If it’s a day ending in “y”, it’s time for some Palin presidential speculation. Via Dana Loesch, who’ll be introducing Palin at the rally:
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She hasn’t set a hard deadline on when she’ll decide but last week at the Fair she said it’ll be in “another month or two” and hinted that it might happen by the end of September. I thought she might announce at that tea-party rally in Iowa that she’s keynoting on September 3, but I don’t know what to make of that now knowing that she has another major appearance with Beck a month later. It seems odd that she’d be scheduling non-campaign events if she plans on being in the race and on the trail; then again, a rally with Beck about “Defending the Republic” isn’t really non-campaign. Some people on Twitter who heard about this reasoned that it’s a sign she’s not running because no candidate would want a prominent appearance alongside someone as controversial as GB while the campaign’s gearing up. But he’s already priced into her stock: She appeared at his religious rally in D.C. last year, remember, and they’ve done joint events before. Besides, he’s also a fan of Bachmann and Perry, both of whom have been on his show. Palin loses nothing vis-a-vis her tea-party competition by appearing with him.
What does make this a bit odd is that Beck’s current top pick for president is … Michele Bachmann, as of just four days ago. In choosing her, he limited himself to candidates who are already in so it’s possible he’d switch to Palin once she declared. But Bachmann was also one of Beck’s top choices back in April when he wasn’t limiting himself to declared candidates (Allen West was his first pick), and at the time he and his crew argued that Palin hadn’t done enough in her first book to undo the heavy damage the media had done to her image. He’d have to change his mind about that too, I assume, to share a stage with her on October 7th unless candidate Palin doesn’t mind a joint event with someone who presumably prefers her competition in the Iowa death struggle.
Ace thinks she’d like to run if there’s a niche for her in the field, but given the results at Ames and some of the things she said at the fair, he concludes she probably won’t. I’m guessing he’s right, but it gives me pause that the next GOP field in 2016 or 2020 could be remarkably strong, much more so than the current one. Potentially the next Ames straw poll will include Marco Rubio, Paul Ryan, Chris Christie, Bobby Jindal, Rand Paul, and maybe even Jeb Bush. In the meantime, unless Palin challenges Begich for Senate in Alaska, there’s no obvious opening for her to regain elected office. If she wants to be president, this might be her best chance. Even with Bachmann and Perry in the field to make things difficult for her.
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