Close friend of Palin’s: She’ll seriously consider running for president
posted at 7:05 pm on July 3, 2009 by Allahpundit
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No way to tell if this is a real window onto her mind or just spin to salve the wound of a tough day, but the Palinistas deserve some hope.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin plans to remain extremely visible and will give serious consideration to running for president in 2012, but has made no decision, a close friend said after her startling announcement Friday that she will resign her office…
Those friends say she plans to give a series of paid speeches, and will also make free GOP appearances, raising money for the party and for issues. She also plans to help other candidates, collecting political IOUs for herself…
Friends said Palin brushes off hostile news coverage but feels that the ethics complaints in Alaska – accompanied by attacks in the legislature, and the relentless pounding she was taking at home – were taking a toll on her family and her state. So she believes the decision was selfless, the friends said.
But:
“She has never been able to deliver a succinct message and this one was all over the place when this really needed to be one of her best performances,” a Republican congressional official said.
“While it is absolutely true that people in Alaska were trying to tear her down with false charges, it doesn’t look good that when she was faced with adversity and attacks on her character that she threw in the towel. … She needed to go away for a while and bone up on issues. Truly bewildering.”
At the Corner, Mark Levin puts on a brave face and declares that she’s running and that’s that. On the flip side, here’s Ed Rollins — who was Huckabee’s campaign manager, remember — making a persuasive case for why this seems like a very, very strange way to launch a presidential bid. Not only did she make the announcement at a time traditionally reserved to bury horrible news but he’s right about her speech seeming hastily pulled together, replete with the bizarre lame-duck rationale, instead of polished at leisure the way one would expect you’d do for an announcement this big. Consensus on the right seems to be gathering behind the idea that she did this for the kids, to protect them and to spend more time with them, but if that’s true, why not make that the focus of the speech and give this presser on Monday morning, when the media’s rested and ready for a full week of new coverage? Quitting for her family only makes her sympathetic. If that’s the real reason, why obscure it?
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I am happy for her and so should you. If she runs she has total support, if not our loss.
rob verdi on July 3, 2009 at 7:08 PM
scratch that, the countries loss.
rob verdi on July 3, 2009 at 7:08 PM
Palin for President 2012!
Captain America on July 3, 2009 at 7:09 PM
I’m with Levin. She’s running. Get used to it.
And exactly WHY should I give a damn what Ed Rollins thinks?
Oink on July 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Thank you AP… last few weeks haven’t been the best.. find us something good
El_Terrible on July 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM
Ok, she wasn’t launching a Presidential Campaign. So, her speech doesn’t have to be filled with policy proposals and amplified rhetoric about the greatness that is America and Conservatism, etc, etc. It was a speech about RESIGNING and NOT RUNNING FOR RE-ELECTION. Quit putting this speech in a category it wasn’t intended to be in (a “launching of her Presidential campaign”), and then criticizing her for it.
LiquidH2O on July 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM
PALIN/CHENEY 2012!!!!
christene on July 3, 2009 at 7:10 PM
These guys were born whiteout names?
the_nile on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Can’t we find out what Palin’s college roommate’s brother in law’s gay friend thinks shes up to? Its really important after all.
Speedwagon82 on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
He makes no persuasive case at all and calling it one in no way makes it one.
MB4 on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
The Note:
And you bury the announcement on the Friday of the July 4th weekend precisely because you don’t want to quit your day job while everyone is watching.
Karl on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
It will be interesting to see if she shows up at a tea party this weekend.
karenhasfreedom on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Unleash the cougar!
Palin!
infidel on July 3, 2009 at 7:11 PM
Exactly. That’s why I don’t think this was planned. She can deliver a speech and this was totally nerves and stream of consciousness. She was hounded out of office by the Left and stabbed in the back by the GOP. They had enough I bet. Doesn’t mean she won’t make a comeback but right now this was a big F’ck it. F’ck the country. I’m not fighting alone. And, who can blame her one stinking bit?
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:12 PM
Yes, the first quitter-in-chief. She’s too weak to endure ONE TERM as the AK governor, but she wants more responsibility as the POTUS? Yeah, right. The DNC just needs to keep pounding on her as an unstable person who abandoned her responsiblities. America hates quitters and won’t want this woman trying to lead. At this rate, she’d throw herself off the WH balcony on day two if she won. Next.
dcwvu on July 3, 2009 at 7:12 PM
She doesn’t come back from this. I just don’t see how. She might fool us all but this was too poorly-timed and wasn’t thought out at all. Her reasons are all over the place and some are just downright stupid. It’s either shrewd as hell and we can’t see it or it’s stupid as hell. I think in the end, it’s the latter.
You can’t defend quitting in a tough situation, even if it is about her family. What happens if she was elected President and the media continues to bash her kids? What happens when the heat is on? If I’m Mitt, I say – if you think Alaskan heat was tough, try Pennsylvania Ave. That’s crushing.
Thunderstorm129 on July 3, 2009 at 7:13 PM
Sarah tried to warn them
But in their rectums they put their heads up high
All the time she warned them
But they only passed her by
She tried to tell them
But I guess they didn’t care
They turned their backs and
Left her standing there
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
Obama tried to get me to take a job
A while ago
When I finally saw it was just printing more fiat money for his cronies I didn’t want to go
The party Ronald Reagan gave to me
The Rinos just tore it all away
Now there’s nothing left for me to say
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
When years have passed they’ll start thinking
What fools they’ve been
They’ll look back into the past and
Think of way back then
They’ll know that America lost everything they thought that it could win
I guess they should have listened to their friends
All the destroyed parts of America that have fallen after him
All the lonely feelings and the burning memories
Everything Obama trashed each time he closed a freedom door
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
Destroyed parts of America lost forevermore
MB4 on July 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM
First Thought of CNN’s Rick Sanchez On Palin Resignation: “Could She Be Pregnant Again?” (VIDEO) http://bit.ly/v2Z27
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM
You know who this benefits?
YUP.
Obama.
Palin and Jackson all holiday weekend.
9.6% what?
473,000 jobs slashed…what?
artist on July 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM
Sarah Palin realizes this is the last shot to save this country. She’s is as angry as the rest of us and is now going to ratchet it up.
I think she is going to do a slash and burn across the county until her announcement to offically run and light a bon fire under the American grassroots.
katy on July 3, 2009 at 7:14 PM
If Palin doesn’t even hold an office, what makes her special? Why not just ask some random hot conservative woman with 5 kids who lives in Missouri to help you fundraise?
Yeah because, up until now, she has really been known for her media savvy.
/sarc
Speedwagon82 on July 3, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Never forgive and never forget. What they did to Sarah Palin they will try on the next conservative candidate.
Was Steve Schmidt right? No. Steve Schmidt is just wrong.
But Schmidt shows you have to be on guard for the internal shiv attack too.
Mr. Joe on July 3, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Smoooooke onblood in the water.The Race Card on July 3, 2009 at 7:15 PM
Short term yes, long term no. She was good for months and months of cover. That’s gone in a few weeks and things are about to get much worse across the board.
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM
How would the idiot who said this recommend she go away and bone up on issues? As others have pointed out, she really has not been out of Alaska that much. And what better way to go away than pull out of public office for a while?
As far as adversity, people act like what Palin has encountered has been mudane, when in fact it has been extraordinary. Anyone here think Obama could have withstood this kind of scutiny and attacks? Anyone? And remember Hillary’s tears during the campaign? Image if Sarah Palin had done that. Please.
SAZMD on July 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM
So if she fights to be POTUS 2012 she quits?
She needs more than become president 2012 , she neds a conservative house 2010 and thats what she can build now.
If she wants to.
the_nile on July 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM
I really wouldn’t be surprised if there was some HORRIBLE scandal and a newspaper of whoever was about to break it came to her with it. Very easy to imagine her offering to quit as governor to hide the story. Might explain why its all of a sudden and the speech seemed so rushed.
thphilli on July 3, 2009 at 7:17 PM
SarahPAC in the millions; popularity in the polls among Republicans sky-high and the ability to galvanize millions of people. Her resignation changes nothing except she will have more time to display her talents in the lower 48.
technopeasant on July 3, 2009 at 7:18 PM
In case you haven’t noticed anything that is read as sympathetic for most people gets chalked up to chronic whining in Gov. Palin’s world. She is and has always been in a can’t win situation so requiring her to lay out her plans or reasons to satisfy your curiosity only helps you. Everyone will just have to see how this unfolds.
Cindy Munford on July 3, 2009 at 7:18 PM
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:16 PM
The only thing that will bring Obama down is bad economic news.
Because even the media can’t hide that for too long.
We need every minute focused on it.
It will also help turn the masses against more spending.
artist on July 3, 2009 at 7:19 PM
She’s already accomplished more as Gov of Alaska then most politicians,…most certainly more then the corrupt TOTUS!
Unlike Hussein,…while she travels around it will be on her own dime, or donations not the tax payers.
Gov Palin is not leaving Alaska in a mess or a recession, unlike how hussein left Illinois.
Gov Palin has a past record of working and fighting for her people,..unlike hussein who’s past record shows his fight against his people.
christene on July 3, 2009 at 7:19 PM
20 years in Wright’s church is not a disqualifier. But resigning early, to spare your family, is somehow “political suicide.”
Yep. Makes sense.
kevinkristy on July 3, 2009 at 7:20 PM
That, unfortunately will be exactly what is going to be said from here on out. Whether she runs and it sticks remains to be seen. Personally, I think she just figured F’ck it. It’s not worth it.
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:20 PM
I’m told she’s gracefully when she walks
But sometimes stumbles when she talks
Is she a dolt? No, she’s very deep!
Oh, the Internet is losing sleep!
Who is Sarah Palin and what is she up to now, do tell?
Is she slow or sleek?
Enlightened or a geek?
I hear she’s steely as you please
I hear she’s really part Japanese
She may be shrewd, she may be crude
Ah well, sometimes it’s hard for some to tell
PercyB on July 3, 2009 at 7:20 PM
Difference is he ownes the media and back by a Party that will do anything for power. So, even that didn’t matter. Now the country has to live with the consequences of putting him in Office. We reap what we sow.
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Palin/Mitt 2012 That’s the bumper sticker.
What will the LEFT do now without PDS? They already used up all the BDS juice….this does seem to be in unison with the Republican’s coming together a strategy maybe? Is there hope an actual ballast, for the extreme left running the country into the ditch? It’s past time for the Republicans to get their act together I wouldn’t put some coordination past them…folding her in nationally down the road…. some horse trading? After Mark Sanford’s meltdown, one can only hope someone is grabbing the reins of the Republican Party.
Dr Evil on July 3, 2009 at 7:21 PM
It was Palin or nobody for me. What the GOP did to her is disgraceful.
True_King on July 3, 2009 at 7:21 PM
If its all so peaches and cream in Alaska, then she should stay and fight. Buckling and running away makes her look weak and unstable. All very bizarre behavior for someone who is supposedly a good leader leaving Alaska as some kind of utopia.
dcwvu on July 3, 2009 at 7:21 PM
Sarah walked into the valley
With the truth clutched in her hand
She was only a girl, but she knew
Someone must take a stand
There will always be a valley
Always mountains one must scale
There will always be perilous waters
Which someone must sail
Into darkness, into danger
Into storms that rip the night
Never give in, never give up
But give thanks that the tyrant in the White House you can fight
PercyB on July 3, 2009 at 7:22 PM
Sarah Palin is free as a bird now.
It seems to be getting lost on the bobbleheads she made this
announcement on the eve of Independence Day.
Really cool the way she blindsided the media.
LankyLou on July 3, 2009 at 7:22 PM
That, failing to protect us or a major scandal that even the media can’t ignore.
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM
I’m glad Palin stepped down. To be honest I’m not so sure I want her running for POTUS.
I want Palin traveling the country educating people, rallying people, encouraging people and getting things fired up. There is a conservative revival underway. And no AP, it isn’t a religious tent revival that you and your atheist pals like Hitch can snark at. It’s about educating people and motivating them to understand policy and how it effects their lives.
Palin can ignite an interest in politics that few others have the ability to match. Dang, I hope this is what she’s doing.
Cody1991 on July 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM
I wish her all the best.
It was costing her a fortune to defend those ethics complaints from some woman in Juneau that her lipstick was provided by some party and it was an undeclared benefit.
I say screw it. THE country’s in the crapper anyway. Why fight when half the nation is more interested in MJ and his hair…or lack of it.
JP1986UM on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
If she has ever bit her tonge or held back because it might impact her office, then this is a good move.
kurtzz3 on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
So, in order to protect her kids, she makes a spectacle of them in a major speech.
Nice thinking there, Tex.
spmat on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Cody1991 on July 3, 2009 at 7:23 PM
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me too
LankyLou on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Nick Ayers of the Republican Governors Association was on Fox with Stuart Varney shortly after this news broke 4 hours ago. He said that he and Palin have been emailing about her plans, which he knew for a few days, and his information was the same that AP posted above attributed to Palin’s friends.
Terrie on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
Finally a voice of sanity.
*laughs so loud that the dog crashed through the deck door to get away*
Bishop on July 3, 2009 at 7:24 PM
How many terms in the United States Senate did Obama finish?
spmat on July 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Well, as someone once said, “be careful what you wish for, you might get it”. Now anti-Palinists can rejoice over their incorrigible attempts at personal destruction, and I expect the vile Olbermann and his boyfriend Rachel both to have exploding heads tonight. Conservatives need to remember that neither Huckabee nor Romney are the answer they’re seeking, both having lost on the national stage, neither winning the nomination OR selection as Vice-Presidential candidate. I guess we’re stuck with Gov. Sanford of South Carolina. sarc/off
bradley11 on July 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Weak and unstable it unfair because everybody with any truth in them knows that woman has been hounded for all sides like nobody I can think of in my lifetime. Bernie F’cking Madoff received less coverage and less attacks that Palin. Local reaction has been, “can’t blame her given what they did to her.”
TheBigOldDog on July 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Palin/Cheney (LIZ) 2012
Yea, that works !
stenwin77 on July 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Consensus on the right seems to be gathering behind the idea that she did this for the kids, to protect them and to spend more time with them, but if that’s true, why not make that the focus of the speech and give this presser on Monday morning, when the media’s rested and ready for a full week of new coverage? Quitting for her family only makes her sympathetic. If that’s the real reason, why obscure it?
Why obscure it? Because a lot of snotty know it alls would not believe her anyway. I used to have a real estate license. At first I really liked and then overtime I came to hate it. I hated everything about it. And the day came when I knew I just could not do it one more day. It was not fair to me or my clients. So I said adios.
It could be that Palin is sick of all this. Who could blame her?
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 7:26 PM
Palin/Sanford 2012!
dcwvu on July 3, 2009 at 7:27 PM
It bewilders me why any so-called conservative blogger, looking ahead to 2012, would believe that relentless attacks on any potential Obama opponent could possibly serve this country in any way. You’re either deliriously happy with the direction America is going or you’re stupid … which is probably redundant.
I don’t care if it’s Sarah Palin or Mitt Romney or Snoopy — if you’re campaigning against any of them, you’re campaigning for Obama. Knock it off or at least quit calling yourself conservative. Your desire to feel like an unbiased blogger is not this nation’s priority. Think about someone other than yourself and your comment count.
Ronnie on July 3, 2009 at 7:28 PM
She says she doesn’t want to serve the last year and a half as a lame-duck governor. Hmmm. Somehow, that didn’t stop Obama, who “served” only a couple of years in the U.S. Senate but spent most of his time away from Washington running for president. Of course, he didn’t stop cashing his unearned senate paycheck.
bradley11 on July 3, 2009 at 7:28 PM
Charles said she might be gearing up for a run in 2016. He said that this black mark on the resignation would be irrelevant by then. I always thought 2016 would be her best and hope she sticks with it. Regarding a possible scandal, Charles said it would be highly unlikely. Here is Mark’s audio.
V15J on July 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
Next what? Another Drama Queen’s Run Wild outburst???
Joe Bloggs on July 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
She is running! Get out of her way Romney drones! Palin 2012!!
Also Allah, Meg Stapelton Her spokesperson was on with Varney on Fox News and said Sarah was going to another level in her promotion of conservatism. Dude…she is running.
jencab on July 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
A charming politician running with a buffoon. Sounds familiar.
spmat on July 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
dcwvu:
Hey, do you think Obama might drop Biden and put his old buddy Hot Rod on the ticket for his second run?
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM
And THIS is what you consider a “hopeful” post? I’ve never dumped on you before AP, and I don’t intend to do so now; however, 3/4 of this post is negative. So now I’m asking, in a friendly sort of way, what’s your point/intention/motive/problem?
IrishEi on July 3, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Honestly, is Palin that great, really?
Would she be a better Vice President than what we’ve got? No question.
Would she be a better President than what we’ve got? No question.
The best candidate we can produce? I hope not.
DarkCurrent on July 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM
The bottom line is her enemies within GOP wouldn’t have found her peruasiave no matter what she did.
Spend time in Alaska? She’s not an effective leader.
Try and speak up for conservative values? She talks in platitudes.
Resign for her family? She’s politically dead.
promachus on July 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM
Dudes,
She may run but she won’t win. Just as she was kinda putting the “soap opera from Alaska” meme to bed, she comes out and pulls a crazy stunt like this. I’m not a huge fans of hers but I would be open to voting for her. Now, I’m starting to think she’s not quite ready for prime time and may never be.
angryed on July 3, 2009 at 7:31 PM
She is running! Get out of her way Romney drones! Palin 2012!!
Also Allah, Meg Stapelton Her spokesperson was on with Varney on Fox News and said Sarah was going to another level in her promotion of conservatism. Dude…she is running.
jencab on July 3, 2009 at 7:29 PM
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Another level could mean the next thing she will quit will be the Republican party.
LankyLou on July 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM
What (s)he said.
angryed on July 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM
Today Palin said, “Don’t explain. Your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it anyway.”
Minus the dismissive condescension of Schmidt’s advice, isn’t that what Allahpundit and FrankJ wanted her to learn? I await their glowingly approving posts.
Terrie on July 3, 2009 at 7:32 PM
You know dcwvu, the interesting thing to me is that Democrats were so okay with calling her daughter a whore and making fun of her Downs Syndrome baby. I have seen pics of Democratic websites making fun of that child. It is bizarre and childish and tacky behavior.
BTW, Maybe Spitzer would be a better match up with Obama than Hot Rod, but then again Hot Rod has got a lot more dirt on good ol Barry.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
like i said in the other thread
Listening to her speech again, I didn’t hear whine, I heard resolve. I didn’t hear excuses, I heard making decisions based on principles and convictions. I didn’t hear a quitter, I heard someone who is passing the ball while she gets into position. She is still in the game guys.
She is doing a classic rope a dope maneuver.
Conservative Voice on July 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
And that’s not exactly a bad thing.
IrishEi on July 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
Such a contrast with Obama who only threw the economy off a cliff.
PackerBronco on July 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
He salary is 120,000 per annum. Todd’s is even less. Her legal fees? 600,000 and mounting.
promachus on July 3, 2009 at 7:34 PM
The reactions from various quarters are about what we would expect. One thing I think the more conventional thinkers have no real concept of is how sick to death many, many Americans are of “politics as usual,” and those who set the rules for it.
The politicians who do everything the way they’re “supposed” to invariably — invariably — end up selling out, in some or many ways, at least since Reagan left office. Invariably!
There was a time when I would have said, Wow, no one can get away with what Palin has just done. She’s shot herself in the head, politically.
But conventionality in politics is increasingly associated by voters with self-service, mendacity, moral pusilllanimity, and disingenuousness as a way of life. I am less and less impressed with it.
We’ll see where Palin goes, and what happens with all this. There are an awful lot of people who feel like the future holds some historic — epic — upheavals in store for us. I think it would be a grave mistake to write Palin off, and to think that the political path to 2012 or 2016 will be the stately-paced, predictable progression of our conventional imagination. There is no telling what will even be the major issues in 2012 — or if “overseas contingency operations” are all our uniformed military is engaged in by then.
J.E. Dyer on July 3, 2009 at 7:34 PM
Terrie;
Schmidt did not exactly give the woman any advice.
Besides, if we take her at her word she is leaving…why not leave her the hell alone. The state is in the hands of someone who is competent and after all she would have left had she and McCain won.
So just let her be. She is not asking your permission.
Terrye on July 3, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I think people are indulging in wishful thinking about her running. Clearly she’d be better than Obama or McCain or any one currently on the GOP horizon.
I can’t imagine that after the treatment she received from the media and the GOP that she has any interest in running.
Either the GOP has to stop eating its young and new candidates or it will die a permanent loyal opposition.
I am dispirited by the GOP infighting. Much of the punditry spent the last election cycle ridiculing Palin instead of going after pwecious elegant Barry.
Turds
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 7:35 PM
I’d take ‘cuda Palin over jellyfish Obama anyday.
So let the games begin.
profitsbeard on July 3, 2009 at 7:35 PM
And that’s not exactly a bad thing.
IrishEi on July 3, 2009 at 7:33 PM
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Sorry, I didn’t mean to imply quitting the party is a bad thing. Something needs to happen to shake up the party and
Palin is the only one with the wherewithall and moxie.
LankyLou on July 3, 2009 at 7:36 PM
Excuse me, pal. I am the right and I believe she did it for the reasons she stated. That’s the thing about us conservatives, unlike you and your friends, we have principles and convictions and we say what we mean. I know that you, as a democrat, try to operate in double think because your leaders communicate in double speak. But that doesn’t work with straight talkers, you just confuse yourself and sound silly.
peacenprosperity on July 3, 2009 at 7:36 PM
I know it’s hard to keep a scorecard with so many posts, but I’m on Palin’s side. I’m bringing up AP’s argument yesterday about the advice contained those Schmidt emails. That’s all.
Terrie on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM
The level of hatred that Allahpundit and other alleged Republicans have for this woman is as alarming as the bug-eyed rage of the left. I just don’t get it.
Django on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM
She has no chance in hell of winning the nomination. Not now- she just killed that chance.
Yesterday I’d have voted for her in a primary. Today, I wouldn’t, nor would I in 2012.
Even with the ridiculous ethics complaints, I can’t imagine that the pressures faced by the president of the US are less than that of governor of Alaska.
She cited what? Four different reasons for resigning? None of the reasons sounded all that compelling for such a drastic step. If it was the right thing for her personally, so be it- but she might as well resign her self from any presidential ambitions upon resigning as governor.
Sorry, Sarah. I still like ya and all, but after today, don’t expect me to trust you with the keys to the White House. We need a fighter, not a quitter.
Hollowpoint on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM
As an aside, it’s too bad we can’t play by their rules.
We could call Obama’s daughters names until he quits.
Thunderstorm129 on July 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM
This is, hands down, one of the most disgusting things I’ve ever seen on a mainstream political blog. Shame on HuffPo and shame on Arianna.
Palin Will Run In ‘12 On More Retardation Platform
SnarkVader on July 3, 2009 at 7:38 PM
Soap opera from Alaska?
Only because the press made it so. They didn’t talk about Obama’s polygamist dad, Michelle’s disappearing law license, the Biden girl’s drug use or any other issues of the supporting donk cast.
She owes the GOP nothing.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
She may not be POTUS, but in the next 3 years she will make the king, and will almost certainly put her on the ticket as VP again…
There was zero chance of her being a player from Juneau, especially with all the frivolous charges…
phreshone on July 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
So would I, which makes her political suicide is all the more disappointing.
Hollowpoint on July 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
I know it’s hard to keep a scorecard with so many posts, but I’m on Palin’s side. I’m bringing up AP’s argument yesterday about the advice contained those Schmidt emails. That’s all.
Terrie on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM
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You aren’t alone. Since the announcement Palin has picked up
5,000 new Twitter followers. I doubt if they’re mad at her.
LankyLou on July 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Sorry, I should have made myself clearer. I knew what you were saying—and I was trying to agree! LOL
IrishEi on July 3, 2009 at 7:39 PM
Since so many of y’all know Sarah’s political fate for certain, I’d be much obliged if you would share Saturday’s Super Lotto numbers with me. Thank you.
Terrie on July 3, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Not to mention a book deal somewhere in the ballpark of 7 to 11 million…yup, whoever thinks she’s going away any time soon because she left a crummy, thankless gubernatorial post is on crack. Rock on, sista soldier.
RepubChica on July 3, 2009 at 7:40 PM
Hollowpoint on July 3, 2009 at 7:37 PM
Im going to reserve judgment on her being a quitter until I see what she does. If she continues to fight…then she didn’t quit, she passed the governor ball so that she can help the team win the game.
Conservative Voice on July 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM
If she’s supporting candidates, hopefully she will not be at ANY McCain fundraisers.
clnurnberg on July 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM
If we treat a public office as a prize, we should not be surprised when the official tries to enrich himself.
If we think we’re electing a king and not a servant, we should expect to be treated like peasants.
year_of_the_dingo on July 3, 2009 at 7:41 PM
Sorry. I can only assure you that they will not be 00-00-00-00-00.
Hollowpoint on July 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
Standing on the face of freedom seeking Iranians.
the_nile on July 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
I like this. She can get people motivated like no one I’ve seen in a long time. She can get a lot more done quietly (for now) without being constantly and unfairly harassed. Her detractors may possibly think this is victory for them, but might also have just awakened the sleeping giant…
Miss Molly on July 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
The only thing that will get a Republican elected in 2012 is a full-on meltdown of the Obama administration. As it stands, the GOP doesn’t have the wherewithal to mount a serious campaign for dogcatcher.
There is no ground game. The Republican bureaucracy and pundocracy is working directly counter to the base of support. There is no ethos to the GOP, no motive power. The party is degenerating into a melange of special interests and incoherent and often contradictory policy goals. It doesn’t have the constitution to refuse the trappings of power, and it doesn’t have the stones to commit to the pragmatism necessary to secure those trappings.
If I were Palin, I wouldn’t run in 2012 if begged. But I’m not Palin.
spmat on July 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
AS IF quitting for her family would be honored by her critics who denigrate her for HAVING the family.
Whoever actually doesn’t recall the outcry when McCain chose Palin to accompany him on the GOP ticket, DISHONEST is your identity. “It isn’t fair to her family for her to be in politics,” because she is Sarah Palin, not Peggy Noonan. That criticism NEVER LET UP.
Allahpundit, you ask the question as if sincere. But you know very well that regardless of Palin’s reason, there are going to be those who prematurely dance on her grave because from their own deceitful nature they CHOOSE to hate her.
maverick muse on July 3, 2009 at 7:42 PM
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