[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 02:13:35 EST 2008
This article lays it out pretty well:
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2012/69_of_gop_voters_say_palin_helped_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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