Gallup: Palin top choice of Republicans to run in 2012
posted at 2:06 pm on November 22, 2008 by Allahpundit
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They’re asking whether various candidates should run, not who the nominee should be, but it’s a fair proxy for enthusiasm. 67 percent say yes to the ‘Cuda, 62 to Romney, 61 to Huck. No one else cracks 50. Among conservative Republicans, it’s Palin 73, Huck 65, Mitt 64; among moderates and liberals, Mitt 59, Palin 48, Huck 46. Based on those numbers, it’s actually Romney who’s best positioned to unite the party.
The more I think about it, the more skeptical I am that all three will run. Even I’m not pessimistic enough to believe the recession will last until 2012, which means The One will inevitably be credited with having succeeded in his chief task by the time his term ends. Huckabee will run anyway because he’s hot to remake the party in his image, but Romney doesn’t strike me as eager for another expensive primary war just to be a sacrificial lamb in the general. My hunch is he’ll run only if Obama looks vulnerable and, even then, only if there are enough social cons running to split the base among them so that his strength with moderates is magnified. (It worked for McCain this year, didn’t it?) If he doesn’t run, I assume Pawlenty will throw in and try to capture those moderates with his “Sam’s Club” rhetoric. He won’t win, but he desperately needs a higher profile if he’s going to make a serious run in the future. (It worked for Huckabee this year, didn’t it?)
But never mind that. Check out the numbers for Newt, Jindal, and poor, poor Jeb, alone among all candidates with 60+ percent urging him not to run because of the scarlet “B” he bears upon his chest. I’m surprised to see Gingrich at -1 overall and shocked to find Jindal at -2, although he’ll improve of course as his fame grows. What has he done to warrant more people opposed to him running than in favor? Maybe that exorcism thing made a wider impression than we realize. Or maybe this is a case where the answer isn’t a fair proxy for party enthusiasm: People may have concluded that he’s simply too young and needs to wait until 2016. For the record, he insisted just yesterday that he’s not running. Of course, he was in Iowa at the time.
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actually he is a good example of affirmative action because it was determined in his application process that, unlike his grandmother, he was not a “typical white person”
However, a “typical white person” with a similar application was not allowed to enter Harvard
Obama feels that the Harvard application board “did not go far enough” and that “it is the fundamental flaw” of the school
joey24007 on November 22, 2008 at 5:12 PM
The AP story from today mentioned that Steele is looking for some face time with the ‘Cuda. Certainly sounds like he sees her potential as a leader in the party, enough to help him in his chairman bid anyway. Probably wouldn’t hurt Palin to have a couple of favors to call in later either. There’s plenty in it for both of them to at least become friendly.
Which is one of the reason why I want Palin and Jindal to wait for 2016. If things look unfavorable I hope they both sit out 2012 in favor of building strong records governing their states. Why be the sacrificial elephant?
meltenn on November 22, 2008 at 5:14 PM
crr6 on November 22, 2008 at 5:00 PM
If a idiot troll is going to spout something of no proof. Then the troll can produce his facts. Google it then. Been there done that. No proof!
sheebe on November 22, 2008 at 5:15 PM
You mean sort of like the way Brainiac Obama doesn’t know what “miss the boat” means? Or what the function of the JCS is?
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 5:19 PM
Bradky @ 3:33 – great article – thank you.
Entelechy on November 22, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Palin, Jindal, and Mark Sanford. No to Huck (you’re a moron), no to Romney (you couldn’t even be McCain despite a jillion to one spending advantage), in fact, no to anyone that ran this year.
thirteen28 on November 22, 2008 at 5:30 PM
Great! Obama will win 45 states. Awesome GOP, simply awesome. In 2016, maybe you can nominate Alan Keyes and go for the full 50 state sweep by the Dem.
angryed on November 22, 2008 at 5:31 PM
I’m not at all surprised that Sarah leads the pack. She’s the leader in the clubhouse, as far as the GOP nomination goes. Palin 2012, unless she changes her mind. Whenever she runs, she’ll get my vote and support.
But wow, I’m surprised that Huck’s numbers are as high as reported here. I thought he hadn’t worn well in the 08 primaries. Perhaps I misread him.
james23 on November 22, 2008 at 5:31 PM
You are right. The recession will last until 2009. The depression will last till about 2015.
angryed on November 22, 2008 at 5:32 PM
“You mean sort of like the way Brainiac Obama doesn’t know what “miss the boat” means? Or what the function of the JCS is?”
Actually, Obama’s masterpiece autobiography (either the 1st one, the 3rd on or the 4th one, I’m not sure), was filled with nautical imagery.
Where might he have picked that up? Unlike Bill Ayers, whose books have precisely the same reading level and average sentence length, and are also filled with nautical imagery, Obama had no experience whatsoever with boats or sailing. Ayers, of course, whose father was the wealthy CEO of Commonwealth Edison, grew up sailing on the Great Lakes.
Isn’t the world today filled with amazing facts?
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 5:36 PM
At best most of today’s graduates probably think that it means the last pen. It’s your school system we’re ‘bragging’ about here. We’re on the way to serfdom, intellectual, and otherwise. Be proud.
But guess what? They vote for the same ‘masters’ who’d keep them enslaved in pure ignorance. Just look at the LA school district, for one of the ‘best’ examples at how much money can be thrown after the same futile results.
p.s. Obama’s grades are irrelevant, whatever they are.
Entelechy on November 22, 2008 at 5:38 PM
“You are right. The recession will last until 2009. The depression will last till about 2015.
angryed”
In Russia and China (before they realized that free markets could quadruple the county’s wealth in 10 years), they never considered that the economy was in a depression. The term has no meaning when all of the citizens equally enjoy the fruits of Central Economic Planning.
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 5:39 PM
I love Sarah Palin, and if anyone disses her, I will remember their names until the day I die, and hate them, and hurt them if I can. So far:
Charlie Gibson
Katie Couric
Lots of conservatives whose names I can’t remember just now.
Paul-Cincy on November 22, 2008 at 5:41 PM
To add, now I hate Tina Fey.
Paul-Cincy on November 22, 2008 at 5:42 PM
Actually, add them up, based on those numbers Palin still beats Romney. That is what the 67% to 62% means when it says “all Republicans”. The conservatives still far outway the moderates and the liberals.
What would best unify our party is someone willing to stand on their principles. Romney and Huckabee both flopped around.
That being said, it would not be the end of the world for Palin to run and lose to Romney in 2012. Like Allah, I find it hard to believe that America cannot be once again guilted into voting for Obama. The Democrats are already lining up the excuses for Obama and he is not even sworn in yet.
Reagan ran in 1976 and lost to Ford. Then in 1980 he wiped out the field and wiped out a sitting President.
kcarpenter on November 22, 2008 at 5:49 PM
Your guy also comes up short in common sense, patriotism and balls.
james23 on November 22, 2008 at 5:59 PM
They needed a poll to tell who was top Republican?
MEMO to RNC: Read Hot/Air hourly,the commenters knew
this last month!
Just trying to save you the time and money!
Whats the next problem?(Partial Sarc!):)
canopfor on November 22, 2008 at 6:02 PM
How about imposing the largest oil and gas tax increase on oil companies in Alaskan history? How about increasing government spending 10% her first year and over 20% this fiscal year?
She also has bigger problems laying ahead in Alaska. She just may need to start directing her attention to governing her state in an efficient manner before thinking about governing the country.
lowandslow on November 22, 2008 at 6:08 PM
“She just may need to start directing her attention to governing her state in an efficient manner before thinking about governing the country.”
90% approval rating in Alaska for Palin.
The must love the kind of inefficiency she has delivered.
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 6:12 PM
These numbers mean diddly squat to me. When the primaries and debates roll out, then the real nominee will come through. Especially by the first debate.
The country will see how the Clinton…I mean Obama White House is, and want to get rid of the gal…guy.
I think it is Palin v. Jindal for the nomination. I will be happy with either. I want to see these two duke it out in the debates and of course see how conservative they really are.
I am a bit hesitant about Palin and immigration. Hopefully she will wipe out whatever McCain crumbs she has and see amnesty for what it is: terrible!
Jindal has been solid across the board. Love the guy.
Man can’t 2012 come any sooner!
jencab on November 22, 2008 at 6:13 PM
When are we consev. going to learn that Mitt & Huckabee are NOT consev ? Hever have been never will be. The new consev. are Gov. Palin ,Gov. Sandford,Gov. Jindal and Sen Jim Demint.
thmcbb on November 22, 2008 at 6:16 PM
And his scholarly accomplishments following graduation while on the faculty of the University of Chicago are nil.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 6:17 PM
“And his scholarly accomplishments following graduation while on the faculty of the University of Chicago are nil.”
not exactly true.
As a lecturer there, he shared his scorn for the Constitution of the country that elected him. “Tragically flawed” I believe is the term he used. He is so smart (having graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and all) that he can place himself above the framework that has guided this country for 220 years with just 27 amendments. He is indeed a god-like figure.
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 6:23 PM
To start with her approval rating isn’t 90% in Alaska. Is making up shit with a sarcastic comment the best you can come up with?
Her approval rating is based in part on aggressively going after big oil for more money but that gravy train is over. It’s also based on the illusion of advancing the largest natural gas pipeline in our nations history. A pipeline that in four years will be no closer to a reality then it is now unless she swallows her pride and starts dealing with Exxon, BP and ConocoPhillips instead of repeating the same rhetoric about being tough on big oil.
lowandslow on November 22, 2008 at 6:25 PM
ok…80%
http://www.rga.org/default.asp?pt=newsdescr&RI=427
There are other indicators of 90%, but you would just deny them anyway since someone like you will always discount the accomplishments of anyone you disagree with.
You should investigate google. I found this link in 20 seconds.
Do you know how to use it. I could teach you if it isn’t your nap time yet.
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 6:30 PM
*snort*!
;-)
But I stand by my statement — he didn’t publish a single scholarly paper in 8 years at the U of C.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 6:34 PM
Well Hillary is building her resume’ with this administration post, so Sarah would be a good future weapon. Of course they are going to bash the hell out of Sarah because she’s a threat to the Hillary move. Hillary is lovin every minute of it. I told ya, don’t turn your back on a Clinton thinking they are beat. She’s like the bubonic plague.
Sarah needs to make some big impacts in the meantime, or get her resume built in some major fashion AND we need to call Hillary on every blunder and abuse of the system. Reward good and punish bad and Sarah’s got a good shot.
johnnyU on November 22, 2008 at 6:36 PM
“But I stand by my statement — he didn’t publish a single scholarly paper in 8 years at the U of C.”
or at any other time in his life.
Passingly strange for someone who graduated magna cum laude from Harvard and all.
One might have thought he would share that brilliance with the world.
But other than his two self-indulgent auto-biographies (written in two completely different styles), and two embarrassing poems at the level of a junior-high student, it turns out the man has published NOTHING.
Why might that be?
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 6:40 PM
The bigger question is why the U of C offered him tenure.
I’ve had research technicians with more publications than that loser.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 6:43 PM
“The bigger question is why the U of C offered him tenure.
I’ve had research technicians with more publications than that loser.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 6:43 PM”
The answer to your question is that the President Elect of our country has been prepared by the radical left for the last 20 years. He has huge gaps in his life, “lost” records all over the place, and numerous examples of good fortune like you mentioned. another example is that he collected $160,000 for his “life stories” while he was in his 20’s. He is probably the only unpublished “author” to have every received that kind of money. The publishing industry is very competitive you know.
And don’t most people have friends? Your president doesn’t. Nobody spoke for him at the convention. Nobody shared the podium as he accepted the will of the people. Nobody travels with him accept political operatives.
Like I said, this guy has been groomed for 20 years. He is creature created from whole cloth by the radical left.
And they got away with it.
notagool on November 22, 2008 at 6:49 PM
Granted, MENSA will waive their intelligence tests for academic performance like mine and like Obama’s.
However, grades are a measure of ability to stuff and puke what the professor wants on exams and papers. It does not measure executive ability to ask penetrating questions, define an effective strategy, are motivate strong subordinates.
Obama has yet to DO anything. If he governs to the left, his administration will fail, and Obama has been stuffing and puking leftist platitudes his entire life, except when he ran to the right of McCain.
Right_of_Attila on November 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM
Huck is to hated–though he is a necessity to the GOP that reaches many otherwise unreached.
Palin in 2012 stands a chance even if Barry has a Camelot like great 4 yrs (Ok better than that !)
The Country Club GOP MUST realize this or else a 3rd party will indeed start to look good
John The Baptist on November 22, 2008 at 7:18 PM
Be careful what you wish for. I’ll wager a fair amount of the “enthusiasm” for Palin is from moderates – not for her to run and win – but to serve her up as the sacrificial lamb and get her the heck off the stage. If Obama looks solid in ‘12 they’ll be a lot of pressure on Palin to run and it’ll look awfully lame and opportunistic to argue her chances will be better in ‘16.
sanguine4 on November 22, 2008 at 7:26 PM
Too early!
newton on November 22, 2008 at 7:48 PM
I don’t think they did. He was just a guest lecturer. Sounds more like he was an adjunct. Nothing wrong with that, but it’s not tenure track.
ramrocks on November 22, 2008 at 7:49 PM
Alaskan politicians spent the last 30 years “swallowing their pride” and dealing on bended knee with Exxon, BP, and ConocoPhillips. They got nowhere near as close to that natural gas pipeline as Sarah Palin has in less than two years. I’d love to make a bet with you about that pipeline being built. She’ll get it done. Bank on it.
ramrocks on November 22, 2008 at 7:55 PM
The people of Alaska own their natural resources. 90% of the state’s revenue comes from taxes on oil and gas. Those are finite resources. Once they’re gone, they’re gone. With oil prices at record highs and the oil wells depleting, she made an excellent and fiscally responsible decision to renegotiate the Severance Tax paid by the oil companies to the people of Alaska. These companies don’t care about Alaska’s future. They don’t care what happens to the state when the oil wells run dry. She does! Alaska’s history is replete with one example after another of outsiders exploiting the natural resources and leaving behind ghost towns when the good times finished rolling. Sarah Palin is an avowed Alaskan history buff. She’s well aware of what these oil empires will do when they’re through with Alaska. They’ll leave it high and dry. She increased that Severance Tax to prepare for the day when that would happen.
As for Palin increasing spending, you’re full of it. She cut spending from the budget submitted by the legislature. Alaska is a growing state, and growing states require more roads and more schools and more requests for services. Under Palin’s administration, the state has cut back on ear mark requests from the federal government. Naturally, that means that Alaskans have to pony up more money for these projects themselves.
ramrocks on November 22, 2008 at 8:14 PM
I would vote for her.
rob verdi on November 22, 2008 at 8:30 PM
The One’s reign will be over after the election of 2010.
SouthernGent on November 22, 2008 at 8:42 PM
Pfffft… I’m sure far more than 67% of Democrats want Palin to run in 2012.
benny shakar on November 22, 2008 at 8:57 PM
E.g., someone who takes 6 years to earn a B.A.
benny shakar on November 22, 2008 at 9:03 PM
If more Republicans show up and vote for Palin in 2012 than McCain in 2008, then who cares what the Democrats want? They got their historic candidate. He’s not going to solve this financial crisis; unemployment will be around 10%; we may have a national security crisis; gas prices will be up, and so will the deficit. You can predict these things by Obama’s resume and the people he surrounds himself with. Everyone ignored this in the election, but he’s not running against Bush anymore. People will miss Bush in four years.
chunderroad on November 22, 2008 at 9:17 PM
Many minority students take more than four years to finish college, especially when they’re paying their own way, and even more especially when they have young children.
Obama says he worked in an ice cream parlor to help pay his tuition. I think he was dealing drugs.
chunderroad on November 22, 2008 at 9:20 PM
So your argument is Windfall Profit Taxes are fiscally responsible? Are you saying that because Alaskan resources are being depleted, the prudent thing to do is stifle any further investment by the producers? Because that’s exactly what her Windfall Profit Taxes are doing. I can’t even believe people argue this garbage on a supposedly conservative website, just as I can’t believe people argue that an increase in a states spending by 30% plus in two years is okay because the state is growing. Did the states population increase by 30%? Her policies are based on populism not conservative ideology and if that’s what Alaska wants, fine but don’t hand me this horseshit it’s “fiscally responsible”.
lowandslow on November 22, 2008 at 9:20 PM
Gotta love the new GOP strategery: “So what if our guy dug the nation into a financial hole of historic proportions in 8 years… if President-elect Obama cannot undo this damage in 4 years, he is a failure.”
I swear, you can’t make this stuff up!
benny shakar on November 22, 2008 at 9:23 PM
B S, are you basing your opinion on any scrap of knowledge about our economy? If so, please advise.
Red State State of Mind on November 22, 2008 at 9:38 PM
Ever heard of Barney Frank, Chris Dodd, Franklin Raines, Maxine Waters, Daniel Mudd…? I wouldn’t be surprised if you haven’t. MSNBC didn’t go into a lot of detail on those, did they?
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 9:44 PM
O Sublime….Jindal is BROWN.
For the Knower of All Things you can be remarkably obtuse sometimes.
matoko_chan on November 22, 2008 at 9:45 PM
You want Palin to run, or the caricature that you think you’ve concocted to run?
I don’t think the Democrats really want either. The slime job has a purpose. You don’t do that to someone who’s self-evidently a joke. (Like Howard Dean, for example.)
ddrintn on November 22, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Life in Alaska is dictated by a simple formula: Revenue equals Price times Production. It’s like plugging numbers into a spreadsheet. The Alaska Permanent Fund Dividend was set up 30 years ago, and taxes on oil companies are always adjusted according to oil revenues. Policymakers have to understand that they don’t control price nor production (and production is inexorably declining.) The state receives a severance fee, and the Windfall Profits Tax is adjusted. It is a purely capitalistic, take-it-or-leave-it agreement the oil companies are perfectly fine with.
chunderroad on November 22, 2008 at 9:46 PM
Not to mention that Bush called for increased oversight for GSE’s 18 times alone this year. He has been since 2001.
chunderroad on November 22, 2008 at 9:49 PM
O Benevolent, Most Lovely, here is a prediction for you.
If the base doesn’t make a furious, concentrated and diligent grassroots effort, Huckabee will be the nom in 2012.
Palin has 0.0 political instinct.
Jeez, srsly, giving press in front of some rube stuffing turkeys into hoppers?
She even looks over her shoulder and sees what everyone is giggling over.
Huckabee has tons of political savy, and a tv show, and a book.
But it might be better for Palin to wait and let Huckabee be the ritual sacrifice.
Up to you.
matoko_chan on November 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM
O Provider of Justice and Wisdom
I want some of whatever Gallup is smoking if they believe Gen. Petraeus is going to run for republican office.
Is it magical pixie dust?
matoko_chan on November 22, 2008 at 10:04 PM
The oil companies were perfectly fine with a 700 million dollar tax increase? What the hell are you talking about? And another thing, there’s nothing “purely capitalistic” with anything the State of Alaska does. The owner state is just the opposite of capital;ism.
lowandslow on November 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM
I love Sarah.
mindhacker on November 22, 2008 at 10:07 PM
matoko_chan on November 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM
You have to be kidding me? Huck is a loser. He isn’t a true Conservative at all. Put down that bong!
sheebe on November 22, 2008 at 10:08 PM
I love Sarah too mindhacker…..She is the best!
sheebe on November 22, 2008 at 10:13 PM
According to the state constitution, Alaska owns the oil and all its natural resources. Its citizens are entitled to any profit from selling drilling rights, and the question then becomes, what will they sell it for? You don’t seem to get the idea of communism or capitalism.
chunderroad on November 22, 2008 at 10:23 PM
This should be the case for every citizen in every state. If there’s oil or natural gas under a state or just off shore, that state’s citizens should realize the revenues when it is extracted, just like mineral rights for what is under the land you own.
Red State State of Mind on November 22, 2008 at 10:31 PM
No, he was considered faculty (see below from the U of C website), but I misspoke about the tenure. He was offered a tenure track position, not tenure. Sorry about that, I have a cold. I was also wrong about the length of time — he was on the U of C faculty for 12 years (the 8 years I quoted was the time as a Senior Lecturer).
I’ve never heard of someone being offered a tenure-track position at a school of that caliber who did not have any scholarly publications. Even teaching-intensive faculty are expected to demonstrate evidence of scholarship through publications on pedagogy, if not in their specialty.
The faculty I know of in applied fields or disciplines where Ph.D.s are not the only terminal degrees (like MBAs, MDs, JDs) are expected to publish in academic journals, although it is often true that other things can be counted in tenure and promotion decisions. For example, engineers who move into academe from industry might get “credit” for patents. I’m sure if Obama had clerked for a Supreme Court Justice and composed important decisions, that would count, but as far as I know he never worked in that capacity. My educated guess, based on the faculty searches in which I’ve participated, is that Obama was offered a tenure-track position for reasons other than his scholarship.
From my perspective as someone who spent over two decades in academe, I would call Obama someone who received a first-class education but accomplished little with it. His accomplishments are not dissimilar to Hillary’s — they’re based on connections and political favors, certainly not a reflection of some expertise Obama brings to bear from his Harvard Law degree… and certainly nothing based on what he achieved while on the faculty at the U of C.
In contrast, Sarah Palin had the kind of education that many Americans from middle-class backgrounds have available to them. During my time as a professor I taught a number of students like Gov. Palin who transferred or delayed their studies to pay their way through school. It’s not that uncommon. What impresses me about Sarah Palin is what she achieved since then through her grit, determination, and leadership abilities.
If their academic credentials were reversed (with all else being the same), it would not change my opinion of either of them.
Y-not on November 22, 2008 at 10:51 PM
Uh if Obama doesnt get the economic thing fixed within his first 2 years he will ONLY be a 1 term president.
ousoonerfan15 on November 22, 2008 at 2:13 PM
Unfortunately results don’t always matter. FDR didn’t fix the depression and he was a four term president.Z
Dasher on November 22, 2008 at 11:02 PM
Things have changed though. Plus, the last time he was elected we were in the brink of entering WWII.
terryannonline on November 22, 2008 at 11:11 PM
How can we help ensure that Gomer Huckabee isn’t in the running in 2012? He’ll likely help usher in another unelectable (like himself).
electric-rascal on November 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Half you been asleep the past two years??? The Dems have controlled for the past two years.
terryannonline on November 22, 2008 at 11:17 PM
all too true. FDR actually PROLONGED the ‘Great Depression’ but a large majority of voters apparently believed that things would be even worse without his programs. Go figure……
As for his third term, the economy had recovered quite a bit by 1940 because of war spending and so much European capital investment being shifted here to get away from Hitler and WWII. FDR took all the credit, of course
The media will blame Bush for any lack of success and give Hussein credit for any success
One of the reasons I lie Palin so much is that she makes the Media tools crazy and de-ranged. She can get past their Fog of Lies better than anyone else ( she just needs to stop giving interviews in from of a guy EXECUTING large birds……..
Janos Hunyadi on November 22, 2008 at 11:22 PM
LIKE Palin so much…….
Janos Hunyadi on November 22, 2008 at 11:23 PM
How can we help ensure that Gomer Huckabee isn’t in the running in 2012? He’ll likely help usher in another unelectable (like himself).
electric-rascal on November 22, 2008 at 11:13 PM
Exactly, Huck wouldn’t be a wise choice. There is something about him. He isn’t a real Conservative. A Rhino. That is a good question, how can we ensure that he isn’t? Hmmmmmmm, I will think about that for a while.
sheebe on November 22, 2008 at 11:24 PM
Sarah is the conservative messiah?
faraway on November 22, 2008 at 11:37 PM
Somehow, we need to educate people on the advantages of returning the federal government to one that is in alignment to the constitution instead of one that runs away from it. I’m not sure such a lesson can be imparted, however. We may be stuck with ignorant voters that can easily become enamored with presidential candidates that promise everything, but are downright dangerous, e.g. the result on Nov. 4th, 2008.
Well, some of the people may get wise if we have an economic depression.
electric-rascal on November 22, 2008 at 11:39 PM
when production is up .. the tax goes down
when the production is down .. the tax goes up
its a win win for the oil companies and the people of AK
what Palin did was end the corruption between the politicians and the oil companies
any “Tax increase” is just the end of a tax loophole that they used to get
crony capitalism is not real capitalism
as for the fund … she made sure that the legislature did not go on a spending spree because she knew that the price of oil would eventually go down again
The Palin Fiscal Record:
July 1st, 2007 – Massive line item vetoes (lopping almost a quarter-billion dollars off of a $1.8 billion capital budget).
Dec. 11th, 2007 – Palin’s proposed budget slashes earmark requests, and dramatically slows growth of government.
March 23rd, 2008 – More vetoes in the “supplemental budget”. Palin also demands that legislators explain their pork projects to her personally before she signs off on any of them. This issue was particularly hilarious because the budget was for “emergency spending” and it included (among other things) the construction of batting cages and gun ranges.
May 24th, 2008 – Second consecutive year of huge line-item vetoes in the state’s capital budget (over a quarter-billion dollars this time, 10% of the total capital budget):
“Republican primary voters in Alaska are ready for a change and are rallying to the fiscally responsible leadership embodied by Governor Palin.”
– Pat Toomey, 9/24/2007
“Palin’s veto ax lops $268 million from budget”
– Achorage Daily News Headline, 5/24/2008
“(Palin) has come out and told her own congressional delegation, all Republicans, ‘Stop with the earmarks! It’s wrong, it’s wrong! Even when it benefits us in Alaska.’”
– Michael Medved, 12/21/2007
“Palin’s tough spending cuts drew criticism from Republican legislators whose pet projects were vetoed.”
– Fred Barnes, 7/16/2007
“This week, it was Palin who singlehandedly killed the leading symbol of Republican spending excess in Washington: the Bridge to Nowhere.”
- Patrick Ruffini, 9/29/2007
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see … research is your friend
joey24007 on November 23, 2008 at 12:05 AM
I think Palin has a good possibly of being a huge fundraiser because she probably have an enthusiastic base. Although, being able to raise tons of money for the campaign should not be the reason to vote for someone.
terryannonline on November 23, 2008 at 12:07 AM
Byron York:
How Palin Governed
http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=MjEyMzk3MWU4Yzk1NGQyMWYwZjk0OTcyNmEzYTM5N2E=
joey24007 on November 23, 2008 at 12:13 AM
Well, even he admits he’s “green behind the ears.” And there must be plenty of space back there!
Jim Treacher on November 23, 2008 at 12:29 AM
You forgot to mention that one of her first acts as governor was to request that every department reduce it’s spending by 10%. Sounds fiscally conservative to me.
ramrocks on November 23, 2008 at 12:50 AM
The woman is face of the next conservative revolution.
Alaska may be the only state in good financial shape in
the next 4 years.
dec5 on November 23, 2008 at 12:53 AM
Reagan was considered stupid because he was a Republican, and clearly not evil. The only possible conclusion for the media was that he was stupid.
In almost exactly the same way, Sarah Palin is clearly not stupid. Granted, she doesn’t show the sheer breadth of command of issues and eloquence that Reagan had, but she is a very effective governor. Everything she attained in politics was on her own, unlike Obama who clearly had significant help from the Chicago political machine, Tony Rezko, and Bill Ayers.
But she’s a Republican, and clearly not evil, so she must be stupid.
I can’t say I care for letting political enemies and the media — but I repeat myself — get away with their unjustified attacks.
theregoestheneighborhood on November 23, 2008 at 1:32 AM
Why is gas $2.75/gal. in Wasilla?
benny shakar on November 23, 2008 at 1:43 AM
Economics of distance. Everything costs more to ship to Alaska. Alaska has always had one of the highest costs of living of any of the states.
So does Hawaii, and for some of the same reasons.
Oh wait! That was a serious answer to what was meant to be a sneering question. My bad.
theregoestheneighborhood on November 23, 2008 at 2:05 AM
Do you all have any idea what you are doing when you attack Palin and Huck?
I get depressed when THIS is considered conservatism!!!
No ownder we lost—and will likley lose again unless one of them —or someone better (maybe Jindal) ends up the nominee.
Fire away ….. but it’s still true
The voice of one crying in the wilderness
John The Baptist on November 23, 2008 at 2:24 AM
matoko_chan on November 22, 2008 at 9:52 PM
A ton of political savy…Savy like destroying computer hard drives before he left office, savy like pardoning Bill Clinton’s cousin so that he could rape again and actually kill someone this time, savy like having a wealthy LR businessman buy all of his suits for him as a “gift”, savy like installing an emergency exit in a closet complete with a metal ladder down to a lower floor in the capitol building, savy like having the state purchase a triple wide trailer for him to live in while the Governor’s mansion was being renovated and placing said triple wide on the mansion grounds, savy like proposing a flat tax plan for America but not for Arkansas when he was Governor, savy like basing his dislike for a fellow Presidential candidate not on policy differences but rather on that candidate’s chosen religion…that kind of savy will get Huckabee or anyone elected everytime!
Gohawgs on November 23, 2008 at 3:02 AM
If Governor Palin decides to put together a team and run for higher office in the future, members of the McCain team need NOT apply…
Gohawgs on November 23, 2008 at 3:05 AM
Lol
sheebe, I believe Huckabee is political seppuku for the GOP. Look what the guy is doing right now– everyone else is blaming the poor socons for this election– he is attacking libertarians and “fauxcons”. Now is the time to unite and form a coherent message and strategy, not fight interparty civil wars.
If the RNC leadership wanted Palin to be the nom in 2012, they would have some decent staff up there to advise her right now.
Obama started running in 2004 with his DNC convention speech.
If Palin is going to get any traction she best start now.
She should be courting Mitt like mad I think.
That would be a complimentary ticket.
What do you think, O Abaser?
matoko_chan on November 23, 2008 at 3:25 AM
I personally think Huckabee will endorse Palin in 2012 to make sure someone like Romney doesn’t win.
Any chance that Romney would run as a 3rd candidate in 2012? A Ross Perot-like effort?
Bumper sticker: “Obama’s too liberal, Palin’s too conservative, I know a lot about economics, so vote for me.”
Mr. Wednesday Night on November 23, 2008 at 3:38 AM
That’s not research, looking at what I said and verifying it for yourself is research.
That statement there is just dead wrong, just shows you don’t know anything about her ACES policy.
Now that’s research. Who do you think said that?
lowandslow on November 23, 2008 at 3:38 AM
I personally think Huckabee will endorse Palin in 2012 to make sure someone like Romney doesn’t win.
Only if she takes the VP slot on his ticket.
matoko_chan on November 23, 2008 at 4:00 AM
What the hell wrong with people that claim they’re conservatives? Making excuses for bad governing doesn’t help our cause. Making excuses for pathetic politicians that govern badly, does not help our cause. Christ, I’m so sick of the Republican party and it’s rabid followers I could just puke. We fucked up so bad the country would rather elect a leftest bordering on a socialist instead of a populist centrist. Yet here we are less then month after that asskicking and we’re ready to do it again. For god sakes people lets rally behind politicians like Senator Tom Coburn that have ideas and show the some competence in governing. I’m not saying we have to make him our nominee but lets get some leadership in our party that actually believes in fiscal conservatism and what it means to our country. Politicians like Palin aren’t the answer, it’s our problem.
lowandslow on November 23, 2008 at 4:06 AM
FWIW, I think Duncan Hunter would be the ideal running mate for Sarah.
Mr. Wednesday Night on November 23, 2008 at 5:06 AM
2012 is a long way off. We might not be even be discussing Sarah Palin in a year.
terryannonline on November 23, 2008 at 9:18 AM
Lol
sheebe, I believe Huckabee is political seppuku for the GOP. Look what the guy is doing right now– everyone else is blaming the poor socons for this election– he is attacking libertarians and “fauxcons”. Now is the time to unite and form a coherent message and strategy, not fight interparty civil wars.
If the RNC leadership wanted Palin to be the nom in 2012, they would have some decent staff up there to advise her right now.
Obama started running in 2004 with his DNC convention speech.
If Palin is going to get any traction she best start now.
She should be courting Mitt like mad I think.
That would be a complimentary ticket.
What do you think, O Abaser?
matoko_chan on November 23, 2008 at 3:25 AM
You did a great point! You are right, Sarah should start courting Mitt. Great idea. Thanks for the explanation. I have my glasses on this morning. So, I can read better!
sheebe on November 23, 2008 at 9:39 AM
Bush graduated from Harvard B-school.
Point?
angryed on November 23, 2008 at 9:44 AM
For god sakes people lets rally behind politicians like Senator Tom Coburn that have ideas and show the some competence in governing. I’m not saying we have to make him our nominee but lets get some leadership in our party that actually believes in fiscal conservatism and what it means to our country. Politicians like Palin aren’t the answer, it’s our problem.
lowandslow on November 23, 2008 at 4:06 AM
You also have a point. Tom Coburn does have a plan. Hang in there. Palin swept a lot of us off of our feet. I believe it is her total honesty, and the fact she is a very honest Politician. Wiped the floor with both sides to clean corruption. Plus, she knows how the Middle Class needs. But, hang in there. You are right. It isn’t long enough, since the defeat.
sheebe on November 23, 2008 at 9:49 AM
disagee, lowandslow.
You need both kinds of politicians.
Obama, JFK and Reagan were twofers….both incredibly charismatic and also capable.
How about about a Coburn/Palin ticket?
In the current political landscape, like in most things, perception is all.
Charisma dove Obama’s money machine and his GOTV ground game.
If the GOP base has that kind of enthusiasm, use her for that.
If the majority of the electorate percieves her as unready, put a “ready” on the top of the ticket.
There are a lot of reasons McCain lost, but the main one that affected peoples perception of Palin was that he was too old, and she wasn’t ready.
That is why people like Powell and Adelman voted O, and that is Parker’s and Noonan’s gripe about her too.
The reason O could appoint a nonentity like Biden for VP was that Obama filled both charisma and competancy for his voters.
matoko_chan on November 23, 2008 at 10:10 AM
For Palin I’d do whatever it takes to get her elected.
Romney could win the Republican Primary – but its clear Evangelicals wont vote in large numbers for him.
Huck is a liberal in the McCain mold – I dont understand his support at all. He will disappoint us bigtime – he will swing left bigtime after the primaries.
Jindal I would vote for too.
Crist and Pawlenty are RINOs. Cant we just shoot them?
We all saw the outpouring of support for Palin – if she was at the top in 2012 you would see an inspired base go crazy in support of her. We need an inspired base!
RINOs need not apply. Please! We did that and we saw nobody support a RINO McCain.
But we are the STUPID party – So….
winged on November 23, 2008 at 10:36 AM
I hope Gov Palin gets very involved in fundraising for other conservative candidates, and holds off on any plans to run for national office until at least 2016. She certainly has no need to rush, and time will allow her to communicate with many voters whose only current impression of her is the SNL carictature. I am not in the camp that believes that the media has ruined her persona forever; she can fight back and, over time, let the voters she who she really is.
Over time, if she uses her star power to help other conservatives raise funds and get elected, then in 2016 or 2020 she’ll have a broader base of support, including many politicians who owe her for her support.
Red State State of Mind on November 23, 2008 at 10:55 AM
We need a candidate who has the brains to effectively debate Obama. That means Romney, Gingrich, or Jindal. I personally would not vote for Palin or Huckabee.
davenp35 on November 23, 2008 at 11:37 AM
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