he knows about foreign policy. When Obama spoke about 57 states, he was talking about primaries held in 50 U.S. States and all our territories, Guam, Samoa, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, U.S. Virgin Islands, Americans Overseas, etc. Primaries were held in those territories as well. He knows there are only 50 states. Big deal, you keep bringing this up, like the guy wasn’t maybe, tired, when he said that! All Sarah had to say during her rallies was Obama “pals around with terrorists,” Obama is “nothing but a community organizer”, well he did some darn good organizing, I would say. Again, she is a dimwit!!

Posted by: geecee827 | November 13, 2009, 10:48 am 10:48 am

Let’s do look where Bush took us! Oh we can’t compare that with the current circus in town, the un-employment rate has more than doubled, the deficit has more than quad-tripled, and the majority of workers in America now have no job security so to speak of. WOW what a change! Let’s wait for more when the idiot democrats pass the “Health Plan” down our throats – but don’t worry it will only mean more money out of the pockets of the working class people so others can sit and wait on their checks from Obama. In case you haven’t heard the democrats have now elected a president that really shares the views of all democrats and it’s in his name OBAMA – Oh Boy Another Mistake America!!!

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 10:53 am 10:53 am

big surprise, the McCain campaign team was incompetent. Thanks folks, now we are stuck with an unqualified, blathering, squawk box for 4 years of pain.

Posted by: Steve | November 13, 2009, 10:54 am 10:54 am

She can win. Dems just don’t get it.

Posted by: Richard | November 13, 2009, 10:55 am 10:55 am

Outside the rabid theocon base and the fawning beltway media does anyone see Palin as anything but a bad joke? Really?

Posted by: A Hermit | November 13, 2009, 10:56 am 10:56 am

geecee827
You’re right. BO was able to organize a great deal- all the way to the white house.
But when someone’s career is launched from the most politically corrupt city in America (without ever having taken on that corruption EVEN ONCE), and he has the support of a terrible organization like ACORN, is it really such a great thing after all?
ACORN has been charged with voter fraud in every state they operate out of. They bribe voters, lie to voters, make up false names.. anything to acheive their cause. Saul Alinksy would be so proud.
As for your argument with biden letting palin talk, that doesn’t explain his 14 innaccurate statements during the debate, does it?
He is an idiot with a sympathetic media at his back. Plain and simple.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 10:57 am 10:57 am

She attracts cameras, mics and blog posts, but not because of her scintillating intellect, but because people just can’t wait to hear what blithering nonsense she will come up with next.

Posted by: Sam | November 13, 2009, 11:17 am 11:17 am

Well, it would be nice to once again have a President who is actually qualified for the job.

Posted by: Ron | November 13, 2009, 11:24 am 11:24 am

Huckabee should run again!

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 11:24 am 11:24 am

I voted for Obama BECAUSE of Palin. She’s the worst nightmare for the Republicans, Hilarious! I do like Obama and think he’s doing a great job. He has a million problems on his plate left by bush/cheney. He is awesome as far as I’m concerned and I’m glad I voted for him. It will take a few years, but Obama will straighten things out and be President AGAIN!

Posted by: bluedog | November 13, 2009, 11:41 am 11:41 am

Can you imagine the hoop-la if she would run and decide on a vp running mate? How about Bobby Jindal (Governor of LA)- Either way when them two hook up fireworks would go off and you can betcha that they would win HANDS – DOWN.

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Palin is not a serious contender for the GOP 2012 Presidential nomination for these reasons:
1. Too many scandals. The tabloids would make her a cottage industry.
2. Palin has burned too many bridges behind her. Her new book makes too many new GOP enemies.
3. Palin would never survive the GOP primary debates. If anyone believes that Romney, etc. would give her a by, they are mistaken.
There are many more but the above are enough.

Posted by: Bob Ramos | November 13, 2009, 11:54 am 11:54 am

Why does everyone continue to call OB the first African American president? Does all soon forget that he had a white mother? Why do all the major media outlets continue to ignore this? Seems all media (with the exception of a few) are still in the tank. But look out in the times ahead and sit back and watch the tank explode. There will be a day when it does and watch who is still standing with the annoited one, only a few of the far left will remain – and they to will sink like a rock.

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 11:58 am 11:58 am

George: Iam so disappointed in the credibility you give to this woman. She has accomplished nothing…she left her job in Alaska to make money which she is all about. Even in her book she is trying to weasel money out of the Mc Cain campaign. She is getting more attention than she deserves. She uses her children as props bringing them up whenever she needs sympathy or support. Good parents leave their children in the background and do no like parading them in front of the public for many reasons. She, however, loves everyone to see them…she thinks it makes her look like a good Mom. To the contrary, she is using them and a good Mom puts them first and tries to get them a good education, helps them grow spiritually and physically and otherwise. She is so concentrated on herself that they arebeing lost in the shufffle until she needs them for show. I find her shallow and unintelligent.

Posted by: talmag | November 13, 2009, 12:01 pm 12:01 pm

Dear God………..Please, oh, please let Sarah run. That ought to sink the Republican Party boat for decades to come.
Thank you, God, for listening. Have a nice day!

Posted by: Doppelganger | November 13, 2009, 12:03 pm 12:03 pm

Bob -
The only enemies on the GOP side are hidden leftest anyway who just happen to be “titled” republicans. Who needs them to gain back our conservative side? Palin all the way – she has proven to be one of the most effective leaders in our country in quite some time. The only other one that truly has made true conservative a priority is Bobby Jindal of Louisiana. He would be a shoe in if he ran but he remains committed to fixing LA first. Sarah Palin has my vote for President – and for the icing on top of the cake, she is not hard to look at either. Geaux Sarah !!!

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 12:04 pm 12:04 pm

I can’t believe there are still people that remain committed to a disasterous occupation of the white house by this bunch of lunatics. Does anyone who still stands with this bunch know of anything he has done to help America? Not only has un-employment doubled, deficit quad-tripled, small business’ shut the doors, but now the government has control of banks, automobiles, airlines, and many other sectors of our society. Wake Up People – What else has to happen before these NUTS have total control? Health Care? Let’s all set back, take a deep breath and watch this debacle explode – then Sarah can come in and fix it.

Posted by: Don | November 13, 2009, 12:12 pm 12:12 pm

Bob has hit the nail on the head. She has burned too many bridges, ones she would need to make a serious push for the white house. I kind of liked her on the ticket with Mccain because i think she gave the party youth and vigor at the time. I believe now she has a Michael Jordan sized ego with a very Me,Me,Me, type of personality. She wouldn’t be about the progression of our country, but the progression of her own career first. I’m not the most political savvy person, but it doesn’t take a lot of political insight to recognize someone who is very selfish and has no grace.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 12:16 pm 12:16 pm

Sarah Palin will make her millions then disappear into the Alaskan tundra to shoot wolves from a helicopter.

Posted by: Martha | November 13, 2009, 12:26 pm 12:26 pm

Sarah Palin is not qualified to be the President of the United States. She QUIT here job as Governor of Alaska. Had any other liberal Democratic Governor quit their job you folks on the right will jump on top them.

Posted by: Alistair | November 13, 2009, 12:29 pm 12:29 pm

This might be the dumbest article ever. I’m surprised at George. Palin runs on a low IQ and bravado — an incredibly dangerous combination that sadly appeals to huge number of Americans because they want someone “like them.” Palin would never win, but the fact that George even wrote this article is a testament to the sad state of American politics. Honestly, how is it possible that people still read the skills that made her a desirable news anchor (great! she can read convincingly from a monitor!) as translatable to the necessary skills for being a successful leader. She’s a punchline, George. Leave it that way.

Posted by: let | November 13, 2009, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm

Palin is unelectable. However, she has more than enough influence and support to take a slegehammer to the cracked facade of the Republican party and shatter it beyond any hope of reconciliation. Consequently, I encourage her to announce her candidacy at the first available opportunity.

Posted by: Yukon Sam | November 13, 2009, 12:38 pm 12:38 pm

John McCain and Sarah Palin. An old man and a twinkie. End of story.

Posted by: abepagota | November 13, 2009, 1:03 pm 1:03 pm

I get a sense from Sarah palin that she is a woman who has been underestimated through out her life at her advesaries peril…whether she will eb a good president or even run remains to be seen but one thing is certain in America she has the opportunity and Obama certainly has proven that…he has been elected with even less experience and credentials than palin

Posted by: phillysmart | November 13, 2009, 1:14 pm 1:14 pm

To geecee827.
“If Palin is so stupid, as you obamabots love to say, then why did she out-debate a 35 YEAR sitting senator for 90 minutes in front of 70 million people?”
So how did she? By dumbing down America. You betcha Bob!
Points. Winks. You know, that easy stuff that people don’t have to think about to ‘like’. Wink, smile. How can she be all bad, just look at her/
So, what exactly did she talk about?
What I remember about Palin is that she instilled, well attracted people who God fearing and loving as they area, didn’t mind shouting ‘kill ‘em’.
Um, yeah.
.

Posted by: sappas | November 13, 2009, 1:17 pm 1:17 pm

Will the real Sarah Palin please… just go away…?

Posted by: Jordan | November 13, 2009, 1:21 pm 1:21 pm

It’s nonsense spread by the liberal main stream media to say that Sara Palin is focused on how the John Mccain campaign stunk up the joint in how they ran their campaign. Also, it’s nonsense on how the liberal main stream media tried to degrade her during the 2008 Election especially with the Katie Couric interview. The thing is the liberal main stream media failed at trying to degrade Palin. Right now your so focused on making up these false stories about her. The only thing Palin is focused on right now are the political issues. She without a doubt brought light to the issue about Obamacare. If Palin was to run in 2012 it would be like a gunfight. The only problem with Obama is that he would be at a disadvantage because he brought a knife. So, all Palin would have to do is quarter and draw.

Posted by: Jonathan | November 13, 2009, 1:26 pm 1:26 pm

Obama is an Abomination and we will be lucky IF the country can ever get rid of him.
McCain, acted like a jerk over Palin, HE picked her, but never spent any time trying to help her or educate her. He only wanted to control the very thing he and the rest of us liked about her her free honest spirit.
As a result of his failed campaign and lack of vocal leadership (at least quit mumbling and speak louder) tired of the faded line of being a maverick.
So now we are all in the soup together, being run by a soul-less, arrogant idiot. I don’t hear anyone talking about how smart he is anymore. He can’t even make a decision. He is allowing more of our troops to be killed because of a lack of supporting troops, Make no mistake that is what happens to a insufficiently manned army, we need to overwhelm then not get put on the run when we are in a fire fight with not enough of our fighters to win.
The country is talking about how he is ruining the country. Even his vaunted personal popularity is now less than break-even. The whole country is tired of his turning everything into a photo-op. I hear folks Saying please get on the plane you love so much and fly away and don’t come back you jerk.
If Sarah Palin gets some education and drops the “Family stuff’ and runs her self and espouses clearly what she believes in and gets a Newt Gingrich or the like, to advise her she will win, if she runs which I doubt will happen.
Maybe Lou Doobs will run as an independent!
Finally Sara stay away from Barbra Walters she is out to get you !!!!

Posted by: GripperDon | November 13, 2009, 1:33 pm 1:33 pm

Palin has the same “I’d like to go have a beer with her” quality GWB had. Some people like that “next door gal” attitude she has, and her easy to decide “black or white” approach to problems; don’t have to think it over, just say yes or no. Problem is that no issue has a clear cut answer without distinctions, and people with little information or education can’t deal in nuances, making Sarah an easy choice as she seems to have the easy answer to any complex problem: abortion, gun control, teen sex, energy, economy, military… Let’s elect Sarah, she’ll take care of it all! Good luck!

Posted by: treblig56 | November 13, 2009, 1:40 pm 1:40 pm

The liberal media was quite unfair to Palin during the ’08 run, but she has handled EVERYTHING post election very badly. Palin taking jabs at the McCain handlers in her book is probably very accurate, not sure if that’s liberal media fabrications. Her resigning as governor of Alaska is a fact. Palin focused now on political issues? Don’t think so, she’s focused on making the BENJAMINS!

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm

Gripper Don wrote: McCain, acted like a jerk over Palin, HE picked her, but never spent any time trying to help her or EDUCATE her. — Exactly! Why run for VP if you’re not EDUCATED enough to know Africa is not a country, tell what newspapers you read, or believe “abstinence only” sex education works? There is a minimum knowledge about the world one needs to lead the USA, and it cannot be acquired in a year or two, especially when you did not show interest towards it until your mid-forties…

Posted by: treblig56 | November 13, 2009, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

The key to the republican party winning the white house is not reaching across the aisle and bringing in moderates.
It needs to unify under a conservative banner and stick to its principles. Nobody is voting for these Republicans by name only.

Posted by: Terrence | November 13, 2009, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

To Jonathan:
“So now we are all in the soup together, being run by a soul-less, arrogant idiot.”
Yes, Bush was.
Oh, wait, you meant Obama.

Posted by: sappas | November 13, 2009, 1:54 pm 1:54 pm

you repubs simply don’t get it. Just because someone is “popular” doesn’t deem them qualified to be the POTUS. Sheesh. What’s with you? Sarah Palin is dumber than George …. come on …….. Look where he’s taken us ….
Your right dave2 Obama turned out to be the most “popular” and he isn’t qualified.

Posted by: jane | November 13, 2009, 1:59 pm 1:59 pm

Sarah Palin = Anna Nicole Smith. Both in the news, both dumb as a bag of hammers.

Posted by: Roscoe Chait | November 13, 2009, 2:04 pm 2:04 pm

Roscoe Chait
Barry Obama= Rev Racist. Both attended the same anti-American church for 20 years, both hate this great country of ours.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 2:26 pm 2:26 pm

LOL…LOL… Let her run and watch the fun in the conservative/Republican camps. Anyone that wants to keep the President we have now (that includes me) needs to be hoping and praying for this to occur. The Republican Party has been a 3 ring circus anyway. This will just provide it more legitimacy.

Posted by: CND FOX | November 13, 2009, 2:28 pm 2:28 pm

Sarah Palin was the ONLY one of the four in the 2008 race for President or Vice President that was qualified for the office of President – as she was the ONLY one with any experience running a government. The other three running for President or Vice President were just lobbyist (a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest). They NEVER ran a government.
I for one look forward to her running in 2012.

Posted by: FVB | November 13, 2009, 2:36 pm 2:36 pm

Dave: you’re so paranoid..do you even know what he word socialism means? How can anyone want anything to do with this chronic liar and proven nitwit who’s never read a book..probably not even her own.

Posted by: leogorky | November 13, 2009, 2:37 pm 2:37 pm

geecee827: how could the dimwitted Palin out-debate anyone??? She couldn’t even make it through an interview with Katie Couric without looking like the complete illiterate fool that she is.

Posted by: leogorky | November 13, 2009, 2:38 pm 2:38 pm

Like i mentioned before, Huckabee. Get Huckabee vs. Obama, one on one. If Mike Huckabee can get the undivided attention of our country without Palin distractions he will put Obama back in the Southside of Chicago.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 2:44 pm 2:44 pm

Palin loves the limelight – who cares about the book which has already been disected by those who have read it – I have better things to do with my time and money. My life is more interesting and I bet so are most of yours. O’bama is great – he cares – he is honest – he is trying to do what is best for all of us – he hasn’t even been in office for a year – he inherited all the problems he is dealing with – he did not create them-why have some of you forgotten who caused the mess we are all dealing with. Give our President a chance to fix the problems – some of which are already better. I can’t stand the negative idiots who can’t give him time yet they never critized Bush who thought he was all knowing – other countries have hated us because of him -Obama has brought change there as well. So stop being so judgemental – I wonder how many of you negative jerks including you self appointed judges on the news channels have ever been told off by your superiors or are you perfect….?Who cares if he needs to read his speach or not – what is important is what is being said – unlike Palin who said whatever she thought would get a rise from people – whether it was true or not. (Remember Joe the plumber, SET UP BIG TIME) HE WASN’T EVEN LICENSED I should write a book – I love this country – I am glad Obama is President – and I wish the republicans would care more about this country and help make it better than all of their (NO’S) which make them useless to us. What do they really care about – just their party. Definitely, NOT US> After all they have health Insurance. Don’t forget who pays them to say NO. Do they think we Americans are stupid – Do they think we don’t read like Palin? Do they not know that we are watching them closely -I am actually embarrassed by many of these people we put in office. Think people – things should be better than this, the insurance companies own this country. There is no cap on what they want to charge. The government needs to protect us or it will only get worse.
This is the wealthiest country in the world with freedom that has been evied by peoples from all over the world. Be proud of yourselves and proud of some people like our President who feels he owes us his best. He needs a pat on the back, prayer and time to put things right. If you were in his shoes wouldn’t you want that too.

Posted by: jjg | November 13, 2009, 2:51 pm 2:51 pm

leogorky, in my book she BEAT Biden.

Posted by: FVB | November 13, 2009, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm

Leogorky
Actually I experienced socialism first hand- I lived in europe for a while.
Also, I’m not paranoid, I’m informed. You, on the other hand, are simply repeating what the liberal media has perpetuated since Palin first was picked to be the VP nominee.
Palin stumbled when asked by couric what she regulary read (a question posed by a 10 million dollar a year salary earner and limousine liberal who HATED her), but Joe Biden’s “gaffe” with couric was MUCH better in my opinion….
He proclaimed “Roosevelt went on TV in 1929 to calm everyone down”. Somehow couric ignored this intelligent remark made during in his interview and attacked Palin’s sputtered response.
The liberal media had its target and that target was Sarah Palin. Meanwhile, Biden, the blundering idiot, enjoyed media protection.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 2:56 pm 2:56 pm

geecee827 –”He hasn’t been President officially for a year yet and he has made a lot of changes and more is coming – for the better I might add. Once this economy (which Bush/Cheney destroyed!!) begins to turn around, you guys won’t have a chance, regardless of who you put up against Obama.” –
A lot of changes?? really??? name one..
Unemployment is at a 50 year high and is climbing… more banks have closed this year than in the last 4 years under Bush, We are still in Iraq, Still in Afganistan (and it looks like we will be there another year or two minimum – while he tries to make up his mind about what to do), GITMO is still open, and the stimulus has failed miserably. It is unfair of me to say he has done nothing though – in his first 180 days he made over 200 speeches and appearances. He has toured the world to tell them all how great he is and how sorry the US is for existing. He has blown more CO2 flying around in Air Force one than Bush did in his entire presidency. He has played 56 rounds of golf in his first 200 days. He has appointed more czars than cabinet members (more in fact than all the presidents prior to him combined)he held a “beer summit” to make up for calling a white cop stupid, but can’t bring himself to admit that a muslim who killed / wounded 40 people in Fort Hood is a terrorist.
What an outstanding record he has ammassed and I am sure it will only get better.

Posted by: arkievet | November 13, 2009, 3:18 pm 3:18 pm

jjg states: I have better things to do with my time and money. Oh, yeah like pointing out how little you understand economics and socialist. Your statement: This is the wealthiest country in the world with freedom that has been envied by peoples from all over the world. Do you not understand that when you have a HUGE deficit that you have a lot less then “0″. I don’t think less then is WEALTH. Plus have you not notice we lose more of our constitution rights every day?

Posted by: FVB | November 13, 2009, 3:19 pm 3:19 pm

bravo287 10:44 AM: How exactly does Obama hate the USA? How greater has the USA grown under GWB, Reagan and GHB? If by great you mean rich, and you are in the top 10% wealthiest people, yes, this country has been great for YOU. Else, it’s been going downhill since the 80′s and slipping faster in the last 8 years with Dubya… People who can criticize the way the USA have been going and addressing the issues are not un-american, they are the true patriots; They see what is needed to make the country a true GREAT country for ALL, and are ready to take on the challenge. I for one, think the population should be ashamed and furious at the way the GOP has divided the country and abandoned a large chunk of the people for the gain of a few.

Posted by: treblig56 | November 13, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

Arkievets post:
“A lot of changes?? really??? name one..
Unemployment is at a 50 year high and is climbing… more banks have closed this year than in the last 4 years under Bush, We are still in Iraq, Still in Afganistan (and it looks like we will be there another year or two minimum – while he tries to make up his mind about what to do), GITMO is still open, and the stimulus has failed miserably. It is unfair of me to say he has done nothing though – in his first 180 days he made over 200 speeches and appearances. He has toured the world to tell them all how great he is and how sorry the US is for existing. He has blown more CO2 flying around in Air Force one than Bush did in his entire presidency. He has played 56 rounds of golf in his first 200 days. He has appointed more czars than cabinet members (more in fact than all the presidents prior to him combined)he held a “beer summit” to make up for calling a white cop stupid, but can’t bring himself to admit that a muslim who killed / wounded 40 people in Fort Hood is a terrorist.
What an outstanding record he has ammassed and I am sure it will only get better.”
This is all so true. Have fun arguing with that obamabots.
PALIN 2012

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 3:26 pm 3:26 pm

geecee827– let me add one more thing…..
the economy was not destroyed by Bush Cheney.. sorry to bust a bubble you just love to play with..
The economy was destroyed by the ponzi-like mortgage bundle schemes of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. While Frankin Rains (CEO of Fannie) made 60 million over 9 years, both companies were selling worthless mortgages bundles to private banks.. Who was responsible for monitoring and stopping this.. the Senate finance committee which was chaired and controlled by DEMOCRATS (Frank, Waters, Dodd, Rangle..and about 12 more) when republican on the same committe called a meeting in 2007 to blow the whistle on approaching problems, they were told basically to sit down and shut up (if you don’t believe me, the entire hearing was videotaped for CSPAN and is a matter of record). Also for the record is the fact that Chairman Barney Frank had a long standing affair (he called it a marriage) to a male member of Fannie Mae’s board (also easily researchable if you want proof) and took 400,000 in pac funds from Fannie and Freddie, Waters, Dodd, and Rangle also took 6 figure kickbacks from these companies.
And In case you want to make the argument that it was all caused by the deregulation of the industry.. then be advised, that the industry was not deregulated under Bush. Clinton signed the deregulation into law in 1998. There were no major problems while the republicans controlled congress (and the committee) – the problems only started after the Dems won majority in 06 and the committee fell under the control of the democratic majority.
Bush did not screw up this economy — Your lovely DEMOCRATS did.

Posted by: arkievet | November 13, 2009, 3:30 pm 3:30 pm

“you repubs simply don’t get it. Just because someone is “popular” doesn’t deem them qualified to be the POTUS.”
___Posted by dave2___
REALLY???? After living through 10 months of Obama, I would NEVER HAVE FIGURED THAT OUT without your help.. thank you soooo much for your insight.

Posted by: arkievet | November 13, 2009, 3:34 pm 3:34 pm

Dave wrote: Actually I experienced socialism first hand- I lived in europe for a while. — Where in Europe, how long and when did you live there and what was your experience like? Do you know the difference between a social-democracy and socialism? There are very few real socialist countries in the world, all countries experience a different level of “socialist” policies. Most developed countries with a higher level of social policies are ranked above the US in the “livability index”, health performance, life expectancy, education, while lower in crime rates, birth death rate, etc…

Posted by: treblig56 | November 13, 2009, 3:37 pm 3:37 pm

United We Stand – Divided We Fall.
We are all Americans – Obama, Palin, you, and even me.
We got our work cut out for US. Get to work, … instead of typing ideology.

Posted by: Joe | November 13, 2009, 3:53 pm 3:53 pm

To all of you staunch supporters of Barrack Hussein Obama. In 2 years from now Obama will have a poll rating of 25%. Be ready for that. You’re a 1 term president on a 25% poll rating. The only thing that saved Obama from losing 2008 election was because John Mccain ran a bad campaign. Had it been Mitt Romney instead of Mccain, Obama would’ve been dog meat. His rear end would’ve been kicked all the way back to Illinois. Romney would be the president right now and Obama would just be another senator.

Posted by: Jonathan | November 13, 2009, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm

Why do Republicans keep blaming Obama for Palin’s failures. She was a viable VP candidate until she began getting interviewed by reporters. Her answers to some of the questions posed to her was her undoing. People began to see how dense this person was. Americans quickly understood that she was just not qualified to be president. She has to many negatives for people to realisticly take her seriously as a Presidential candidate. She is the mother of a sixteen year old girl that had a baby out of wedlock. She quit as Governor of Alaska before her term expired. Numerous ethic complaints filed against her as governor. She has zero foreign policy experience. Should she decide to run for President, all of these negatives and more will once again come to the surface.

Posted by: johnnylee | November 13, 2009, 4:02 pm 4:02 pm

She doesn’t have to run. She is inspiring everyday Americans to step forward and compete against the organized dismantling of our constitution and intrusive community organizers that threaten our liberties. Allot of people claim she is a redneck and not scholarly enough to be president. Does anyone remember the French Revolution? Were the revolutionaries not “common” people? Have intellectuals forgotten that the learning they have degrees in is derived from the documented cumulative experiences of common people. Much of which they themselves would have ‘not’ achieved without the influence of the original authors. Too many degrees received today are simply based upon one’s ability to comprehend the work of predecessors. Very few if any degrees are based upon a unique contribution of the recipient. Common people are motivated by necessity and overcome stereotypes and the naysayers. Most all of our contributors to the success of America were not scholars. So to equate intelligence to scholarly recognition is very misleading.

Posted by: TX_MBell | November 13, 2009, 4:17 pm 4:17 pm

Johnny Lee,
Your name in itself suggests you know a lot of women who had pregnancies out of wedlock or pregnancies under the age of 14. The fact her daughter got pregnant underage doesn’t reflect poorly on her. Things happen with teen girls. It wasn’t Palin herself that committed the act, but bad judgement on her daughter’s part that allowed it to happen. I’m not a Palin supporter but that was a terrible reason supporting your arguement.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm

Can Palin win? Absolutly! by the time the 2012 elections roll around, people will see what their health care tabs will be for 2013 and beyond and will be outraged by the Pelosicare.
If the Senate democratic leadership comes to their senses and finds a true middle of the road health care plan that will not cause the middle class health care to rise faster than they would otherwise and to get the deficit down they might hold off any GOP candidate or it will be any one buy Obama.
The independents and moderates of this country are MAD and dissappointed in Obama’s leadership to date.

Posted by: scott jeffries | November 13, 2009, 4:23 pm 4:23 pm

Numerous ethic complaints filed against her as governor. Dropped
She has zero foreign policy experience. And Obama did?
Sarah Palin was the ONLY one of the four in the 2008 race for President or Vice President that was qualified for the office of President – as she was the ONLY one with any experience running a government. The other three running for President or Vice President were just lobbyist (a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest). They NEVER ran a government.
I suggest instead of repeating someone elses lines, you do your own research and THINK for yourself.

Posted by: FVB | November 13, 2009, 4:24 pm 4:24 pm

treblig56
I lived in London for a year and 1/2 (in addition to returning to europe many times since then).
While living there, I experienced the glorious “free healthcare” system. Long lines, no doctors in sight, and I was prescribed aspirin for the salmonella I had acquired while in eastern europe.
The hospitals I went to in London/poland had blood and vomit on the floors and very few doctors. I finally called a private physician to my flat who began to get me healthy again (at the cost of 500 pounds to my insurance).
America has the best hospitals, doctors, medical schools and research facilities in the WORLD, but liberals talk about this place like it’s the seventh circle of hell. 90% of all life-saving drugs have been created HERE in the USA.
We all agree we need reform, but to turn our healthcare system over to people like barry obama, nancy pelosi and barney frank is truly frightening.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 4:25 pm 4:25 pm

Enough of this telling people that Sara Palin’s experience on foreign policy is zero. That’s hogwash. She has a lot of experince. The thing is everyone can always learn more. Barack Hussein Obama has zero foreign policy experience. Here he goes traveling all around the world giving these false speeces which he claims is history and gives these apology speeches which makes a leader of a country look weak. On another note, one economist said prepare to see a dark cloud descend over the Obama Administration.

Posted by: Jonathan | November 13, 2009, 4:31 pm 4:31 pm

Yes, she will run for the presidency but NO, she will not and cannot win. After George W. Bush, Americans will never go for an intellectual mediocre as president of the USA.

Posted by: Ndubueze Chuku | November 13, 2009, 4:43 pm 4:43 pm

Did Sarah Palin sit in Rev Wrights “church” for 20 yeras ingesting spews of hate?
Did Sarah Palin Vote “Present” while in her Political Offices?
Did Sarah Palin run on the “race card or women card” instead of Country Values and Experience?
Get Real !!
Palin Still Has More Experience, Common Sence & American Values in her little pinky, than Obama will ever have in his Lifetime.
Vote Country First At The Polls! It’s Never Too Early To Plan To Vote 2010 and 2012 For American Values!

Posted by: AmericansLetsRoll | November 13, 2009, 4:51 pm 4:51 pm

Dave has a good point. I work in dentistry, and nowhere in the world compares to American dentistry. I can believe that socialized healthcare in other countries is probably below standard of care of what WE AMERICANS expect as acceptable. All the BO supporters believe socialized healthcare is the way, until all the Dems on THIS blog who can so eloquently TYPE, read, and write, sit elbow to elbow, with the people who can’t. When all you Dems sit with the crying babies, teen mothers, vagrants with split open heads from a back alley street fight, then you can talk about support for socialized healthcare. Everybody that has probably blogged here most likely hasn’t experienced that. If you have, I am pretty sure you don’t support socialized healthcare and agree with what i’m saying.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 4:53 pm 4:53 pm

Palin not only will never be president, her pick as vp determined that McCain never would be as well.

Posted by: hopesprings52 | November 13, 2009, 4:54 pm 4:54 pm

I realize the truth hurts and some of you Palin supporters are hurting. It’s true that the woman is a failure as a parent. She failed to provide the necessary guidance for her sixteen yr old daughter which resulted in a teenage pregnancy. It is a fact that she was a failure as governor of Alaska because she quit on the people of Alaska before her first term expired. Her interview with Katie Couric revealed her total lack of intellect. If she run for President in 2012, her Republican adversaries will undoubtably hammer her on all of her shortcomings which will cause her to do something she is apparently good at; Quitting.

Posted by: johnnylee | November 13, 2009, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm

Stalin had socialized healthcare. I wonder what that waiting room looked like?

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 4:56 pm 4:56 pm

She should proclaim her libertarian roots, drop the support for foreign engagements, and team with Ron Paul.

Posted by: Dave | November 13, 2009, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

This is why America went backwards in the past 8 years – our lost decade. Its because of thoughtless right wing cult worhsippers that are prepared to vote 5 colleges in 6 year, constantly domestic warring (mother-in law, brother inlaw which led to her censure, grandson inlaw, presidential campaign colleagues) beauty Queen Palin in. There is no better judge of the depth and size of a human than their relationships with their family. Is the right wing philosophy that bereft of thinkers or statesmen/women?
When Bachman is allowed to lead/speak and science is all a conspiracy, thoughfulness and carefulness is weakness, Rush’s divisive appeal to hate in the human heart, but viewership enhancing tricks controls, and Palin is the leading figure, that party is going to ruin America if we continue to let their solutionless approach back in.

Posted by: J. Richter | November 13, 2009, 5:00 pm 5:00 pm

johnnyLee,
I’m not a Palin supporter, like i said. That’s just not a good enough reason for you to dismiss her. I just want you to dig deep my man and come with something good. I keep screaming Huck and nobody listening or they know i’m right!

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 5:02 pm 5:02 pm

she’s utterly absurd. i really think most of the limbaugh/hannity types who support have some adolescent fantasies about her…the hot, redneck gun-toting dominitrix school marm. if the republicans nominate her they might as well just give the election away.

Posted by: davidfrat21 | November 13, 2009, 5:05 pm 5:05 pm

dave2, that’s pretty much the same thing that a lot of people said about obama…and they were right on that account as well. they’re both populist clowns.

Posted by: davidfrat21 | November 13, 2009, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

Lou Dobbs And Sarah Palin 2012.
OR
Sarah Palin And Lou Dobbs 2012.

Posted by: AmericanPatroit | November 13, 2009, 5:07 pm 5:07 pm

“Unemployment is at a 50 year high…”
How quickly they forget Saint Ronald’s 10.8% unemployment rate of 1983.

Posted by: WWW | November 13, 2009, 5:10 pm 5:10 pm

Can Palin Win ? YES, SHE CAN !

Posted by: myopinion | November 13, 2009, 5:13 pm 5:13 pm

“Numerous ethic complaints filed against her as governor. Dropped”
Not quite. In addition to the legislative Troopergate investigation that found Sarah Palin guilty of an ethics violation, there was another ethics complaint of which she was not cleared. That case was resolved by virtue of a “settlement agreement.” Palin agreed to repay nearly $10,000 in taxpayer money that had been used to cover trips for her children. Her spokesman said she was also committed to paying any back taxes involved. Then too is the issue of back taxes due on more than $17,000 of improper per diem payments for the cost eating at home – more than 300 times. Not only did she take the payments, she didn’t report them as income.
Another thing to remember is it was the Alaska State Personnel Board that cleared her of ethics charges. All members of the Personnel Board were appointed by the governor’s office, and Palin herself had the power to fire them.

Posted by: WWW | November 13, 2009, 5:18 pm 5:18 pm

Johnny Lee, I’m not a Palin supporter, my man. I just think her daughter getting pregnant doesn’t make her a bad parent. I’m not saying that or defending her from the perspective of a parent who has a pregnant teen daughter, because that’s not the case. I agree a parent needs to have an open line of communicaion with a child but ultimately the child makes the bad decision. I agree with you that her Repulican adversaries will go full steam ahead on her in the primaries and light her up like the 4th of July.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 5:24 pm 5:24 pm

Ronald Reagan was and still is a God!! RIP.

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 5:29 pm 5:29 pm

“Ronald Reagan was and still is a God!! RIP.”
God’s children gave him an approval rating of 35% in 1983. But they forgave him as the economy and jobless rate recovered.

Posted by: WWW | November 13, 2009, 5:37 pm 5:37 pm

Exactly. It recovered after he(Reagan) had time for change. Obama deserves the same, but it needs to change!!

Posted by: Aaron | November 13, 2009, 5:46 pm 5:46 pm

Palin is popular to see becuase she’s attractive. period. If she looked like margaret thatcher, she’d wouldn’t have a single person interested in her. Nobody is going to see Obama because they want to ‘do’ him. Where as Palin, that’s all she’s about.

Posted by: seriously | November 13, 2009, 6:00 pm 6:00 pm

This country just elected BO on the total basis that he was “popular”. —no they didn’t. YOu didn’t vote for him. How do you know what anyone else thought? Here’s an idea, ASK THEM nad actually LISTEN. I voted for obama, because he had a better plan. I liked his plan of saving the banks, of injecting capital into the economy to stimulate it, just like FDR did, which took the depression’s 25% and brought it down to 10% before the war started. Herbert Hoover said ‘let the banks fail” “cut back on spending’ and he took his stock market crash and turned it into a 25% unemployment situation. had we elected McCain we WOULD have 30% unemployment again. Same policies at a time with the same circumstances are going to result in the same situation. We voted for Obama because we LIKE The idea of using technology to get off oil, of investing in it, of investing in education. McCain and Palin were all about ‘drill drill drill’ when all we have, if you dug out everything that had oil in it, would be LESS Then 5% of our needs for less than 5 years and would not be available to us in less than 10 years time if we ‘drill drill drill’ today. Sorry to burst your bubble, but we elected Obama because his ideas were better. period. dont speak for other people. YOu’re not qualified .

Posted by: seriiously | November 13, 2009, 6:09 pm 6:09 pm

I personally hope she runs. The conservatives will hijack the nomination, get her as presidential candidate and we’ll have one more term of obama. perfect. We need two terms of Obama to clean up this mess. Last year this time we had over 600,000 layoffs per month with bush in. now it’s 12,000 per month. I know things haven’t bounced bACk completely, but the free fall has stopped, it’s only time away until employers start hiring again, and we cannot have republicans come back in now so they can slash spending, cause more layoffs, and spiral us back down to 600,000 layoffs per month again, and surely, they will. If republicans were in we’d have 40% unemployment right now just like with Herbert Hoover. Maybe elect a republican after Obama cleans this up, but not too soon.

Posted by: seriously | November 13, 2009, 6:14 pm 6:14 pm

Can Palin Win ? YES, SHE CAN —she just quit her job as governor for no eartly reason. How do you support someone who runs for a job, gets elected by the people, and then just bails. She had a job to do, she was elected for it, how narcistic of her is it to say, well, i’ve gotton all the political advantage I can from this stint, time to move on. What ever happened to actually having some sense of duty to doing your job and making an effort to do good for the people who elected you. at some point is anyone going to tell Palin that this country, this world, is not all about her?

Posted by: oh please | November 13, 2009, 6:18 pm 6:18 pm

Palin 2012!!! Dems… don’t worry… She’ll quit in the middle of her term anyway.

Posted by: Plebeian | November 13, 2009, 6:23 pm 6:23 pm

Why would anybody want someone like Palin to become Presiden? Would they also accept Carrie Prejan (sp?) as President? They’re very similar in brains, experience, and blaming others for their shortfalls. How about Anita Bryant for President (back in the 70s)? Pick a photogenic, brainless person, and make them the most powerful person in the world? Entrust them with the future of our country??? Please????

Posted by: AC | November 13, 2009, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm

“President Palin……… chuckle.”
President Obama……… LOL!

Posted by: Mary | November 13, 2009, 7:39 pm 7:39 pm

“I am so sick and tired of hearing about this political hack. She is no more interesting today then she was during the campaign.”
Yet you take valuable time out of your day to post about a “political hack” you hate? Interesting.
We know you fear her. Admit it.

Posted by: Mary | November 13, 2009, 7:41 pm 7:41 pm

Palin won’t need Acorn. She’ll win fair and square.

Posted by: myopinion | November 13, 2009, 7:51 pm 7:51 pm

They already picked a photogenic brainless person for president. And were stuck with him till 2012.

Posted by: Moderate | November 13, 2009, 7:55 pm 7:55 pm

I like Sarah Palin as a person and share many of her values, don’t see her as stupid, but I’d rather she not run for president and can’t quite put my finger on why. She’s more of a cheerleader type, good at it, would be good with some issues. I also don’t think you necessarily have to have a huge, long string of elite university degrees or credentials to make an effective president. It’s all come down to who has the most charisma and who can raise the most money, fed up with it. Anybody who wins has to kowtow to those behind the scenes who really pull the strings or they’re likely to be put out of business; it’s that bad, guess I’ve gotten pretty cynical about the system.

Posted by: BridgetoSomewhere | November 13, 2009, 9:18 pm 9:18 pm

Forget about Palin, at the rate Obama is going, Jeb Bush will be elected president in 2012!

Posted by: jennababe | November 13, 2009, 10:27 pm 10:27 pm

No Jeb Bush. We’ve been Bushwacked enough for eternity. The economy couldn’t handle another Bush. Obama has just polished off the American economy. No Obama 2nd term. I like Lou Dobbs or Sarah Palin. At Least we know they would put Country First.

Posted by: Moderate | November 13, 2009, 11:53 pm 11:53 pm

You loony-leftists have had your time out of the asylum for now, enjoy it while you can, because you’re going back in, 2012. That’s when you will be “Palinized”.

Posted by: devil dog357 | November 14, 2009, 1:42 am 1:42 am

Why would the press give her the time of day. All she does is lie and bash them too..I guess they all can’t help themselves. They just keep at it. I hope and pray that they all come to straighten it all out and figure out they are sick but not deadly sick YET..

Posted by: Sue | November 14, 2009, 2:45 am 2:45 am

Why does people need the world to show them they are SICK MINDED?

Posted by: Sue | November 14, 2009, 2:47 am 2:47 am

I even can’t imagine, so she Palin herself, that she will run for President in 2012 . It is almost impossible for her to recapture the Palin magic that made her a political phenomenon. Yes, there are many other businesses for her, where she can excel.

Posted by: homework helper | November 14, 2009, 3:15 am 3:15 am

Obama got to be where he is only because of affirmative action. Even a second grader knows that the United States does not have 57 states, but Obama lacks the mental faculty of a second grader.
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Posted by: Your Mom | November 14, 2009, 6:19 am 6:19 am

I am a Liberal-Republican, something that is really unrecognized in the political system. I honestly BELIEVE the Republican Party did not WANT to win this election. McCain/Palin were horrible. There are too many problems created by another Republican (Bush) to repair without increasing taxes, restricting benefits, and possibly throwing out the Social Security system. My comment is, if they WANT to lose again, put a similar team out there.

Posted by: Johnrobert | November 14, 2009, 8:27 am 8:27 am

Nixon ended the Vietnam war in his second term, after running for his first term claiming he had a secret plan to end the war. How many Americans died before Nixon ended the war? He gets no credit from me. I’m still mad about that war. If Robert Kennedy had not been killed the war would have ended in 1969. I like Obama and hope he pulls all our troops home. The UN can protect these Muslim countries. If Obama does rev up the war, I won’t like it but who can I vote for, certainly not an idiot like Palin.

Posted by: cregis | November 14, 2009, 8:39 am 8:39 am

Mariann Pepitone | I had to respond to you on this , The only thing Nixon ended was his term as president-

Posted by: Vernon33 | November 14, 2009, 8:42 am 8:42 am

In my opinion if Mrs.Palin looked like Elanor Roosevelt she would not be in the limelight.Mrs.Palin is pleasing to the eye but the only way for her if elected to work with world leaders would be to prostitute herself to achieve any accomplishments.Remember her meeting with the Saudi’s or some other Arab country.The men couldn’t keep their eyes off her.If Mrs. Palin is sincere in wanting whats best for Americans she should choose a person and throw her support and efforts to help that Republican get elected.

Posted by: Willy Ball | November 14, 2009, 10:25 am 10:25 am

Does anyone else think it strange that whilst the Palin/McCain supporters all dislike the Obama/Democratic “policies”, whereas all of the Obama supporters offer nothing except ad hominem (personal) attacks.
Funny how the “caring” party seems so full of hate and vitriol.

Posted by: Jonathan Ross | November 14, 2009, 1:48 pm 1:48 pm

GO SARAH PALIN IN 2012. I’VE PRAYED AND SUPPORTED FINANCIALLY AND STRONGLY YOU.

Posted by: Jamie | November 14, 2009, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm

I would just like to say that in my humble opinion Sarah Palin as as nutty as my Aunt Winona’s pet squid, and anyone who might vote for her must be a recent graduate of the Glenn Beck School of Deep Thinking. But, to hear Rush Limbaugh, that paragon of conservative wisdom tell it, she is the wisest political star since Richard (I am not a crook) Nixon. And of course this opinion is seconded by the rest of the leadership of the Republican Party, Sean Hannity, Beck, O’Reilly, et al.

Posted by: 23bigdon1 | November 14, 2009, 7:40 pm 7:40 pm

Given his utter lack of accomplishment which, I believe will continue, anyone, even my Grandmother should be able to beat him. And she’s dead.

Posted by: Ron | November 14, 2009, 11:20 pm 11:20 pm

When I read comments praising Palin, I am reminded of how perilous and dangerous a thing democracy is without education and keen insight on the part of its citizenry. Having studied Palin for over a year, I’m most struck by her utter lack of all self-knowledge, introspection, and thoughtfulness. I do not mean to be nasty when I say she is also a pathological liar. I state this in a clinical sense: cognitively–psychologically, if you will–she is a demonstrable, chronic liar. It terrifies me that so many people choose to ignore these attributes.

Posted by: penelope | November 14, 2009, 11:35 pm 11:35 pm

She might as well. Obama hasn’t done anything he was supposed to do.

Posted by: jan | November 15, 2009, 8:02 am 8:02 am

The popularity of someone as dumb as Sarah Palin reflects very badly on the education level and intelligence of a large segment of our population. Although I fought alongside real Americans to help Obama get elected in 2008, I had my home on the market, my family’s passports and money ready to leave the USA if McCain/Palin had won.
“god help America” if this religious right wing whack job ever gets into the White House.

Posted by: tensai13 | November 15, 2009, 8:16 am 8:16 am

I will take an Obama vs Palin in 2012 any day of the week. Obama will smoke Palin.
You people that are goo goo over Sarah Palin need to be put in a mental institution. It has been a year yet since Obama entered the white house, and I am still waiting for a Republican to come out and say how to fix this mess we are in.
The fact of the matter is the only thing that is going to fix this problem is time. It is going to take some time to get things turned around.
As far as Palin beating Biden in a debate. The only thing Palin did for 90 minutes was “Wink” at the camera

Posted by: Bernie | November 15, 2009, 9:03 am 9:03 am

Sarah Palin running for President…wow. She won’t survive the first Republican debate. By now, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney know better than to use kid gloves with this woman. Even if by some miracle she’s elected, the effect would be like handing a loaded M-16 to a bratty 7 year-old. I honestly think you would see a large exodus of tax-paying voters leave the country if Sarah Palin managed to get elected.

Posted by: Richard Vaughn | November 15, 2009, 9:19 am 9:19 am

I am with David Brooks Palin is the biggest Joke in politics today!Sarah Palin is broke that’s why she wrote the book in the first place is the bottom line!
Male voters have told me the only reason they would vote for her she is a very attractive,seductive looking woman!
THAT’S THE ONLY REASON!
I hope the GOP don’t want SARAH PALIN to run in 2012 It Would be a big mistake!

Posted by: BrendettNC | November 15, 2009, 10:07 am 10:07 am

Pailin’s photo has been published under Webster’s definition of quitter. I am sure she is the one we need, a candidate that had to quit the Governorship in order to avoid her problems.

Posted by: Frank | November 15, 2009, 11:38 am 11:38 am

I think the press is missing the point with Palin. It is irrelevant at this point in time whether she is electable, whether it is her persona, her drama that makes her a force.
It is what her primary ideas are those which people connect with. Why doesnt the press focus on her policy and contrast them with the other so called front runners?
Not you nor anyone else does that on any kind of regular basis.
You are all nothing but a bunch of Lettermen rather than doing your job and providing information to the public.
Enough comedy and people magizine stuff already.
The real unanswered question is why is there a large segment of the population that prefer her ideas to any of the so called frontrunners.
And the answer is her values are the only true middle class values represented in the world of public policy at this time.

Posted by: Dan | November 15, 2009, 12:05 pm 12:05 pm

For those trashing Sarah Palin….gee she sure does get under your skin, doesn’t she? You certainly must consider her a threat if you even bother to take the time posting your disdain and lies about her here.
The uninformed American electorate chose an “American Idol” and Community Organizer” for POTUS. Now, that our country is spiraling down into an economic abyss, the Obamabots are out in force defending their Marxist-In-Chief.
Palin would be a refreshing change over the current Anti-American, socialist loving, race baiting, POTUS we have now.

Posted by: littleleers | November 15, 2009, 12:59 pm 12:59 pm

DAVE2 said ["you repubs simply don't get it. Just because someone is "popular" doesn't deem them qualified to be the POTUS. Sheesh. What's with you? Sarah Palin is dumber than George .... come on ........ Look where he's taken us ....]
Mmmmm, Mmmmm, Mmmmm, During the campaign, Obama came out on top as the Dem’s nominee,and as being wildly popular,(amazing having beat out Hillary Clinton), Pepsodent smile, slick reading off of a teleprompter, and with THE thinnest resume of any presidential candidate. And look where HE is taking this beautiful country….down the crapper.
Sarah Palin has the experience and knowledge to restore our economy, weed out D.C. corruption, and get this country back to prosperity.

Posted by: littleleers | November 15, 2009, 1:08 pm 1:08 pm

how anyone can view her as a viable Presidential candidate? I SAY THIS IF Democrats KEEP GOING ON THE SAME PATH THEY HAVE,WITH HELTH CARE,GIVING ARE MONEY TO WALL STREET AN LOSING ARE MONEY WHEN THEY GO BANKRUP. SHE IS MORE viable AS Presidential candidate. SHE WILL DO MORE FOUR DISABLE KIDS, GET OFF OIL MORE, GIVE US MORE OF ARE MONEY BACK, DO MORE FAMILYS.
WHY NOT HER? IT ABOUT TIME FOUR A WOMAM IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WHAT I THINK HER PEOPLE SAY SHE TO MUCH LIKE BUSH. THAT FAR FROM THE TRUTH.

Posted by: mark | November 15, 2009, 3:56 pm 3:56 pm

While she may run, I doubt she can win. She has some good ideas, but she is overly conservative, and some of that simply isn’t compatible with modern times.
Posted by: Rick McDaniel | Nov 13, 2009 10:33:23 AM
She might not win if she decides to run for anything in 2010 but I think 2012 will be a completely different story. If there hasn’t been much improvement in the economy and the unemployment situation and if the wars aren’t over before 2012 and our troops aren’t home by then, Obama might as well not even bother to run again and Palin will have a GREAT chance in 2012!

Posted by: JimVgirl | November 15, 2009, 8:36 pm 8:36 pm

Go Sarah. I for one would welcome a tough, courageous woman as POTUS. I voted for Obama, since I thought he was a better choice for POTUS. If Sarah had been running for the top spot, I would have voted for her. Dumb? Gimme a break. I think your dumb scale if pretty out of whack. No way she got as far as she has in the world being dumb.
I wish Obama could follow through on his campaign promises, I really do. I am the one who was dumb, for honestly believing he could (not wanted to) acheive all that drivel. He was ignorant of the difficulties Bush, Clinton, etc., etc. faced. We all are.

Posted by: Dennis | November 16, 2009, 12:30 pm 12:30 pm

She was governor of a state, among many lessor government positions. I can’t believe how Obama got a pass on him not being qualified. If you were to fill out a job application and both of them put down their previous work experience honestly, who would have been hired? Palin.

Posted by: Chelle | November 16, 2009, 2:02 pm 2:02 pm

Oh my goodness,
I seriously hope you guys don’t talk to anyone in person with this type of disrespect. I am talking about people with both sides of view.

Posted by: Chelle | November 16, 2009, 2:08 pm 2:08 pm

You Dems elected Obama becuase he was
“popular”–not because he was qualified to be POTUS.

Posted by: Getsmart | November 16, 2009, 9:29 pm 9:29 pm

Is this a joke or what… I hope she runs, along with a fiscally conservative, socially moderate, non bible thumping independent, so we can finally get to the issues at hand and leave religion on the back stoop where it belongs. Oh wait that means voting out 100% from both houses too. Both the Republicans and Democrats have made a mockery of our country. Constantly wasting resources to bicker on issues such as abortion and gay marriage, while leaving the substantive issues at hand on the table or held hostage for their own agendas.
Dont get me started on Mitt Romney – a Mormon in the house? Talk about creepy bible thumping to the 10th degree.
Wake up america.. do it to me once, shame on you, do it to me twice shame on me.. we all need to share in the blame for standing by and allowing this to happen to us.

Posted by: LGW | May 30, 2011, 9:36 am 9:36 am

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