[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 02:12:09 EST 2008


You've been reading the wrong analsys'. I haven't read anything that 
puts a number, but there have been MANY pieces by conservatives that 
talk about how she energized the base, and pulled people to support McCain.

David Bradley wrote:
> Brad, do you really believe that?  "Despite what the pundits write,
> McCain would have lost by 10 points without Palin."  I've not seen a
> single piece of analysis that doesn't say Pailin cost McCain votes in
> the centrist crowd.  I am not debating that she accomplished good
> things in Alaska or that she isn't a viable conservative candidate.  I
> just think she contributed to the defeat this time.
>
>
> Dave
>
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Rummy,
>>
>> Sorry to burst your bubble but that is not going to happen.  Despite
>> what the pundits write, McCain would have lost by 10 points without
>> Palin.  There are still a few of us left who believe in ourselves and
>> not some some 'gubment' program as our path to happiness and
>> prosperity.  Will Palin make it to the Whitehouse?  Maybe, maybe not.
>> Unlike "The One" where people project their hopes on a blank slate,
>> Sarah Palin has a real record of accomplishments. Get use to is Rummy,
>> Sarah has always written her own ticket and she's not losing sleep
>> about your bitching.  Come to think of it, neither am I.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:42 PM,  <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> Brad,
>>> Nobody is worried about Palin, we would just appreciate it if she would go
>>> home.....and stay there.
>>>
>>> Rummy
>>>
>>>
>>> In a message dated 11/25/2008 7:34:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>>> flybrad at yahoo.com writes:
>>>
>>> Ben,
>>>
>>> Sooner or later, people will figure out that Sarah Palin is  the "real deal".
>>>  She didn't make fools out of Big Oil CEO's by being  stupid despite the
>>> howls of derision against her by you and your ilk.   When the patina of
>>> "sacredness" has worn off The One, people will be hungry  for someone of substance.
>>> Laugh your ass off while you can.  The  press and the 'leftards' wouldn't pay so
>>> much attention to Palin if they  weren't worried about her.
>>>
>>> Brad
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Ben  Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>       
>>>> From: Ben  Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>>> Subject:  [Rhodes22-list]  POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
>>>> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>>> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6:04  PM
>>>> November 25, 2008, 3:11 pm NYTimes Online
>>>>
>>>>  "Southern Exposure
>>>> By Tobin Harshaw
>>>> Well, for those of you who  thought Sarah Palin would
>>>> quietly go North to the
>>>> Future, it  appears that instead she's going Deep South:
>>>> "Republican vice
>>>>  presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make multiple
>>>> campaign  appearances on
>>>> behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss next week in  Georgia,
>>>> serving as the
>>>> political closer for the GOP senator  who is battling to win
>>>> a second term,"
>>>> reports CNN.
>>>>
>>>> "This is Palin's first campaign appearance on behalf of
>>>>  another Republican
>>>> candidate since losing her bid to become the  nation's
>>>> first woman to serve
>>>> as vice president. Palin will  attend a fundraiser on Sunday
>>>> night, then
>>>> appear at multiple  campaign stops on Monday in an effort to
>>>> rally the GOP
>>>> base to  turn out to vote for Chambliss. The incumbent
>>>> Republican is facing  a
>>>> strong challenge from Democrat Jim Martin. A runoff is
>>>>  scheduled for next
>>>> Tuesday, after neither candidate received the 50  percent
>>>> plus one vote
>>>> needed to win on Election Day."
>>>>
>>>> Doug Mataconis at Donklephant considers the strategy:
>>>> "The  biggest challenge
>>>> that both Chambliss and Martin face in the run-off  election
>>>> is getting their
>>>> voters to turn out to the polls,  since it's unlikely that
>>>> voter turnout will
>>>> be anywhere near  the level it reached on November 4th. To
>>>> the extent that
>>>> she's  able to motivate the base to get out and vote,
>>>> Palin could  prove
>>>> useful to Chambliss."
>>>>
>>>> Dr. Steven Taylor at  Poliblog thinks this may be more about
>>>> Palin than
>>>> Chambliss.  "First, the move is further evidence of
>>>> Palin's likely  long-term
>>>> ambitions," he writes. "Second, the move means that
>>>>  Chambliss thinks that
>>>> Palin plays well with the GOP base in a red  state like
>>>> Georgia … Certainly
>>>> if Chambliss wins, the trip  will be perceived as evidence
>>>> that Palin is a
>>>> serious actor  within the GOP going forward, at least within
>>>> GOP circles."
>>>>
>>>> Palin or no Palin, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air is cautiously
>>>>  optimistic about
>>>> the G.O.P. chances:
>>>>
>>>> Voter  enthusiasm for Martin has declined since the general
>>>> election.  Martin
>>>> got his momentum from the massive numbers of Obama  voters,
>>>> most of whom
>>>> appear less interested in the remaining  down-ticket race.
>>>> Chambliss may not
>>>> have that problem, since  John McCain didn't generate an
>>>> enthusiastic
>>>> response from the  Republican base, meaning that
>>>> Chambliss' voters will be
>>>>  motivated more by Chambliss himself. Republicans have the
>>>>  secondary
>>>> motivation to deny Obama a filibuster-proof Senate  by
>>>> ensuring Chambliss'
>>>> re-election.
>>>> Either way, it  looks like it will go down to the wire.
>>>> Republicans around
>>>> the  country who want to keep at least one potential check
>>>> on the excesses  of
>>>> single-party government had better start actively
>>>>  supporting the Chambliss
>>>> effort."
>>>>
>>>>  We can't make  this stuff up.
>>>>
>>>> Happy Thanksgiving;
>>>>
>>>> Ben  C.
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