Palin announces 2012 Presidential Campaign

[240 is Back]

Signed,

We all know it will happen eventually.  Why not announce it now?

[Straw Man]

Signed,

We all know it will happen eventually.  Why not announce it now?

probably the same reason why Hilary/Romney or Huckabee aren't announcing now. 

What are they supposed to do?  Campaign for the next four years while we have a brand new POTUS?

[240 is Back]

probably the same reason why Hilary/Romney or Huckabee aren't announcing now. 

What are they supposed to do?  Campaign for the next four years while we have a brand new POTUS?

Obama campaigned for 2.5 years

[tonymctones]

you ever find proof of any of those things that the campaign aid leaked as far as ive heard its all rumor as of now?

[CQ]

probably the same reason why Hilary/Romney or Huckabee aren't announcing now. 

What are they supposed to do?  Campaign for the next four years while we have a brand new POTUS?

Do you think Hillary will try again? Somehow I don't.

Romney is a sure bet I think for 2012, and I think Palin will end up as well.

[Straw Man]

Do you think Hillary will try again? Somehow I don't.

Romney is a sure bet I think for 2012, and I think Palin will end up as well.

right now my guess would be no (re: Hilary)

I don't think any potential candidate has made any decision at this point

I don't count Palin in that group of potential candidates

[Arnold jr]

Hilary will not run in 2012, she's not going to run against someone in her own party who already holds the spot...that's not how presidential elections work. There won't even be a democratic primary in 2012. They will hold their convention as they always do and announce Obama as the candidate. That's how it's pretty much always worked in presidential elections.

2012 GOP ticket:

Romney
Gingrich
Huckabee

Those three are pretty safe bets. Palin, hard to say right now, she will more then likely focus on the Senate seat that will be open next year. If she succeeds and she probably will, then maybe the presidential race in 2012.

[Straw Man]

Hilary will not run in 2012, she's not going to run against someone in her own party who already holds the spot...that's not how presidential elections work. There won't even be a democratic primary in 2012. They will hold their convention as they always do and announce Obama as the candidate. That's how it's pretty much always worked in presidential elections.

2012 GOP ticket:

Romney
Gingrich
Huckabee

Those three are pretty safe bets. Palin, hard to say right now, she will more then likely focus on the Senate seat that will be open next year. If she succeeds and she probably will, then maybe the presidential race in 2012.

I would agree with almost everything except Gingrich

that dude is poison

I'm sure Palin has the ambition/delusion that she is qualified but I just don't see it happening

btw - my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it

or maybe slightly less

[Buffgeek]

I dont see palin on the ticket in 2012. At least I dont think she will be a viable canidate. I  could be wrong.

[tu_holmes]

I gotta admit... Every day, Ron Paul actually sounds like a better and better candidate for the Repubs.

[JBGRAY]

Romney is a Mormon.  Forget about his candidacy.  He was rejected by the Religious Right once before, and will be again.

Palin very well could run in 2012.  Dems would be pleased and would guarantee many more years of Democratic majority power.

The Republican Party is pretty much dead in the water right now.  It can either go further to the Left or start espousing a hardline Nationalist slant.

[Arnold jr]

I would agree with almost everything except Gingrich

that dude is poison

I'm sure Palin has the ambition/delusion that she is qualified but I just don't see it happening

btw - my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it

or maybe slightly less

I'm not saying Gingrich is the right or wrong man for the job, just that he will more then likely be on the ticket. He is still one of the more popular members of the GOP, he has gained even more popularity in the past year.

Many republicans still view him as the right guy on the right. He pulled off one of the biggest swings in U.S. history in 94 and most in the GOP haven't forgotten that.

Palin, still to early to tell...the next year or so will make or break her.

[DIVISION]

I would agree with almost everything except Gingrich

that dude is poison

I'm sure Palin has the ambition/delusion that she is qualified but I just don't see it happening

btw - my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it

or maybe slightly less

Romney is the front-runner, but the religious right won't accept him.  He will need to win that base in order to head that ticket.

Palin is a joke, to put it bluntly and she will be nothing more than a Republican fundraiser or Senator on the national stage.

Her political career in terms of Presidential politics was over before it began.

These stories coming out of the McCain campaign pretty much support what I thought about her all along.

This country's obsession with "average" scares me.

When people like Bush and Palin slip through the cracks and rise to power remind me just how far we've fallen.

Obama is the best the country has to offer.

Palin is the worst.....   



DIV

[Nordic Superman]

This country's obsession with "average" scares me.

And what is it that you do that is so extraordinary?

[DIVISION]

And what is it that you do that is so extraordinary?

I know more about politics than Palin ever did........

The difference is, I'm too honest to be a politician and I use copious amounts of AAS, which preclude me from ever entering politics.

I'm smart enought to know that I wouldn't be successful in politics.

Palin isn't, hence "average".

McCain's own people called her and her husband "hillbillies raiding Niemen Marcus from coast to coast.....".

That's enough for me.



DIV

[Nordic Superman]

You use, in your own words, "copious amounts of AAS" and label yourself to know more than Palin did about politics?

Come on now... let's not be ridiculous. Not knowing Africa is a continent doesn't mean Palin is a bad politician. She was running for the second most powerful position in the US government and you think you're better versed in politics?

[Victor VonDoom]

Bah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

[Soul Crusher]

I would agree with almost everything except Gingrich

that dude is poison

I'm sure Palin has the ambition/delusion that she is qualified but I just don't see it happening

btw - my opinion is worth exactly what you paid for it

or maybe slightly less

Gingrich is the smartest by far of the bunch.

He really is a giant among mice as far as brainpower is concerned on most issues.

He would destroy ZERO royally in a debate.

[Straw Man]

Gingrich is the smartest by far of the bunch.

He really is a giant among mice as far as brainpower is concerned on most issues.

He would destroy ZERO royally in a debate.

No doubt Gingrich is smart but he's got way too many skeletons and every once and awhile he says something completely nutty.  Personally, I just think his time has passed.

[Soul Crusher]

No doubt Gingrich is smart but he's got way too many skeletons and every once and awhile he says something completely nutty.  Personally, I just think his time has passed.

I agree, however, most morons dont want to hear someone like him who speaks the truth on many issues.

I just wish he would be allowed to debate ZERO.  It would have been a massacre on every level and on every issue. 

[shootfighter1]

Gingrich is very smart and has incredible experience. 

[Straw Man]

Gingrich made a really disturbing statement in 2006 about the need to curtail free speech.

He was also an extremely divisive figure in the House and was ultimately run out of Washington by his own party

He's got a few personal issues that some people might not like

I seriously doubt he would have enough support for a serious run in 2012

[Soul Crusher]

Gingrich made a really disturbing statement in 2006 about the need to curtail free speech.

He was also an extremely divisive figure in the House and was ultimately run out of Washington by his own party

He's got a few personal issues that some people might not like

I seriously doubt he would have enough support for a serious run in 2012

I think he would be best as RNC Chairman or as the person heading up a strategy to regain the congress from that disgraceful hag Pelosi.

[Dos Equis]

She'll be around and should be one of the frontrunners in 2012.  

[Soul Crusher]

She'll be around and should be one of the frontrunners in 2012.  

If Sarah Palin spends the next two years brushing up on the details of issues like the Judiciary and Foreign Policy she will be a force of nature without having McCain and the other hacks in DC holding her back.  Even in her latest interviews, she said that the McCain campaign held her back and would not let her be herself.

I also like Jindel. 

ZERO is going to make a bad situation worse.