Bush strategist: Don’t write off Sarah Palin for 2012
posted at 2:20 pm on November 24, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
While Maureen Dowd indulges herself in bashing Sarah Palin, Matthew Dowd (no relation) says that predictions of her political demise are highly premature. George W. Bush’s strategist was a Palin skeptic during the campaign, but says the media have been too quick to write her off for the next presidential cycle. In today’s Washington Post, Dowd lays out how Palin can win the nomination — and possibly the White House:
First, Gallup polls over the past 60 years show that no president with an approval rating under 47 percent has won reelection, and no president with an approval rating above 51 percent has lost reelection. (George W. Bush’s approval rating in the weeks before the 2004 election hovered around 50 percent.) The 2012 election will be primarily about our current president and whether voters are satisfied with the country’s direction.
Who the Republican candidate is, and his or her qualifications and abilities, will matter only if Obama’s approval rating is between 47 and 51 percent going into the fall of 2012. Interestingly, in the latest Gallup poll Obama’s approval rating was at a precarious 49 percent.
Second, America is still (unfortunately) politically divided and polarized, and Palin benefits from this dynamic. While Democrats love Obama, Republicans look on him with real disfavor. The gap between Obama’s approval rating among Democrats and among Republicans is nearly 70 percentage points — a higher partisan divide than either Bill Clinton or George W. Bush experienced. Obama’s agenda and actions this year, and some mistakes, have solidified this divide.
Polls show that Palin’s favorability numbers are a mirror image of those of Obama. She is respected and loved by the Republican base, while Democrats despise her. Granted, independent voters have significant reservations about her capability to be president, and this would be a hurdle in the general election. But to win the Republican nomination, Palin needs only to get enough support from the base to win early key states. Already, in nearly every poll today, she has a level of support that makes her a viable primary candidate. Just look at the crowds and the buzz her book tour is drawing.
What makes this more interesting is that Dowd says he would likely oppose Palin in the primaries, but doesn’t get hysterical about her. Instead, Dowd lays out a fairly compelling case that the Republican nominee may be more or less irrelevant in 2012. What will be relevant is Barack Obama. If his approval ratings continue to slide, he won’t get re-elected anyway. If they improve by 2012, he’s unlikely to lose a national election. When a President stands for re-election, the voters either approve the first term or end the Presidency.
But Dowd and others miss the point a bit, too. The 2012 elections are still three years away, and even the heavy lifting for the nomination won’t begin for at least 14 months. The key is the midterm elections and how the 2012 hopefuls play in the field. How will Mike Huckabee, Mitt Romney, Palin, Tim Pawlenty, and others work to get Republicans elected to Congress? Who will they endorse, who will they avoid, and which districts will they work? After the election, we will have plenty of data on reach, depth, and the rest.
In fact, it would be a good idea for Republicans to stop getting distracted by 2012 altogether. But at least we can follow Matthew Dowd’s lead and keep all options open for the meantime. We also need to keep focused on the referendum quality of both the 2010 and 2012 elections, because that is what will ultimately drive success or failure.
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So in your view intelligence and common sense are mutually exclusive? An interesting perspective.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 4:58 PM
I guess Dowd meant that this applies to both House and Senate o_O
ProudPalinFan on November 24, 2009 at 5:00 PM
But one that anyone’s who’s been around a uni faculty will recognize at once.
ddrintn on November 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM
*anyone
ddrintn on November 24, 2009 at 5:01 PM
Ahem . . . LEFTISTS.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:02 PM
Then you really need to do more reading.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM
LOL Hanging around here really tells one all you need to know about Palin fans, now doesn’t it? :)
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:04 PM
This is so untrue of Palin and her supporters as to be almost libelous.
Not only is Palin the farthest thing from a narcissist, but what has struck me about her supporters from watching them being interviewed at her book signings is that a good deal of them are not only incredibly coherent, but quite articulate and conversant on the issues.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:05 PM
No.
And whose fan are you? Ron Paul’s?
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:07 PM
Hmmm.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
No.
And whose fan are you? Ron Paul’s?
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:07 PM
He is his own biggest admirer.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
Furthermore, as I have said in the past, the one thing Obama has not yet done is campaign to be re-elected! His whole political life he has campaigned as the outsider against the incumbent! He never had to run on his record because he never before actually government anything! His biggest Ace card in the last election was that he was historical! And guess what?? He’s no longer historical! Electing a woman will be!
JellyToast on November 24, 2009 at 5:08 PM
I am so sick of typos!
JellyToast on November 24, 2009 at 5:09 PM
Really?Palin risked her entire career to fight political corruption..in her OWN party.Obama is the golden boy of the most corrupt political machine in the US..and acts like it every day.She won her elections fair and square..Obama used every dirty trick he could to get elected to the Senate.Shes a conservative,and makes no bones about it…Obamas all over the place,depending on what day it is,and who hes speaking to.And ,oh,i dont think any Palin fans expect that they wont have to pay their mortgage or gas bills anymore should she be elected President.Nor will they faint at her rallies .So how are they alike again?
theTarCzar on November 24, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Someday, when I have more time, I’m going to have to have someone explain the whole Palin Fan/Ron Paul thing to me. What is that?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Wow. I can’t wait for more of this identity politics in the coming days.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Sounds like another bitter Mittbot to me.
ddrintn on November 24, 2009 at 5:13 PM
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:14 PM
And “intelligent”. You know, grad degrees and all.
ddrintn on November 24, 2009 at 5:15 PM
Tsk tsk. Jealousy ill-behooves a person of your stature. Anyway the point is that intellect and common sense are not mutually exclusive. Sad to see populist rabblerousers try to claim the contrary.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:18 PM
Intelligence/intellectualism and common sense certainly do NOT go hand in hand.
Some of the dumbest people I know have little letters behind their name. They can tell you how the universe got started, but no way can they haggle at a flea market, buy wisely at a grocery store or negotiate time outs with their kids.
I’m a two time college grad, married to a plumber. I often wish I had less book learning and more common sense. Book learning gets in the way of sensible decision making more often than not.
koz on November 24, 2009 at 5:29 PM
I have no idea why people support Ron Paul.
As for those of us who love Sarah Palin, she not only heartily embraces Conservative principles and values, she lives them and puts them into practice!
Her record in public office has been outstanding.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:30 PM
Look, here’s the deal, and this is why Sarah will win the nomination and the presidency.
Sarah will get out and work her tush off for Conservatives all over the country in 2010. She will support them on her one million plus strong Facebook site, and she will get out on the stump.
We’ve already seen what the other so-called “front runners” will do.
T-Paw will stick his finger in the wind to figure out which way to go, long after the leaders have went all in. And his endorsement will be meaningless.
Huckabee won’t endorse, or help anyone, but he’ll still try to get credit for “agreeing” with the principles of the candidate.” (see the Hoffman campaign)
And RomneyCare, well, he’s been AWOL, except for absolute sure winners, where he brings nothing, except to say “me too.”
You can bet your ass that Sarah will chose a candidate, chose wisely, then go all in.
THIS is why she will win the nomination. Sarah will be a driving force behind the Conservative take over of congress.
And trust me, if the American people don’t storm Washington between now and 2012, and remove Obama at gunpoint, which is highly possible, especially if things keep crashing, Obama will be voted out in 2012.
There will be no Obama past January 20, 2013.
gary4205 on November 24, 2009 at 5:32 PM
And I’ve already explained to you why this is completely untrue.
You’re just plain wrong.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:32 PM
Well I’m certainly glad you found the pot for your lid. But thinking your shortcomings are everyones strikes me as a little reactionary.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:35 PM
The only populist rabblerouser I see trying to claim the contrary is President Obowma.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:35 PM
Except for that whole Quitter thing.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Do you ever do anything besides disparage people you don’t like?
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM
LOL and 7/8 of the Palin Fans on this board.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:37 PM
Do you ever do anything besides disparage people you don’t like?
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:36 PM
Well, he does brag on his own self-perceived intelligence.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 5:38 PM
Well I didn’t come here to talk about me, but in answer to your question, I don’t think that was disparagement. Indeed, the author quite clearly admitted her own shortcomings, and lamented their presence in her own makeup.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:39 PM
The “quitter” meme is an old, tired one of the Left.
Governor Palin resigned because she was besieged by an endless barrage of bogus ethics charges made by her political enemies (most of which was financed & supported by the Obowma White House) which made it almost impossible for her to govern and which was sending her into personal bankruptcy.
I trust her judgement when it comes to why she resigned.
In addition, she had already accomplished most of what she set out to do as Governor anyway.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Pointing out the shortcomings in your Dream Candidate (and, OK, I admit, some of her followers) hardly constitutes self-aggrandizement. That’s your innate insecurity talking, unless I miss my guess.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:41 PM
So you think she should have remained governor and continue to cost the taxpayers millions?
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:41 PM
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:40 PM
Jen, I told him that at 2:30 this morning on the other Palin Thread. He doesn’t care.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Then it shouldn’t behoove you to jump in and continue helping that person beat themselves up.
Not nice.
You’ve picked on and found fault with someone in every post you’ve made, not just that one commenter.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Well, Voxpopuli, whoever you are, I take great comfort in the fact that there are more of me than there are of you.
Have a great Thanksgiving.
koz on November 24, 2009 at 5:42 PM
Yes, yes, the “Scary Lawsuit” theory. We went through this yesterday. Check out teh QOTD thread. That’s about as specious an excuse as I’ve ever heard. And don’t worry, if your candidate does gain a little traction, expect the left, right, and center to expect a whole hell of a lot more explanation than that.
Presently, it looks insurmountable.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
I think he thinks he’ll find the one person who’s dumb enough or malleable enough to think it’s a valid reason not to like Sarah if he just keeps repeating it.
Or maybe he’s a broken record…
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Yourself as well.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:43 PM
Actually, I think the line is that it was all her personal cost. Check yesterday’s QOTD thread.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:45 PM
What are you, 12?
Take your ignorant ass down the road loser. You add nothing to the debate here.
gary4205 on November 24, 2009 at 5:45 PM
You haven’t pointed out anything, and haven’t offered your choice. Your knowledge of actual facts and occurrences pertaining to Palin is nil.
Either state a valid case or stop … or in a term you’ll understand, quit.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:46 PM
It’s not an excuse–it’s a REASON.
Sarah had 15 alleged ethics violations lawsuits dismissed as groundless and baseless when she resigned and more were on their way with no end in sight.
Governor Palin owes no one anymore explanation than the one she’s already given and most of us (except for you and the carping Left who’d never vote for her anyway) are ready to accept her word and support her now.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:46 PM
voxpopuli,
Answer my question.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:47 PM
Oh, don’t worry. The wishful hopes of her fanbase aside, it’s not going away. America detests a quitter. Nobody’s going to forget that, left, right, or center. You all seem to think the Scary Lawsuit explanation works. It doesn’t.
So consider people like me your testing grounds. Come up with something that DOES work, and I’ll be the first to admit it. Really. But the present line is transparent B.S.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:48 PM
If you mean I don’t call people “ignorant ass” and “loser,” I quite agree.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:50 PM
If you mean I don’t call people “ignorant ass” and “loser,” I quite agree.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:50 PM
You’re right. You’re much more artful in your condescension.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Alaska is unique in that governors have to bear the cost of defending any charge against them. The state does not pay for their defense. So in addition to costing the state to investigate, she had to hire attorney’s to represnt her.
I’m sure that will be changed.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
Well now . . . some would call that “politics.” LOL
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
If Sarah was truly a “quitter,” you would have never heard from her again, probably after the election, but certainly after she resigned.
Instead, she’s written a book and gone on a nationwide tour and she’s not afraid to say things in public and in nationally televised interviews in which she not only admits to mistakes but in which she also takes Obowma on, on current issues and affairs.
She is, quite clearly, not a quitter, but a lady with determination and guts who has a “servant’s heart” and an abiding love of this country.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:53 PM
And yet, why did not the followers of this noble and much-loved public figure step up and contribute to make sure she did not have to bear the burden? I’m still a little mystified on that part of the story.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:54 PM
They did … however, it still costs the state to investigate every charge and complaint. Lawyers and administrative staff are either reassigned or hired.
You still haven’t answered my question.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 5:56 PM
We did.
And we gave generously to her defense fund.
Then her political enemies went after that and tried to say it was illegal.
Were you one of them?
And are you just playing dumb for fun?
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:56 PM
And as long as she stays in the private sphere, I too will support her, for she is after all, a conservative. But this notion of her re-entering the race for the Presidency, for example . . . no. Uh-uh. When times got tough, she quit the only significant post she ever had.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:56 PM
Disagree.
I find poxpopuli to be a snot and a garden variety snob.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:57 PM
That would be my guess, judging from his obsessive fixation with intellect. We have an intellectual in the White House now and he’s an abject failure. Intellectualism is largely useless outside the walls of universities and a handful of Parisian cafes. Intelligence, OTOH, is a desirable trait in a leader (among many others), and Sarah Palin is intelligent. Stupid people don’t run governments.
NoLeftTurn on November 24, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Whatever.
As if we cared what you do…zzzzzz.
I’m delighted she resigned!
It leaves her free to help the rest of America in the Lower 48 states who are suffering in the ObamaNation.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 5:59 PM
NOT the line that was being tossed around yesterday. Check yesterday’s QOTD.
And as for THIS line, well, governmental expense is just a cost of doing business. If she is so wonderful, surely the benefits and blessings to the State should outweigh the savings from avoiding frivolous lawsuits?
And what kind of lesson does it teach, that you can oust a leader, using frivolous lawsuits?
Pardon me but that’s the dumbest thing I’ve heard.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:59 PM
Well now . . . some would call that “politics.” LOL
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 5:52 PM
But most would call it evasive, self-absorbed, belittling snarkiness, employed to avoid having to justify one’s opinion by citing one’s sources.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 6:00 PM
It was my understanding they did not win that fight. If you have a link or something to the contrary you would care to offer, I would be happy to look at it and possibly revise my understanding of the facts.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:01 PM
That was probably a poor choice of words: There are plenty of stupid people working in government, of course. I do not believe, however, that people are able to run for higher offices and win and not have at least above-average intelligence.
NoLeftTurn on November 24, 2009 at 6:02 PM
Would you stop yapping about his other thread and focus on this thread, please?
Governor Palin negotiated a $40 billion pipeline contract for Alaska, but defending the ethics charges came out of her personal pocket and she’s not a rich woman.
It teaches a bad lesson, but then that’s Democrats and Liberals for you–using government for bad ends to acquire more illegitimate power.
BTW, I’ll never vote for Mittens unless I absolutely have to.
He’s a RINO loser and flip-flopper (and no intellectual).
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:04 PM
LOL You think *I’M* bad? Never forget, I’m on YOUR side — generally speaking. All this, and more, will the Queen of Quit have to deal with from TRUE opponents if she does decide to make a run. These eggshells the Fans think you can walk on are a fantasy . . . a total fantasy.
And believe me, the Quitter issue is HUGE among the independents.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:06 PM
If you knew about it, then why did you ask that question?
I think by the time Governor Palin was exonerated (again!), the damage had been done because they temporarily shut it down to avoid any more legal problems.
Don’t know if you can still donate to the fund–thank God she’s got the proceeds from the book now.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM
And believe me, the Quitter issue is HUGE among the independents.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:06 PM
Cite your source please.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 6:07 PM
Uh, no.
No-one who wears out the “Palin’s a quitter” meme is on the Right side of the argument.
Wrong again!
Judging from the make-up of the crowds at her book signings this week, indies are ready to hear what Governor Palin has to say.
The issue that’s HUGE among Indies is the fact that Obowma’s a Socialist.
We wish to God he were a quitter–he’s destroying the country, our economy and our foreign policy!
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:10 PM
No. As I’ve been saying for 30 minutes now, the Palinistas better get their act together and their story straight on this issue. Otherwise I think the conventional wisdom rightly believes you’re just an annoyance and distraction from conservativism’s larger goals (to the extent it has any).
So that’s your final analysis? She allowed Evil to prevail? Wow, THAT will get them rushing to the ballot boxes!
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Voxpopuli: I don’t like thread hijackers. I don’t like HotAir-ists who bother negotiating with hijackers. But it’s here, so let’s go.
Sarah Palin is not a lawyer. She has not been steeped in the trade of lying like the current staffmaster in the WH. The vast majority of the citizens of the US have a very negative view of ambulance chasers, especially when they run for office and and then lie to their public.
The US is sick of the lying from the president and his ilk in DC. The fact that she is not one of them–and is not a lawyer–will only endear her to more voters than the current president. What is wanted more than anything else is a forthright, honest, tell it like it is leader, man or woman. This will be true even if he or she is not as experienced or book-read.
I have the hope that even a people as dumb as ours will figure this one out in three years.
leftnomore on November 24, 2009 at 6:10 PM
Are you not comprehending?
The democrats studied Alaska’s ethic complaint system and understood that they could tie her up, hamstring her and her adminstration with frivolous complaints. Each one would have to be investigted. In addition, they knew Palin would have to spring for her own counsel.
Palin waited until she had completed the natural gas pipleine deal, which was the last thing on her agenda and completely beat the democrats at their own game while saving Alaska and it’s taxpayers the burden of continuing to pay for investigating bogus complaints coming out at a rate of 1 or 2 a month.
The democrats were left flat footed with the only recourse being calling her a quitter … something you seemed to fall like a lead balloon for.
Not only did Palin beat the democrats at their own game, she freed herself to do exactly what she’s doing now … hammering Obama and his cronies.
It was a brilliant political move that even the democrats couldn’t understand at first. Now they wish they hadn’t hammered her so hard at first and forced her hand. They would much rather have her in Alaska right now then doing what she’s doing.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Uhhh . . . I actually talk with people outside my own cohort?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Uhhh . . . I actually talk with people outside my own cohort?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:11 PM
Oh, so you have nothing credible you can cite.
kingsjester on November 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM
Yes, yes, I’ve already heard this once today. “If you don’t vote for healthcare, you’re not black.” Same thing, different party. Please.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:13 PM
You still haven’t answered my question.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:14 PM
First off, if you consider discussing Palin in a Palin thread hijacking, you and I probably operate on different levels, and there’s not much communication to be had.
That being said, government is a creature of law and law alone. You damn well better understand the law to run the government. Hello?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:16 PM
Maybe someday Americans will accept Quitting As Nobility. That day has not yet arrived. Thankfully.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:17 PM
“Palinistas,” a/k/a concerned citizens, don’t have to do anything to please you or any other Leftoids.
Deal with that!
I see you’re questioning whether Conservatism even has “larger goals,” while you’re posturing to be a Conservative.
No real Conservative would question Conservatism’s larger goals because we know what they are and Governor Palin talks about them every day.
As Governor and in her other positions in public service, she put them to use and into practice.
It teaches a bad lesson, but then that’s Democrats and Liberals for you–using government for bad ends to acquire more illegitimate power.
She did not “allow evil to prevail.”
She quite rightly saw that she had accomplished most of what she’d set out to do as AK Governor and realized that she would not be able to fully serve or accomplish more if she remained in the governor’s seat and would spend the rest of her term defending against more baseless charges.
In addition, she watched with growing alarm as Maobama has dealt the country one body blow after another and realized that more than just the Conservative citizens of Alaska were in need of her leadership.
If you read her Facebook Notes, it’s obvious that she knows America is in need of her Conservative voice in all 50 states.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:18 PM
Because I didn’t care for its manner of delivery, and even if I did, it’s insipid in the first instance.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:19 PM
Is there an echo in here?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Your snarking amounts to nothing more than being a mosquito in the room.
I can say with almost certainty that you are an Obama supporter/Axelturfer.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:20 PM
Speaking of insipid, physician, heal thyself.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:21 PM
So you chose to ignore what I’ve written and go to your old standby? Go ahead and keep using the “quitter” thing. Liberals may agree with you and pat you on the back but in private they kick themselves in the ass for their heavy handed tactics. It not for them … Palin wouldn’t be touring fly over country reintroducing herself to America.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:23 PM
Yes, yes, you found me out. I’m secretly Rahm Emmanuel. Third time I’ve heard THAT in the past 24 hours.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:24 PM
That . . . or they perceive she’s a loser and keeping her in the spotlight serves their purposes quite nicely. Which makes her supporters their dupes. But nobody in this thread is likely to even acknowledge that possibility. So.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:25 PM
What?
So you think she should have remained governor and continue to cost the taxpayers millions?
That was delivered insipidly? You must have gnat nuts.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:26 PM
Again, whatever.
If you don’t have anything substantive to say, why do you keep posting?
Verborrea much?
I just checked that QOTD thread you keep babbling about and you were pretty much spanked on that thread, too.
Funniest thing!
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:27 PM
Darwin, I can’t track all of your bizarre questions. Yes, if she truly WAS the statesman she (and you) believe her to be, then yes, I believe she should have stayed in office. Pretty uncontroversial.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Fear of what the Quitter Fans are doing to the conservative movement (such as it is)?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:29 PM
lol … yes! that’s it!
Let’s keep her in the spotlight where the people who really matter in elections, the undecided and independents can get a really could look at her and listen to what she says!
Hundreds of thousands of books sold, thousands of people at each book signing, over a million just on her Facebook page and the democrats think it’s a good idea to give her more publicity?
lol … oh my!
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Defending the lawsuits was coming out of her own pocket.
What was costing the people of Alaska was that she was having to spend almost all of her time dealing with those suits and was not able to attend to the business of governing the state.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:30 PM
You’re not a Conservative, so it’s not your problem.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:31 PM
??? Statesmen do what’s in the best interest of the state.
Please provide me the negatives Alaska has incurred as a result of her resigning.
Not resigning would have been a political career decision.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM
Calm down. You sound like you’re going to snap or something.
And yeah, the leftist media (meaning most media) has been giving her more coverage than the rightist media (if that’s possible.) Gee, how to explain?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:33 PM
Good advice! I was rolling! Funny stuff
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Why, they lost the greatest conservative leader this side of Ronald Reagan, didn’t they?
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:35 PM
Hon, I wouldn’t even bother arguing the quitter meme with this troll.
He’s never going to quit whining about it.
Gov. Palin and the rest of us have moved on.
If the Left wants to keep yelling “quitter,” when it’s obvious Sarah brings so much more to the table and infinitely more than Obowma does, even as POTUS, let ‘em stew in “quitter” while they lose elections from 2010 onwards.
Sarah didn’t “quit.”
She resigned and she had compelling reasons.
After that, she’s gone national and she’s the leading voice of the Conservative opposition to the Obama Administration for the foreseeable future.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:37 PM
OK, about the time people start going into hysterics or whatever, is about the point the productivity level drops off for me.
Maybe sometime here soon, you-all will have a little more coherent theory about how “When the going gets tough, the tough get quitting.” I look foward to that more plausible explanation.
voxpopuli on November 24, 2009 at 6:37 PM
Yep.
But as I said above, Alaska’s loss was the Lower 48′s gain!
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:38 PM
She hasn’t quit anything!
She’s LOTUS-Laptop of the United States.
She leads the Conservative opposition to Obama’s policies by using her Facebook Notes.
She has over 1 million fans on Facebook.
Obama himself responds to her Facebook posts and they’re quoted on the front page of newspapers like the Financial Times of London.
Jenfidel on November 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM
If you can’t answer the question just say so. You’ve side-stepped a few already. Makes you look kinda like a liberal.
darwin on November 24, 2009 at 6:40 PM
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