Sarah Palin’s upcoming book tour promises to turn into a political storm. The war room forces on left and right are ready to clash. The army of independents is ready to be amused and hurry to get to the front seat of the show. The political battle for the undecided has to go through the “Issue of Sarah Palin”.
The Conservatives are praying the former Governor improved her interviewing skills. Palin rules the heart of their base, but independents were not impressed by her the last time she was starring in prime-time. There is the hope that Sarah Palin took the sabbatical between governorship and the book tour seriously and worked hard on her public speaking skills. Miracles are possible if you work hard. The shining example of that is the House Republican’s whip Eric Cantor. The man took speech couching lessons and got rid of his southern drawl. Cantor is probably preparing for a future President run and is pouring thousands of dollars into enhancing his speaking abilities. Good for him. Did Sarah from Alaska have some help with her public speaking skills during her FaceBook period? We will know soon.
Most in the GOP hope Palin will succeed in her new adventure in the TV land. Success is defined as “go through all interviews without a memorable Katie Couric moment”. For the Republicans watching Palin will be like enjoying a thriller where a disaster may happen at every turn.
On the other hand some in GOP secretly root for her to fail and be gone forever from the political scene together with the nightmare of the past election. I’m afraid they will be disappointed. Looks like Palin is here to stay. She is able to excite those who like her and those who hate her. In our money making, entertainment loving society – Sarah Palin is like a pot of gold that will be full for a long time.
The Democrats are preparing to keep Palin in the comical context of SNL .Tina Fey is probably practicing her imitation skills and trying ala-Sarah glasses and hairdos in waiting for a new guest appearance in the show that assassinated Palin’s public image.
Democrats are hoping Palin will avert the attention of the masses away from the Obama’s crashing approval ratings. They hope to amuse the political junkies with Palin vs Oprah events instead of explaining why the latest Islamic terrorist who attacked on US soil was accepted in the Obama’s White House transition team. Democrats will use the opportunity provided by Palin to talk about the past presidential campaign when they loved the people and the people loved them, instead of explaining the current reality of new taxes in health care and cap-and trade.
Democrats may try to turn Palin’s book tour into reality show instead of talking about the sad reality of Obama’s inability to reach decision on Afghanistan.
Obama finally visited Alaska today!
Left and Right are ready to clash in a big Palin showdown. And let the best one win!
November 12th, 2009 at 8:09 pm
Everyone I talk to says so tell me about the Palin book. And I tell them I really have no interest in reading it.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:16 pm
I mean I’m sure it’s going to be a very interesting biography, but politically it would probably not change my mind of Palin at all. She’s a good speaker and was a great governor. Yet her resigning to me was political suicide that took her out of 2012 or any other races. Her, Mitt Romney, and Tim Pawlenty are all on the same boring level that Bush was on. And look how he turned out. None of them are on my level my level when it comes to following the Constitution and Conservatism. And none of them want to get any of my dream agenda done. They have no desire to truly look at the debt,decrease the size of government through getting rid of a lot of the big departments,they have no desire to to go back to a gold standard, or abolish the income tax.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:18 pm
I’m not saying there liberals yet my agenda is far more to following the Constitution and far more to the right. Also the God squad crap that all three push has to end.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:25 pm
I want a candidate with Libertarian views like Ron Paul,Mike Huckabee, and Alan Keyes.
November 12th, 2009 at 8:34 pm
I see where you are coming from, Charles. I believe most politicians are greedy liars hungry for power. I vote for those of them who promise to keep the Government as far away from me as possible. Brace yourself – there will be a lot of Palin on TV and blogs in the coming weeks. I would like to see her on the Factor.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:01 am
“I want a candidate with Libertarian views like Ron Paul,Mike Huckabee, and Alan Keyes.”
so you want to lose.
ok.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:10 am
“they have no desire to to go back to a gold standard”
with good reason. that would be a disaster.
if you took all the gold that has ever been mined, ever, since ancient times, and put it in fort knox,
it would NOT be enough to back the amount of dollars outstanding in the money supply never mind debt … just for the usa!!!
that is, we could not even back our own currency with gold, never mind euros, yen, yuan, and rubles.
soooooooo, at best you would back only pennies on the dollar.
November 13th, 2009 at 2:14 am
as for candidates, the libertarians have no chance without the social cons …
that leaves you with palin or huckabee
huckabee will not do well north of the mason dixon line.
romney cannot win down south.
rudy cannot win social cons.
thompson would be a decent choice IF he could win the nomination, but he simply seems to not be a good campaigner
that leaves you CURRENTLY with palin or someone new for 2012 …
November 13th, 2009 at 2:27 am
Uh except that Palin can’t win, so back to wanting to lose. Romney is a good choice and can win, since winning is what matters. He’s got that economy thing wired. And besides, which southern state are you actually expecting Obama to win against anyone including Romney?
November 13th, 2009 at 3:14 am
palin could win if obama keeps driving himself into the ground.
if the trend keeps up, obama will be down to a the high 30’s low 40’s approval, with a shattered economy and rampant inflation, a bunch of demoralized dems all smoking free medical marijuana provided by obamacare and monthly terrorist attacks in the usa.
palin could potentially crush all republican opposition in the primaries. she could certainly win …
and all the golf club republicans will scream over their martinis
November 13th, 2009 at 3:17 am
however, i think it will be someone new myself.
romey CANNOT win. if you vote for romney, you will lose.
here is the ONLY process that will work.
a.) pick a social con who is a protestant Christian.
b.) weed out any mormons, catholics, or anyone who might offend the pat robertsons
c.) pick one who is also financially conservative — but ONLY if they are socially conservative first.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:28 am
The way the Obama administration is going the GOP can win with anyone.
Palin is my first choice and she CAN win.
Rudy can win.
Romney can win.
Pawlenty can win.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:29 am
Lisa has been drinking on a school night again. So despite all we know about demographic trends and information gleaned in voter exit polls over the decades, you see social conservatism appealing to voters? What is your evidence?
November 13th, 2009 at 3:34 am
There a any number of possible GOP candidates that are not on anyone’s radar right now that can win.
The proper strategy for the GOP is this :
1.Select a candidate that can articulate the benefits of the libertarian philosophy of smaller less intrusive Government.
2.Do NOT alienate the social cons but do not pander to them
3. Reach out to key swing voters- that means :
a) catholics
b) independents
c) hispanics
The candidate needs to be articulate and inspiring and UNITING.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:37 am
it is simple actually.
the social cons will not vote for:
a mormon
a pro-choice candidate
a pro-gay marriage candidate
a catholic
or
a someone from georgia — but that is just common sense.
they simply will not show up at the polls. pick a social con and you will lose all 3% of libertarians instead of the normal 1.5% of libertarians that the gop gets.
pick a financial con, social lib and you will lose millions of votes and the election. if just 5% of social cons do not show up at the polls you lose 2.5 million votes. that is enough to sink you.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:40 am
Sarah Palin has endured the most vicious smears of a coordinated “vast left wing conspiracy” series of attacks.
She remains standing. She has a very strong base of support among the GOP base. Given time, she CAN win back the support of independents, Catholics, and moderates.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:40 am
you are tilting at windmills if you think more than 40% of catholics will vote for you in a good year.
you just do not have the issues except abortion. every other issue that the catholic church cares about, the dems own.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:43 am
Tim V,
yeah, sarah palin could win.
she could potentially run the table of republican primaries.
all six libertarians in the country will scream bloody murder, but she could still easily win. plus, three of those libertarians would have voted third party anyway.
the only question is how hurt will obama be in 2012? if he is still somewhat popular he will win.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:44 am
But those are visceral feeling lacking evidence. Mitt Romney came within 1% of winning Florida in a GOP convention, which means he came within a few votes of winning the GOP nomination nation-wide. There isn’t any evidence that your mystical “social cons” vote won’t go for any GOP candidate in a general election. Don’t expect Barack Obama to any Southern state in 2010 against anyone including the devil himself. Your reasoning is interesting but nothing to really worry about.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:46 am
i like romney. he is a good guy.
everyone in massachusetts, even his dem opponents, say good things about him.
however, evangelical christians would never vote for a mormon. well, obviously some would, but if even 5% refuse, the gop loses.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:49 am
Gah I just realized that you partisans are reducing the world to conservatives and liberals, but in reality you are fighting over 50% of the country who will have already made up their minds. Partisan social cons will vote GOP, end of story. What you need to consider is the vast majority in the middle of mostly independent voters. They were absolutely mortified by Sarah Palin and are the reason she doesnt have a snowball’s chance in hell of winning the presidency. As for the Catholic vote which is a substantial number of those independents, Sarah Palin ranked abysmally. Catholic women hate her guts. She can win the nomination of partisans, but that is something to be worried about.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:49 am
i have actually had a evangelical christian woman come up to me in barnes and noble to explain to me how evil the mormons are …
apparently they secretly have multiple wives still …
she almost had kittens when i eventually told her i was a catholic … well … she was bothering me …
you try to go to barnes and noble to read the magazines for free and you get evangelical christians talking to you … tch
November 13th, 2009 at 3:52 am
Anyway welcome to Ellie who has made a nice first post. Off to bed for tired me.
November 13th, 2009 at 3:54 am
your analysis is flawed.
if obama is still even slightly popular, he wins. end of story. as an incumbent dem president he would have to be satan not to win.
sarah palin could — not will, could — win the gop primaries. if she is up against a crippled obama, she could win.
what you need to consider is that the gop primaries in 2012 will either be irrelevant
or
the actual general election.
obama is either a shoe-in who wins easily or a dog who could not beat michael dukakis.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:00 am
however, evangelical christians would never vote for a mormon.-Lisab
That is simply NOT true Lisa. If the choice is Romney or Obama, Evangelical Christians will vote for Romney. You are assuming a religious bigotry that will present to some extent is by no means impossible to overcome.
Romney could have won the GOP nomination in the last election cycle. He was leading in all the state polls until Huckabee surged in Iowa.