[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 12:49:57 EST 2008
I think it's important to note that the recent "problems" that Stevens
had boiled to the surface because of Palin's efforts to weed out
problems. That's what got her in hot water with state Republicans.
Brad Haslett wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> I was still typing when you posted - see above. It may be a long
> wait. Remember, it was two decades between JFK and Ronald Reagan.
> Palin will be around in some form for a long time. If she chooses to
> run for a second term as Guv she'll win easily or a US Senate seat in
> two years. You obviously don't like her, that's fine. I seriously
> doubt you've done your homework on what she's accomplished in Alaska,
> including blowing-up her own party to weed out the bad guys. We need
> more people like Palin who follow-up on their talk with action instead
> of bullshit.
>
> Brad
>
> On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 5:59 AM, <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>
>> Brad,
>> Get real. If Sarah Palin is the best that the Republican party has to offer
>> for running this country, then they need to get ready for a long wait before
>> another Republican will enter the white house.
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/25/2008 8:52:59 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> flybrad at gmail.com writes:
>>
>> 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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