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Run Sarah, run! :)
The Atlantic:
Sarah Palin is putting together a campaign team, and Washington is taking notice. Mark Leibovich of the New York Times described her bare-bones political operation. Here is what I know: she is not worried about fundraising right now. Pam Pryor, a former RNC senior adviser, leads Palin's political action committee and is orchestrating her outreach to social conservatives. Randy Scheunenmann remains her policy maestro, with informal assistance from his Orion Strategies colleague Michael Goldfarb, the former Weekly Standard writer and McCain campaign rapid responder. (Goldfarb did not return an e-mail seeking comment about his future in Palin's world.) Fred Malek is perhaps the single Washington establishment figure that Palin turns to, although Malek has insisted that he is neutral about the presidential race --- though he admits to having a soft spot in his heart for Palin.
Palin's opponents believe that her downfall will be an accelerated reiteration of 2008: when the broader public turned against her because she seemed vapid and nasty, rather than clever and clean -- and THAT was the censored version! And that was before the flaky and irresponsible (?) resignation as governor of Alaska. They note that Palin, having faced down the Elite Crucible and lost, now has to face the even tougher crucible of Iowa -- give her three or four months there and see if she survives. (If she DOES survive, how could she NOT be the nominee?)
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Let's look at the timeline, from both palin and the republican's perspective.
PALIN:
During the day sat, she records FOX interview where she says she might run in 2012.
On sat night, she proclaims herself the leader of the tea party movement at their convention.
REPUBLICANS:
They liked the tea party when its only role was to attack Obama. Now that you have Tp candidates running against established republicans and GOP stalwarts, it's a big problem. GOP can't control Palin, they can't control the racists, the guns being carried, and the other obnoxious stuff the Tp does. They are well aware that any 2012 tea party candidate will almost guarantee an Obama win. The party was useful, but now they're attacking repubs - and that's a problem. Repubs barely have 50% of population now - you cut that in half and there's trouble.
MEDIA
Oreilly, Colbert, Hume and others on the right attacking tea party nonstop... after they showed plenty of love for them before. Taking orders from the GOP?
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Let's look at the timeline, from both palin and the republican's perspective.
PALIN:
During the day sat, she records FOX interview where she says she might run in 2012.
On sat night, she proclaims herself the leader of the tea party movement at their convention.
REPUBLICANS:
They liked the tea party when its only role was to attack Obama. Now that you have Tp candidates running against established republicans and GOP stalwarts, it's a big problem. GOP can't control Palin, they can't control the racists, the guns being carried, and the other obnoxious stuff the Tp does. They are well aware that any 2012 tea party candidate will almost guarantee an Obama win. The party was useful, but now they're attacking repubs - and that's a problem. Repubs barely have 50% of population now - you cut that in half and there's trouble.
MEDIA
Oreilly, Colbert, Hume and others on the right attacking tea party nonstop... after they showed plenty of love for them before. Taking orders from the GOP?
I don't think Palin would run as a Tea Bagger candidate. She wants to win, and that's not likely to happen with a third party. Palin encouraged the Tea Bagging Party to become part of the GOP in her speech at the Nashville "convention."