God better save this country if Palin is nominated, that will guarantee Obama & his cronies 4 more years. It is not that I dislike Palin personally-although I could live without the drama which I see as one of the primary reasons that she is not a viable candidate but reality is she can not win President. She needs to run for Senate or Congresswoman. There is way too much baggage that goes along with her-on a personal level, that many find offensive. Her pissing contest with Letterman was ridiculous, this on going farce with Levi is petty & silly. We have enough ignorance in DC today we do not need to add more. ____Before anyone calls me anti-woman, first I am female, second I would support Michelle Bachman, Liz Cheney-someone like that-without the personal baggage & drama, that have never been quitters in their lives. I do not care what excuses & they are just that Palin offers bottom line is she is quitter-she quit when going got tough.

Insightful article. Now… Just name me ONE of her potential presidential competitors who has the support of traditional Americans and their values. Or one who reflects honesty, integrity and respect for America without political compromise (meaning: screw the reaching across the aisles). Perhaps one who understands and takes very seriously the IslamicPiecesOfChit who want nothing more than to kill Americans. Maybe even one who realy really honors and supports our military. And I dare say, one who believes in fiscal restraint mixed with personal responsibility (a little jab for you welfare rats). Add, subtract, multiply and divide. The answer is still Mrs. Sarah Palin. Bring it on, Sarah. We love you.

I just hope she can evade or neutralize the withering vitriolic rhetoric thrown her way by the media and other Obamanista shills. Khalidh Sheikh Mohammed gets better press than Sarah, for cryin' out loud (but then, is that really so surprising?)
Given that she's got a few years to work on this, however: if she doesn't run herself, she still has the opportunity to function as a 'kingmaker'. I would love to see her as President, but for some reason her strong disapprovals run pretty deep.

Yes, she is the one.

We are going to back her 100%

Good God she is the exact opposite of this fool we have now.

Love Ya Sara.

If your a Fisherman, You know what you are going after with the type of Bait you use.

The American People are TIRED buying the BAIT.

The Current FAKE BAIT is Not working, so "WE THE PEOPLE" will use Shock and Aw to RID the Present and FUTURE BOAT PEOPLE in the White HOUSE and Congress.

We, the SMALL FISH are SCHOOLing and you the WASHINGTON Fisherman are going to GET YOUR BOAT over TURNED.

YOUR "JIG" IS UP !!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hopefully Palin is not a BAITER like the REST of the RepubliCONS and DEMOscams.

Plain's outstanding attribute is her real world COMMON SENSE. Something completely devoid from the current crop of ideologues.

She is also smart, which helps her a lot.

I forgot a rather pertinent point about Mrs. Palin. Unlike many women and feminists she does not view the killing of innocent babies as womens HEALTH CARE. Abortion as properly defined is the termination of a life. I really do not understand how any woman could use abortion as a contraceptive and still be able to look at ones self in the mirror without feeling sorrow and regret. I hope there is a special place in the afterlife for these souls whose life was terminated by a desensitized mother. God have mercy on you.

Michele Bachmann seems a valid candidate, as well. So far, I don't know enough to comment on her overall viability. Either way: having candidates like Palin and Bachmann in the mix will, one hopes reduce the likelihood of getting a Republican squish (McConnell and McCain, are you listening?) on the ticket. McCain: inherently good man and an unquestionable hero. Ideal candidate? Not so much.
Those who seek to pasteurize and homogenize the ticket end up producing candidates that neither offend, nor inspire. Candidates of character and strong beliefs are going to annoy the opposite end of the electorate. That's just life. We shouldn't aim to please 99% of the electorate: rather, strongly appeal to something over half. The liberal elements will never, never accept anyone put forth by the Republican ticket, so why bother appealing to them?
So, to summarize the rambling post: Palin and Bachman and probably a few others out there (?Pawlenty) can bring a conservative back into the White House, but Palin's strong negatives from some may hobble her chances. If so: heck of a Secretary of State, no?

(cont'd)
Palin is a bit too much the showman (showwoman?) and I think that I've had enough of cults of personalities in politics. Some might say "But Reagan was and actor!" But he's the exception that proves my point: Reagan used his charisma to sell a fusionist view of libertarian/traditionalist conservatism. He HAD the principles and didn't pander to the crowd. He was the closest thing to a statesman that the US presidency had seen since Lincoln.

We all have to maintain a sense of humor.
What is the alternative? Swill large amounts of Valium with our Bourbon?

Victoria, I don't think you understand why Palin resigned. Allow me to explain:

When people that hate your guts are filing pointless lawsuits at you, costing your state millions of dollars and hundreds of hours of staff time, in addition to plunging your family into debt by the hundreds of thousands of dollars, all the while making governing (ie. your job) impossible, I think it makes a lot of sense to resign and let your deputy, who shares your beliefs and vision, take over.

Now, I'd like to think you've just been paying too much attention to the lies and smears of the media but when someone who claims to be conservative doesn't understand why Palin resigned and calls her a "quitter", one has to wonder as to whether they're as above-board as they claim to be…

"Quit when the going got tough"? Get real, she was in an impossible situation. Sarah Palin made the responsible decision – if only we had more politicians who would resign for the benefit of their constituents.

Sarah Palin is a leader, a great one. She pulls people together and makes them think about core issues. I would like to see her lead the Republican party first, then decide if she is a leader of our country. I wish her well.

To the contrary, her 'pissing contest' with Letterman showed an acute political antennae of which battles to fight and how to fight it. And don't forget that SHE WON the battle; Letterman was forced to apologize. This in a nutshell also showed a winning political tactic to be used against the left–confront their lies head on and watch their house of cards collapse. O'Reilly has done the same thing to Letterman on the topic of Limbaugh being fat and being the head of the Republican party.
Libs get away with their smears when they tell them among their circle of friends and supporters and everyone agrees, thus reinforcing the lie–Media Matters comes out with a fake story and AP cites it and then CBS sites AP, etc etc etc. Dingy Harry goes on the Senate floor and makes flat out false assertions against Limbaugh, writes a letter to the head of Limbaugh's syndication partner and then gets a bunch of fellow lunatic Dem senators to sign the petition. Limbaugh promptly gets the letter from the head of the syndicator and auctions it off, raising $4 million for a cause that Dingy Harry is no fan of: military familes.
Similarly with the global warmists–when you confront them with the facts, as most of you have probably seen Monckton do to the Hitler Youth group and the Greenpeacer on the street, they quickly find their house of cards collapsing.
THAT kind of political acumen, as displayed by Palin, is precisely NOT quitting when the going gets tough. If she had been sitting in the White House and been the target of those hundreds of nuisance lawsuits, she would not have had to dig into her own bank account to defend herself, and that is ultimately why she bailed; her time was being spent not on governing but on defending herself against baseless left wing nuisance lawsuits. Perhaps if she wins the brass ring, she will make it a point to pass something akin to the English Rule, where losers in lawsuits have to pay the costs for the winner.
And beyond all of the above, wouldn't you rather be governed by someone who is willing to give up power instead of digging in their heels just to preserve their own power at the expense of any principle, for example, Magic Bullet Spector defecting to the Dems simply because he knew he could not win the votes of those in what is ostensibly his own party?!

Victoria 29 brings up the point that should Palin be nominated and run for president, that would allow Obama four additional years as president. My question is, then who else on the conservative side has the clout to run the way she would? Conservative capital has been wasted on evangelicalism in the form of Huckabee and the social takeover of healthcare with Romney. Both are old guard neo-cons who got us into this mess in the first place when Americans blindly followed their lead in this first decade of the 21st century. The Tea Party is courting the likes of Haley Barbour and Newt Gintrich as potential runners. Both are heavily old guard neo-cons. Evangelicalism and neo-con globalism got Obama elected anyway, so if Palin expounds "common-sense conservatism" and sticks to the policies she talks about, how can that be any worse than reinstalling neo-con globalists into the power positions of the conservative movement? In another way, is the conservative movement about electing someone who is just like Obama, who will do the same things under a different name, or is the issue about fielding someone who is truly different from Obama, who will present a challenge to his positions and of those who elected him. Politics is ultimately about winning. I would much rather win with someone like Palin that win with an old guard neo-con like Mc Cain, who we have found, can no longer win anyway (seems like the Repubs did not learn a lesson with Bob Dole). Given the proposition of candy, the American communists will always elect the guy who will give them the most candy, always the leftist. I say give the candy-man a run for his money and run the most avant-guard constitution loving candidate we can find. Ron Paul was crucified at the MSM altar last election. Maybe Palin has a chance to breach that Great Wall given her MSM savvy at the present moment.

If common sense, decency, honesty, integrity and honor still count in this country; Sarah Palin would make an excellent choice. When you stand her up against the 536 we have now; it's a gimme.

Sometime in 2010 and there-after, you will see Palin start to make appearances on the Glen Beck and O'Reilly segments. Watch!

I agree that I do not see Palin at the top of the GOP ticket in 2012, but maybe the Veep slot again – assuming she even wants to go through that again. But honestly, practically ANYONE would be better than the two clowns who got elected in 2008 – except maybe McCain.

Palin is great, no doubt about it, BUT…have you been watching Jim DeMint from SC stand up for the constitution and American people. He should be at the top of anyone's list!!!

If Independents could recognize the difference between Liberty and Tyranny then America would not, at this moment, be ruled by tyrants. But, they don't so here we are.

What I admire about Gov Palin, she know the difference between the two and is unafraid of calling it like it is.

Ah, I see you're finally getting it, Mr. Patterson. Welcome to the club.

I've followed Pence for quite some time now. He was CEO of Indiana Policy Review for several years and I met with him several time over coffee and a sandwich to talk policy and politics. That was nearly twenty years ago, and his compass has not been damaged by Washington. He is a good, solid man.

i voted for Sarah in the last election. Many say she could not win and we must put moderate on the ballot; code for medium rare liberal. I have voted for the loser in many presidential election and in hind sight, I was correct; i.e. the Carter disaster.

Winning is not as important as living by ones convictions.

Yes to President Sarah Palin in 2012!

Mitt Romney

Hi All,

First of all, I hope you all had a nice Christmas and a great New Year, this coming year.

I was anxious to get to read Sarah Palin's book, "Going Rouge" and was happy that Santa left a copy under my tree. I just finished it. I highly recommend that people read this book before they make any summations about who she is and what she stands for. This a a heartwarming and straight-from-the-heart book. What I found most interesting was her "take" on how her "handlers" handled her during her run for the VP. Very interesting to see how it all was all done. Clearly, now that she is out from under the scrutiny of "headquarters" and can be her own person, her honesty and real-world persona is allowed to shine.

I am a biography and an auto-biography nut. And have read hundreds since I was a kid. I read Obama's, "Dreams Of My Father" book. After which, I decided not to read his other book. There was something very staged and un-nerving about Obama's book. My first gut was that he did NOT write it himself. Somehow his on-stage oratorical persona was missing from his writing…..and it haunted me as being fictional and "not his own".

Sarah Palin, clearly has the abilities to be our next president. She has moxie and heart. Heart being her biggest asset. I can see why the media, the left, the Dems and all the others who are afraid or resistant to get to know her are afraid of her. Also, clearly, she will "clean house" in Washington…..which, short of revolution in the streets, is what needs to happen. There are a many good people in public office, but it reaches a point where we must dig deep and analyze why some people are actually in office. Nancy Pelosi, Harry Reid, Dick Durbin, Chris Dobbs and those kind of people……need to be replaced ASAP.

We need to take back our country, period. Clearly, as Palin sights in her book, we people need to get involved in our local, regional and state governments and not just sit on the couch and "bark complaints".

Sarah Palin? I would vote for her, if she proves to me that she is the right person to guide our country.

I voted for Obama and now I kick myself daily for being such a bonehead. If I could take my vote back, I would…..and intend to every opportunity I have, because Obama has proven to me that he is nothing but a bold-faced-non-patriotic liar and usurper. We deserve much better. Much better, indeed.

This woman has been demonized by the Left, and the Right……….
Reason?.

Simple………………………..she's a THREAT.

She has more charisma than Obama, MORE EXPERIENCE than Obama…………………..( Before he was elected).
Certainly more Business acumen, and knowledge of how to RUN anything.
( I dare anyone to PROVE otherwise, can't be done).

He's shown his true colors(idiology) NOW, he's a Socialist / Marxist………..
And, is a abomination as POTUS.

And the old adage, "Your known by the company you keep"…………..

Has definitely slapped him upside the head.
What's he thinking?.Does he think, like an American?…………………….I do not see it.

Over 70% of Americans do not agree with him, on any issues………

Yet,he continues to drive the Republic into hades.

Fiscal deficits as far as the eye's can see………………..and has YET to take on the MAIN issue…………..J_O_B_S.

What a sad state of affairs…………………………we were duped, and got a joke, a bad one for POTUS.

The MSM had predetermined who they were going to promote and Palin was seen as a legit threat to their cause. Hence, the incredible amount of nonsense spewed by these critics and the subsequent following of the 'sheeple'. Fear! Fear that the MSM absolutely knew of her ability to rally the cause and undermine their selection. Not in my lifetime have I witnessed such a blatant disregard for one's ability as I have seen with Obama. So any rap on Palin's perceived lack of ability and knowledge is both humerous and pathetic. This country has now shown the world that they are willing to elect a POTUS with zero experience, zero management ability, zero strength.

Bravo!

Palin seems to have a unique grasp of common sense and plain language I don't see in many politicians. She's at her best when she's out from under the political advisors and the teleprompters and speaking plain talk. She resonates with many conservatives and independents, and she's getting better every day. This may be her time.

Her first test will be to help cast out the corrupt partisan hacks in the Congressional temple and help restore a more reasonable balance of power in Washington during the midterm elections later this year.

She has already made her mark, and done it extremely well. If she can be a significant force in helping us put a stop to the runaway march toward socialism in Congress, Palin has a pretty good shot at the White House in 2012.

Personally, I would have no problem giving her my full support. If Obama is America's first black president, maybe it's time for America's first woman president. She certainly couldn't be any worse than Obama.

You read the article right?
I was rooting for him in the primaries he would have been better than McCain.
I believe Palin is more Conservative.

No way could Sarah Palin ever underperform the Great One, The Provider of Light…Obama.

If she did, well it would just be, you know…unprecedented!

I love Sarah Palin. Right now Sarah Palin has a false image, successfully pasted on her by MSM. This is illustrated by Dennis above: "Leaders do not resign as Governor because they were hassled by David Letterman. " Which is clearly false and misses the very good reasons for which she chose to resign. She is not a quitter, has considerable talent, and, something in short supply on the Right: the charisma that comes from sincerity. Her ability to communicate the narrative of conservative principles is matched only by a handful of conservatives (Pence comes to mind, there are others). All that being said, it will take time and repeated media exposure as a noncandidate to allow ordinary citizens to stop buying into the MSM-generated image of her. My belief is, although I would vote for her in 2012, is that her value to the party is maximal from now through 2012 as a noncandidate activist. Beyond 2012, her image would be based upon something other than the MSM parody that exists now.

Dennis, read her book . She covers it very well.

Agreed. She is also very talented at explaining the difference to a very wide audience. She can tell the story of freedom and where it comes from and what is taking it away better than 99% of those in Congress.

The fact is, Sarah Palin will never be the Republican nominee. It was like a marriage that didn't work. They are now more or less amicable but not going to do that again. In the coming months we will see just how much mojo the Tea Party carries. I predict that she is posed to be the first presidential nominee of a new national party that will reshape both the Republican and Democrat machines for years to come.
She represents the heart and sole of a new grassroots movement, at least a "head of the dragon". This movement has fire inside and to disrespect it or diminish it is to do so at one's own peril.

(go Sarah)

Let me see. The charming and highly intelligent and caring David Letterman 'joked' about Gov Palin's daughter as having an affair with ARod. And Gov Palin defended her daughter. You call that a pissing contest? As hopefully you know. Gov Palin resigned her very successful Governorship (which she earned by challenging and improving her own party) because of frivolous lawsuits which her family was going to have to pay for personally (unlike Clinton, etc.) and because she felt that it was in her and her fellow Alaskan citizens best interests to be fully represented. Contrast this wih Maobama who kept his two year senate seat without voting (or voting 'present') as he put his fellow Illinois citizens without an active Senator. But if you believe that Maobama's (one of his few) publicly endorsed positions supporting the death of children that were (unfortuanately?) born alive who their Ob/Gyn and their mother had meant to abort as a huge net gain for his fellow guilt-riddent racist fellow travelers.

If Sarah would have been allowed to be herself, McCain would have done much better and may have won.

Annie, I have everything at stake in this health care debacle. I've been following it very closely. To be brief, Pence is OK. Full disclosure: I am a Pence enthusiast having known him for nearly twenty years in various roles. He's another that is very comfortable with a microphone and no teleprompter. He could tell the conservative story with a smile and a sense of humor.

watch for an update to her Facebook page … I'm sure it will be a doosey ….. Barry may get handed his lunch !

She did not say that she could see Russia from her house – THAT WAS SAID BY AN ACTOR ON SNL!!!!!!

I can't wait, for the first balck President, to be defeated by the first woman President.
As long as it isn't Hillary.

and she looks great in shorts

Thune is good. I personally think Tom Coburn is the man to watch.

…….and he looks like Steve Erkel in Liderhosen…………

in Air Force One? Hell she would be flying it.

It might.
I am sure he passed legislation putting snipe on the endangered species list. They are endangered, don't you know? When was the last time anyone ever saw one? That is how scarce they are……….

The only honest politician in America….Go Sarah

Barrack Obama?
He must not have any. The MSM never reported any of it…………..

Palin and her husband showed more constraint than I could have if Letterman had called my 14 yr old daughter a whore. Pissing contest????? You obviously don't have a daughter or are a terrible parent. Accept this insult to her girl because the liberals want to smooth over their transgressions? Eff that. Most people that oppose Palin do so because they are DAMN WELL TOLD TO, BY THE MEDIA. And the typical group thinking liberal tows the line baby, they tow the party line.

I would vote for her.

Liberal seminar troll – 1) agrees and likes some – yet even those are fractured (can's say too much nice about GOP) 2) Palin success = Obama wins 3) Palin bad/inept/house frau 4) Palin not one of the elites 5) Palin quitter 6) yet I am one of you.

Shame on you Matt Patterson for writing a misleading article and misrepresenting Mike Hukabee. Governor Huckabee DID NOT grant clemency to that thug who murdered 4 cops in Washington. There's a big difference between clemency and COMMUTATION. Had you done proper investigative journalism you would have understood the difference. Governor Huckabee granted commutation: A reduction of a penalty to a less severe one because this guy at the time was 16 y/o when he was sentenced to over 100 years in prison and the time did not match the crime. Governor Huckabee merely had his sentence reduced to 40+ years and he later earned parol after serving 11 years. What Governor Huckabee did at the time was hardly unreasonable or unrealistic. Before you go misrepresenting this situation perhaps you should investigate the prosecuting attorney or the Judge who later allowed this thug to violate parol and move on to more violent crimes. I like this website. I get a lot of good information from here, but please do not fall into the ranks of sleazy reporting. I can go to huffpost or daily kos if I want to read such garbage.
Don't get me wrong, I am not advocating for Mike Huckabee for 2012. Let's just be fair. I wouldn't advocate for Tim Pawlenty either. He's got some real "dirt at his door step" with what's going on in the state of Minnesota and sponsoring shariah-law. A direct violation of the establishment clause of the First Amendment! Reference: pg 278 of the book "Catastrophe" written by Dick Morris. So yes, I like Sarah Palin and what she stands for. I would much rather see her though as a strong senator and helping to clean up that garbage in congress.

You are right about Huckabee, it's unfortunate, but it;s no Willie Horton…

Is over, unfortunately. MassCare is now an explosive diarrhea mess…

Gary is not a national candidate…I live here, and Gary will allow his mouth to end his possible candidacy…

I am disturbed by non-secularists without a moral center in the position of President…like Barry…

The definition of insanity is doing, (eg, nominating and electing), the same owned, tired people and expecting different results…

I agree with you, Sarah has said she will support whoever she agrees is the best choice ..democrat or republican. Good for her. She is showing herself as someone that loves her country not a political party. I love Sarah for her independence and would vote for her. Heck with the parties.

Romney is strong in economics, contrary to Obraniac who is economically pathetic, who the hell thinks socialism is the key to prosperity and wealth for the nation except a total bozo, Obamas leftist solutions to economic problems are stunningly naive, not to mention his naieve wish for nucler disarmament which i find totally related to the Libs hatred of guns, just plain stupid. Every Lib that gets held up at gunpoint must wish they had a gun to defend themselves but they are so dumb they dont even want to defend themselves, they think they are better off dead i guess

And I know many Americans who would like a candidate like Pawlenty, Demint, or Coburn and not the sideshow distraction of Palin.

Same problem here in California. Chuck Devore is running for the US Senate against Carly Fiorina. The winner gets to face Barbara Boxer. The problem is that Fiornia is being supported by the RNC. As CEO of Hewlett/Packard, Fiorina was instrumental in the eliination of 26,000 blue collar jobs before the company fired her. Devore on the other hand has a outstanding voting record in the Califrnia Assembly and a 100% rating from the NRA. The question is how do we inform the public?

If Sarah'cuda wants to be President, I have no doubt she'll find a way to make it happen. We need a president with her head screwed on straight and who operates from common sense, rather than ideology.

She has my vote!

Do you realize your entire comment is a contradiction in total?

Newt Gingrich? The man sucked up to Pope Pelosi's Climate change fraud then had the audacity to support Scuzzafatzo in NY23.

Further-Ronald Reagan brought about 'Neo-Conservative' when he fought against the "Evil Empire"

And Huckabee? He is the Republican Jimmy Carter only with he is a Statist Fat Policer.

I swear Ron Paul!!!! screwed Conservatism with his whinny insanity-I am thankful he is too old to run in 2012

Feminists hate Women; which is why Feminists are dreadfully misogynistic towards Gov Palin.

Oba Mao's economic Gordian knot will strangle so many Americans to death that I guarantee the surviving Americans will be begging for Gov Palin to slash the Gordian knot strangulating their Liberty.

The only people who find Tina Fey to be a -brilliant comedienne' are the same useless idiots who have their collective head shoved up Jon Stewart's anal cavity; not saying much when it comes from the dregs of sewerville.

She's "dumb" because she's uninformed. She's probably intelligent enough, she just doesn't know about much.

Check out Col. Allen west and Pawlenty. There are "lesser lights" out there who could be dark horses (like Obama was).

Sarah would be a great choice, with Ron Paul even. Only if they have the guts to take on the power behind the throne!!! Drop the FED, make our own currency that we control, instead of a private company that ships trillions of our money under the table to foreign lands. Abolish interest rates, why do we have to be a debt consuming country like the IMF wants the whole world to be for their gain. With the trillions of dollars being thrown around, the government could have loaned it all to American small and big businesses at no interest to restart the economy. Stop banks from loaning money they don't have…$1000 in the bank…loaning out $9000 in loans only causes more debt and interest that comes from thin air…( the morgans and rockafellers are rolling over in their graves with that).

I think that from now on, the Republican party ( if they know what's good for them!) will start to fight dirty just like the democrats!! We the people, know how to sling a lot of mud also!! Bring it on!!!

Interesting comments there,well thought out.
AndI NEVER heard any of those before.
Well except for every other post about Palin.

WITH ALL THIS IN MIND, IF WE HAD SOME HONEST PEOPLE IN WASHINGTON INPLIMENTING THIS AND CONTROLING OUR CURRENCY, THE DOLLAR MAY GET BACK SOME OF THE 90% IT HAS LOST OVER THE LAST CENTURY THANKS TO THE GREEDY BANKERS AND FOREIGN INTERESTS. KEEP OUR SOVERNTY, BRING US BACK ON TOP!! A PRODUCTION NATION NOT A CONSUMING NATION…
IF THIS IS WHAT MRS. PALIN AND MR. PAUL CAN BRING TO THE TABLE (WITH OR WITHOUT THE REPUBLICAN PARTY) THEN I WOULD BACK THEM 100000000000%…NUF SAID

Word of mouth…put out flyers on car windows…ANY WAY you can think of!!!

She is the most Ronald Reagan like persona since Reagan. The liberals – democrats – progressives hated Reagan because he was correct on so many issues including how-to and accomplishing the defeat of the Soviet Union.

Obozo is running the country…right into the ground, so that he can rebuild it from the ground up into his socialist Marxist utopia where he can "rule."

I believe it is mainly because she is ProLife that they hate her. They cannot understand that a strong woman like her could possibly believe that a special needs child is worth her time. That is what really gets stuck in their craw…

They fear the possibility of Roe v Wade being reversed, which I honestly do not believe would, could, but should happen.

I would love to see Hillary beat O and face Palin in the debates.Hillary can say I voted against republican HC reforms like interstate competition.With some Rs to stop them from making HC cheeper(republicans did try to reform HC).I voted against new regulations of fred,fran,& the banks.With all my party and a few Rs 3 times. Palin could say.I saved billions in good times for tough times like now.I made my states taxes Americas lowest.I helped reduce fed earmarks by 85%.I reduced med backlogs by 83%.I negotiated a huge private sector cng pipeline deal.AK is now 25% on renewable energy sources.I cut hundreds of millions in wasteful spending.I reduced my states budgets by 400 million & 900 million the 2nd year.I gave every man woman and child in my state an extra $1200,as well as more $ for the oil my state owns from big oil.I set hundreds of millions aside for weatherization,home heating oil rebates & energy projects.I made energy officials deal in public on camera with big oil to stop corruption.I helped pass my states strictest ethics laws ever.She could also ask Hillary:Nice clothes did you camp buy them 4 you?

Everyone makes mistakes in 08 way too many made the same mistake at least you are brave enough to admit the error. now is the time to stand up and try to educate others to lead them from the darkness into the light. I voted for Palin by pulling the lever for mccain in 08 I dont know if she will be right for 2012 only time will tell but right now she is the brightest star in the conservative lineup.

It was said by Tina Fey during her impersonation of Sarah on SNL.

Religious fundamentalist my ass you fkng liar. Keep hatin, keep lyin, stay classy.

If Sarah Palin runs, and I hope she will, she has my vote! She is the only honest politician to run for President in the last 25-30 years. Obama has proven himself to be just another cheap, corrupt, lying Liberal politician and is practicing the same old dirty politics. It is disgusting! The "establishment" prospective candidates like Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Newt Gingrich and, heaven forbid, Mike Huckabee, are more of the same. I want a whole new attitude and perspective and a person who will put the nation, our Constitution and the people of this country at the center of his/her decision making. That means smaller government, less spending, more deficit reduction, a REAL effort to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, and a complete overhaul of our education system which would mean kicking out the corrupt teacher's union and getting back to the basics. I am fed up with political correctness, the efforts to destroy our Christian heritage and the coddling of extremist religions like Islam!
We need more discipline in the schools and we need to be teaching the HISTORY of our nation, instead of homosexual practices in grammar schools.

as long as he realizes that to institute a similar plan at the national level is wrong.

And we would believe him based on …….Past performance?

When this country needs one most, it doesn't deserve a Sarah Palin. We'll get what we ask for next cycle, just like we did this last round. BO and co. have lost their momentum, but all the nasty is still there. There's work to be done in the now, for all of us, and for Palin. 3 years out…. we'll see how people are feeling.

Just a question after reading to this point.
Liz Cheney for president????????????
I guess the libs are trying to help us out you know like……… McCain.

Just wait until Obunghole enacts Sharia Law. You'll get your wish. There will be no more interest, or usury. Of course, your children will have to pray in school on rugs, your women will have to wear burkas, and you will have to eat with your right hand…………

I'm still in a wait and see attitude with Sarah Palin. I liked her initial energy and still think she is a capable woman. I'm more concerned with who her advisors are/will be and what solutions she has. To quote Newt Gingrich from MTP today, "You can't win a the 'No' Party, you have the be the 'Alternative Party'" and I want to see her alternatives. I can see myself supporting her, but I want to see who she turns to for advice and counsel before I do. If you don't think that's important, see "Obama, Barack; the Chicago Years".

She is the hottest white girl on two feet.

Is the 29 part of your nic you IQ, victoria?

Sarah Palin is THE most viable GOP presidential candidate the GOP has had in many decades.

Everything you preceive as a detriment is a virtue and then some.

She isn't "ignorant" at all, but apparently YOU sure are ! Why on earth do you want her to become a Senator? Senators make LOUSY presidents and in the past 50 years, every single Senator who has run for president, has lost, with the exception of JFK and Obama, both of who are miserable presidents!

Bachman ( who has baggage ) isn't up to the task of being president; though Liz Cheney is. But Liz hasn't ever run for any elected office and who knows how she would handle the filth that would surely be thrown at her?

And as far as "quitter" is concerned, you've swallowed the lefty/elitist codswallop and just regurgitating it all.

1.What wasn't brought up in the election was that before the MSM got involved she had a 93%!!! approval rating in Alaska.
2.She defeated the incumbent Murkowski, and put several of his cronies in jail including his chief of staff.
3.She stopped the business as usual with Exxon and forced them to started drilling on lease that they were just sitting on since 1977, that holds $55 billion worth of reserves, and made the people of the State of Alaska bigger partners in the deal.
4.In Alaska there is no income tax. In fact the state sends them a check every year from the oil income.
5.She sold the state jet, fired the private chef for the governor's mansion and got rid of her security detail.
6.By the way the MSM wrote glowing stories about Palin when she threw Murkowski, the sitting Republican out of office.
7.She won election by a landslide.

Pawlenty would be a lousy candidate and a loser.

Bachman has some downsides to her; her paling up with Ron Paul, for one.

Right you are; you nailed it on one; Sage!

As opposed to anyone who comes quickly to mind I will take the moose hunter. If we must speak of experience then first we must remove the current dirtbag. She has some he had and still has none.

yeti……you're an idiot and a political naif, who doesn';t understand a damned thing about what and what would not hand Obama another 4 years.

Though I've always liked and respected Haley Barbour, he is too old, too white, and too Southern, to get elected.

NEWTIE? ?ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR TEENSY MIND?

Gingrich is all talk, still has his Clinton kneepads strapped on, also Pelsoi ones, is a greenie weenie, backed Scuzzyfuzzy ( UNLIKE PALIN ! ), and was a flop once he gained power. He is the butt of sick jokes and far more unelectable than even McCain was. Baggage? You wanna talk about BAGGAGE? Newt has more baggage then 1,00s of other GOPers all put together!

Her facebook exploded. She is still getting 2 or 3 thousand new fans each day. He following is on fire!!

Anybody below the Mason Dixon gets this one. And, leave it to Cowboy to terse his words with such eloquency.

Look at the baggage Obama brought…rev Wright, Ayers, lack of experience in anything, never taking a stand and voting present, no real birth certificate, no college grades..etc. Her troops are assembling as we speak.

Gov. Palin is a great possibility for the GOP in 2012. However, she'll have to earn her stripes by continuing to work issues, the politics, and converting stubborn potential idiots like Matt Patterson. However, at least Mr. Patterson seems willing to sublimnate his hatred of a capable and knowledgeable woman like Gov. Palin, so perhaps he might be redeemable after all.

The other women Patterson mentioned are also great possibilities, along with some GOP representatives and some other governors. However, the goal had to be to attract enough conservative voters to throw out Obama in 2012.

The overall enthusiasm for Sarah in this thread is the only uplifting thing I have read all day. Except I did laugh when I read that Napolitano said *the system worked*, in regard to the failed 253 bombing.

Conservatives AND THE GOP should follow a golden rule: if the government-run media and liberals HATE the candidate, then THAT IS THE ONE THEY SHOULD PICK. Conversely, if the caviar left and talking heads on MSNBC love the candidate, (like McCain, Newt, and other RINOS) he/she is doomed to fail (which is precisely why they loath genial Sarah Palin). She's got more courage, charisma and commun sense than the entire Congress combined!

Forbes couldn't win a primary and I doubt he'll ever run for anything, ever again.

Perot? THE BLOODY IDIOT, ROSS PEROT ? Saying that, alone, tells everyone what an absolute moron you are!

Peter Schiff? Good lord………………………………………………..

Do you have any working brain cells?

I prefer Gov. Bobby Jindal.. He's about 20x smarter than Palin and much more articulate. He knows how to articulate conservatism. Palin hardly makes any sense when she talks. But, whatever.

Jindal/Petraeus 2012

John – thanks for your reply to Victoria. You are 100% correct. Palin did the right and honorable thing for her state. Why people don't see that is beyond me.

She said that Russia can bed seen from Alaska; not from her house, not that SHE could see it.

And guess what?

RUSSIA CAN BE SEEN FROM ALASKA, WHICH IS ONE REASON WHY WE HAD ARMY AND ARMY AIR CORE FORCES STATIONED IN ALASKA, DURING WW II.

Jack – you are so right – Obama has absolutely no experience, intellect or expertise to be president. He's a puppet with a teleprompter. Which begs the question — who is really pulling the strings? Soros, Rham, Valerie Jarrett??????

The lady is a blatant fucking retard, I wouldn't care if Christ himself anointed her. She couldn't run an ice-cream stand into the ground. Get someone semi-intelligent or you'll be stuck with your current crop for another four years, heed that warning.

I Love Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!! She is the real deal. Obama spoke of change and open door policies, but Palin spoke of and implemented them when she was first a mayor and then the Governor.

She is genuine, honest and sincere. She Understands we need to be both strong and compassionate as a Country. And most importantly she understands that politicians are suppose to be working for the interest of the people and not their own. She would have never (NEVER EVER) voted for a bill and then exclude herself from having to follow it, which is exactly what all the politicians that vote for the health bill are doing. They want it for you but it isn't good enough for their families so they exempted themselves from it.

SARAH 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sarah Palin is the first authentic politician since Ronald Reagan. What a breath of fresh air she is, and was so lovely and gracious at her book signings.

There are two things the MSM underestimates (fears?)…the strength of tea parties and the strength of the Palinistas. To get rid of them, the are dismissing the tea parties and just dissing Palin.

AMEN!!

I'm a fan of Sarah but unlike other times in our history we're in a difficult situation were strong leadership is needed. I have a feeling "the people" are going to look to a strong conservative leader with some tenure. I'd love to see in the race but at this point in our history we need someone like Newt.

Where did Reagan go to college? It was his down-to-earth common sense that made him great. Sarah Palin has that same outlook. Reagan straightened out the Carter mess, I can only hope the OBAMA mess can be straightened. I am very pessimistic. Screw Harvard, Yale, and Princeton. (I confess I have a degree from Harvard, but like they said in the Pirates of Pinsance..".I overlook it").

The people who whine about Sarah Palin and say that she should not run for office, are the people who don't understand her integrity, or devotion to honesty. They will never understand the reason she gave up her seat of governorship. They will always call her a quitter, but she is no quitter and her supporters know this, on many levels. I don't believe that Sarah Palin will run, in 2012. She said that she does not need to hold office, in order to serve her country and so far, she has proven it many times, in these short few months. She is an extremely, powerful force, in politics and will work from a position that does not draw fire upon her cherished, state of Alaska. Perhaps not in 2012, but she may seek office again, someday and if she does, there will be a support base, unlike any, that America has ever seen.

You are going to be very surprised at the influence the tea party movement is going to have in politics throughout the next 12 months, and going foward. It is far from just some " new weirdo fringe party". Perhaps you could enlighten me to your judgement. I have been involved from the beginning of it's formation and it grows stronger every day. Everyone and every entity that has desparaged this grass roots movement has been proven wrong.

The Presidential Debate between the two of them would be a hoot! He would resort to pretty, empty and useless rhetoric and begin by bragging on his, " solid A- record". Sarah would then slay him with common sense solutions to his policy disasters and then cock her fore-finger and thumb and just blow on it with a wink while adding, "And we will not lose our Freedom and Liberty in the process." OMG Let it come true.

I don't know what ball-less punks are diss'ing me with the negative ratings, but you people have no damn sense of humor whatsoever. Piss on you, ya damn fake conservatives.

What? Mitt Romney?? Are you out of your mind? 90% of the conservatives know that Mitt is a fence sitting leader and a flip-flopper. If Mit will be GOP nominee, then GOP will just give Obama the 2012 in a silver platter.

I love Sarah, but I was waiting for her book to see what was really behind that pretty face. Her book will convince any sincere and intelligent adult that Sarah is capable of running a government and accomplishing things, unlike Obama. Of course it will be necessary for her to surround herself with good advisers, but all of the other names mentioned in these comments will be available to her: Michelle Bachmann, Liz Cheney, Romney, Mike Pence, John Bolton, even Newt, and many many more. No one human can be president without good advisers, but the president must have the ability to take advice. Ours can't even listen to his protocol officers, or he would not be bowing to the Saudi king and the Japanese emperor.

Her character and her instincts are what we need. They were formed in Alaska, where life is still hard, and that is still the only way to develop real character. She's in it for us, not for herself. Note how very few commenters are wishy-washy about her — most of us love her and most of them hate her. The undecided that comment on here seem rather shallow. I suggest that they go read her book, or just go back to sleep.

And those who say "yes, but not 2012" don't seem to grasp the seriousness of the situation. If we do not correct things in 2012, we'll have a civil war or a secession by 2016. Or we'll all be rounded up.

At the beginning, i hated Palin for the inexperience in world matters, but the longer obama is in power i realize palin has the answer – listen to the citizens you represent and lead, not listen and wait for "world guidance". I hope she is the GOP candidate – it will truly scare the whole of government and make them think "how do i represent the people", not "how do i cling to power". Good luck Sarah Palin!

Sarah rocks. Period! Now whether she will be the next Repub nomination is still way to early to tell. She has to prove herself like any other hopeful. I think we will all be paying close attention to the next 2 cycles of elections. But for me, I would not bet against her in 2012~

I never doubted Palin. The only question I had was what are her intentions.

When Palin was first announced as McCain's running mate I looked around the net for negative or positive info, within the first several hours. It was random stuff, generally all positive. It was clear though that Palin was a hard working achiever of good intelligence. How many times has PopMedia highlighted the fact that Palin was a voracious consumer of newspapers from an early age? I bet most only know that she stumbled over an answer to Lady Couric's question; 'What do you read?'

PopMedia did their job on her re: its duty to Barack Hussein Obama (the guy with the middle name that can't be mentioned until He mentions it, and never mentioned again, till He mentions it again…and of course only in the Obama-designated context).

The hard core Left and their subservient media will never allow her the respect they routinely pay to guys that drive ladies of bridges, lie on camera to the nation while wagging a finger at us, or stick $100,000 bribes in the freezer. Palin is hated for something no more complicated than holding conservative views and being successful at it re: her growing support from the average working Americans.

The Andrew Sulivans of the world, including some who may be citizens, know what a threat she is to their demands….you know the demands: Live as we say. Be afraid when we scare you. Accept our rule, and do it in quiet…or meet us 'halfway' as we're running farther to the Left. Palin does none of that, which is why she currently has the passion of conservatism on her side at the moment.

I'm not sure if she is gearing up for 2012 or 2016…she's young enough that the later is more likely. That would give her quite some time to prepare.

OTH, no one else looks viable for 2012. Neither Huckabee or Romney is viable at this point. Nor would I vote for Gingrich (who is very much a part of the problem in Washington these days). Palin is…after all, an "anti-status quo" pol of the 1st rate.

We'll just have to see who else emerges…

Just look at the volume of comments on this site re Sarah. Tony Robbins says it takes VAK to get elected. Visual, she's got that covered. Auditory, "you betcha"! Kinesthetic, the crowds anywhere she appears says it all. I think she's timing everything just perfectly. Imagine a conservative Congress (hopefully the Repubs come around to Tea Party thinking and the Tea Party Dems join in.) Wouldn't it be wonderful!

Money. Send $9.12 to him (or $91.20, or $912). Get everyone you can to do the same. Raise money like there is no tomorrow. Remember, the Fringe Media would like nothing more than to see Fiorina go down in flames, and an opponent raising money by the bucketful will get their attention.

Your right on target….. and your list can go on and on.

All a Knowledgeable person has to do is STUDY Obama's writings, but Really listen to his EXact words in delivering speeches. ( I knew who he was by seeing footage of his speeches, but MSM didn't show none of this when he was running for POTUS, but I searched the Internet for video).

You can hear it over and over. I don't UNDERSTAND why Americans don't get it. Obama's KEY words are…repeat ARE…..

WE ARE JUST DAYS FROM ——-"TRANSFORMING AMERICA"

Anyone in business knows, just as Obama said, Quote–"Judge me by the people I associate with" (I can't find the exact video snipit now , but its out there. ) I have been in many Businesses, and you can SEE the Thieving, Lying EXecutives a mile away.

Obama has associated himself from college on, with the SCUM of the Earth.

In various video footage, Obama is relaxed and in his realm when he speaks to community organizing followers (Acorn, SEIU) without a teleprompter, but he MIS-steps as president many times without his teleprompter, telling me he can't "ACT" the part as president very well. HE IS THE BIGGEST CON-MAN to make it to the White House.

You were right…WE were Duped, but for the last 50 years, Duped by both Parties. The parties are Killing America, with getting in bed with the FED and Corp. America.

See you at the bread line, if we don't make it to 2012

Reagan was a graduate of a little school in Illinois, I forget where. I'd have to google it.

Congratulations on the Harvard education! I guess my point is I'm interested in results. Haven't neccessarily seen good return for our trust in electing these 'leaders' from elite colleges.

Obama is getting a HUGE pass from virtually everybody and part of that is his bi-racial background and I think the other factor is his "elite" Harvard sheepskin.

I agree, we need some "football school" common sense elected to the oval office.

I'm a plain ol' state schooler, believe me, I understand the value of the Ivy League education, just not the OVER valuing of it.

"The fact that Sarah's been so highly successful in life -while ignoring the confrontational victimhood of the left-wing feminist movement- explains the extra dose of venom in these attacks… her achievement turns their whole world on it's head, and she does it with a smile."

Nice post. Agree.

The Gipper himself turned withering criticism (the media believed he was a dunce and never tired of portraying him that way) aside with his smile and a warm sense of humor. She possesses both.

I agree with you about the the reasons for extra venom. I would add that the Left does not understand open sincerity. They always expect, even demand, an ulterior motive. For someone to be upfront and sincere politically is alien to them. I think it terrifies them. Thus the attacks.

Do you kiss your mother with that mouth, rgs?

The republicans definitely have to play it differently in 2010 and 2012. CALL THEM OUT! Tell the American people what you know. The thing that absolutely drove me nuts during the '08 campaign was watching John McCain stand there SILENT about Obama, his views, the policies he backed, the big business in his back pocket, etc. I mean, if you did a little research like some Americans did, we knew what Obama was all about but McCain almost acted scared to bring Obama's crap up. Like being PC is so much more important. I mean, c'mon, at the most, McCain would have been called a racist by Obama and crew! Stand up, call them out, clean it up!

Palin is HONEST, candid, transparent, and ethical something Obama and his Chicago Thug cronies know nothing about. She is very intelligent with EXECUTIVE experience something Hussein knows nothing about. I'll vote for her, contribute $$$, campaign for her, anything to get the Marxist, economic nightmare, Socialist agenda off the backs of tax payers.

Liz Cheny??????????????

Enough is enough……WE had enough of BUSHs, Clintons, or anyone in HIGH office in government.

WE need change, to get rid of the FED and Crooks in Washington.

REVOLUTION is COMING. The People are at the Brink ! YES, we need BLOOD SHED to WAKE the PEOPLE UP!!!!

Yes, it's early, but my vote is hers to lose, and I doubt she will lose it.

Hitler and the Nazis were socialist/progressives your blithering doorknob.

I'd just like to see her sell Nancy's Gulfstream and make her fly comercial

That's what I'm saying.
If you look back through these posts there were several mentions of Liz Cheney by libs, who think she would be a better pic than Palin.
Must be their new McCain they are so helpful.
Remember the straight talk express, he was a "maveric" The msm loved him.
Obuviously a new tactic.

Bobby Jindal may very well have split his pants with Mary Landrieu on the health care bill??
She has been screaming from the roof-tops that he gave her the wording for her "sale"
to Harry. Conservatives are not taking this lightly. He is also facing an unpleasant road ahead cutting the budget very deeply in LA……………so some are even saying he will step down and let Mary Landrieu's brother have the governor's job. LA=sick politics

Dennis, you are like any GOP fence sitting leaders who has no balls at all. Those GOP names you mentioned are no match to Obama. Only Palin can beat Obama

What more energy do you want as far as stopping those in power now? More sign waving? More union thug beat downs with no justice for the victims, only persecution? What more could we do. We've screamed to high heaven about this health care bill and what did we get for our trouble? Spit in our eye. We owe nothing but a resounding rejection at the polls from dog catcher on up from this point forward, that's all we owe.

Ronald Reagan was viewed much like Sarah Palin was and he turned out to be the greatest and most influential president of the 20th century.They said he was just a movie actor that would blow up the world. Palin is someone that had achieved the top level politically without being the son or daughter of a rich well known politician.She had become governor on her own and she beat some very formidable candidates.Anyone that can do that,and do it all by themselves with no money,they possess leadership skills that this country desperately needs right now. She took on the oil companies and made them give money back to the people.
Mister Obama gave the oil companies a nice 100 bil dollar tax break.Just what they need eh? Anyway,I trust Sarah Palin to rule with her conscience and so what is right,not what the wall street and government dictators want.

Is she the best nominee to get these socialist out of power? I think she is great, but we are doomed if we don't gain control. I pray we don't splinter and let an emotionally charged debate over Sarah Palin break up our vote and cost us the election. Obama will have Acorn, and whoever else he can buy, stuffing the ballot boxes. This is war and our country is about to go down. As President Bush would say, "strategery" is very important! Boy, I sure miss the "good ol' days" when we didn't think our president was a radical, leftist traitor. Looking back now, those days seemed sweeet…

And what are you by a statement like that?

You would do well not to pollute also, I suggest recycling your keyboard first.

Sarah Palin has the guts to mix it up with the hard left. and she can do it with a smile on here face. She has pure energy when she talks. She is gaining momentum every time she speaks and signs a book. The others are milk toast nice guys like Pawlenty and Romney. Mike Huckabee is out with the shootings in Washington. The women are saying what the men in the Republican party won't say. Maybe match Machele Bachmann as her VP ticket in 2012
Unless We play hard ball with the left we will have four more years of Obama. Check out my blog at http://www.suckitupcrybaby.com

"Don't bring a knife to a gun fight"
If the lefties on here are their best it's gonna be fun.

I grew up in a small farming community, and have lived in 15 states, travel abroad.

You are the many Brainwashed IDIOTS that came out of our current Liberal Education system.

I feel sorry for you, because COMMON sense will Rule over Evil.

And another thing.
If the country is changing why is that a good thing?
Is it change for the better? History will be the judge of that.
When you are starving in your townhouse because of all of the change,
You better stay out of the inbred rural white communities.

And she knows what guns are…and especially what they are NOT…

I LOVE Sarah Palin!. I think she's this country's Margaret Thatcher. The left can't fight her in the arena of ideals. Just like the sexist communist scum they are, their responses to her are always to sexualize her (ie Newsweek cover). I have a feeling this woman will be our next elected president. Too bad you can't hold elections after impeachment…oh well…only 3 more years until Pres. Palin gets elected.

Exactly…

A demonstrative of working the system to get something you haven't earned yourself…sounds like the current Congress, n'est pas…?

Yes, he didn't pardon the murderer, but his signed name did get a sociopath out into the wind…and four true servants of the people, working on the mounds of paperwork the lawyers demand nowadays, DIED…

Mike needs to own it, painful as it is…

Oh, Canada, your home and native land…

Go fix Quebec, eh?

Its people like YOU who should be sent to live with the Taliban, a savage creature on earth with no Resourceful Purpose for the Common Good of Society.

I hope you rot in hell.

"I have in the past been a skeptic of Sarah Palin…"

I am sorry, but OF ALL THE COLUMNISTS who post about Palin, I am MOST FED UP with the CONSERVATIVE skeptics. Clearly, the liberals of the press are and were smart enough to know how much of a "threat" she was and is– that it took them all of two minutes to seek to destroy her any way they can. Conservatives, saw it more convenient to see Palin through Katie Couric's editing team's lenses rather than take the time to investigate Palin and her experience for THEMSELVES. Would it have been THAT hard to do some research on Palin? Find old footage of her perhaps? How well she did in the gubernatorial debates a few years back? How she took on powerful Oil execs? Was it too hard to do actual research on the state of ALASKA and its unique issues that are rapidly becoming relevant to our economic security with regard to energy and natural resources? No. Nobody saw this as anything noteworthy and continued on ignorance as if Alaska was just a piece of irrelevant tundra.

Well, if you think instituting abject failures is perfectly fine…because MassCare is all that AND the bag of chips…

Get third payers out of distorting the system, and you'll be surprised how prices will come down…the 80/20 % system worked great for YEARS… and a Medical Savings Account works even better…which is why Obamination Care is after its destruction…can't have you considering carefully your health choices…besides, how can the government tell you how to live if you can tell them to go hump in the lake…

Nothing but stooges here, national politics is a very very dirty game, Palin is not dirty, that bodes ill for her on one hand and well on another hand. If she puts herself on the line again she's gonna need all the help she can get.

I agree QDP, I understood conservative skepticism before, now it's just getting irritating. I have a lot of doubts, but those doubts have to do with the electorate more than anything.

I would never support Newt as president, he is a republican politican. I would not vote for this lier. Why would the tea-partiers ever what those two Barbour or Gintrich as their leaders?

Maybe Palin could offer Hillary a cabinet position.

He just said "I can see Russia" comment…made no reference to 'her house'……:)

The left being galvanized and slobbering over Palin has done nothing but reveal them for what they are. The quitter line is patently untrue, she did the right thing, she met her responsibility by stepping aside.

she never said it , schmuck

It's amazing that these hired forum trolls can even put a group of words together, not only to sound relevant, but also attempt to make any kind of sense. Each line is as if it were hunt-and-pecked by a deranged 25-year-old McDonald's employee who dropped out of school years and years before. He wonders why he is still cleaning the toilets.

Honestly, after watching her govern as an executive in Alaska, she is far closer to Ron Paul than she is to John McCain. I think RP people would find her a pleasant surprise. Still it's one thing to tackle an entrenched system in a state like Alaska with a small population. The larger machine, the national machine, that's going to take a bit of work. Your right she'd be smart to extend a hand to RP supporters. There is a strong populist and libertarian streak to her world view and it's borne out in her record.

replace Nappi wit a West Pointer

Serge you are real stupid, this will be the first and last black president this country will ever have, and thank god for that, next it will be a white, then a women, then a mexican,

right,,,a kitchen cabinet

Bush gave us 9-11, the Patriot Act and the Iraq War, while Obama sold us out to the bankers and is getting ready to institute global government using the "climate" and "health" as steppingstones. Both are total lying warmongers.

Judging from the comments on here in support of Palin, there really is no hope for America. Once again, the lemmings are rushing over the cliff to get suckered in One More Time by a sociopathic politician whore.

I hope to God this isn't the majority represented here and that more and more people are waking up to support true Patriots who don't lie and who don't brag about how much they love war and hunting. Decent people like Ron Paul, Adam Kokesh, Gary Johnson, Rand Paul, Joe Kennedy, Jesse Ventura — all up for Congress or the Senate or potential presidential bids.

Ah, mention the name Sarah Palin and the trolls attack like rabid wolves on a wounded animal. Actually surprised this thread hasn't been over-run with them already. What's the matter rgs, nothing interesting going on at the Kos Kids and Huff 'n Puff sites tonight?

Yes she is but the man we conservatives should be trying to enlist to run in 2012 is General David Patreaus.
Is their a more principled admired educated and successful leader in America right not. Just let the leftist MSM try to trash and crucify him and you will see 60 -70% of Americans run to the polls to vote Republican!

Wow, spoken like a true DKos sock puppet. You can go back and tell Markos you didn't score any points this time.

I Love Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!! She is the real deal. Obama spoke of change and open door policies, but Palin spoke of and implemented them when she was first a mayor and then the Governor.

She is genuine, honest and sincere. She Understands we need to be both strong and compassionate as a Country. And most importantly she understands that politicians are suppose to be working for the interest of the people and not their own. She would have never (NEVER EVER) voted for a bill and then exclude herself from having to follow it, which is exactly what all the politicians that vote for the health bill are doing. They want it for you but it isn't good enough for their families so they exempted themselves from it.

SARAH 2012!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ditto Cthrag Sardius. As I said in another posting: Sarah Plain acquired more executive experience during her tenure as mayor of Wasilla than dumBO ears did during his whole time voting present or "community organizing."

Sarah will bring sanity and common sense back to American politics. That's what the majority of the entrenched politicians are afraid of in Washington, D.C. They're afraid to lose their power, scams and entitlements they've given themselves for decades. Bringing honesty and integrity, in serving the people, is what these spoiled, Botox faced, Friends of Angelo, Fannie Mae lover having politicians are fearful and scared of. Enough is enough…Let's vote the current trash/bums out and start electing politicians with the ethics and values of Ms. Palin!!!

To call Sarah Palin a quitter is simplistic. It was a common sense move from a shrewd leader. If she stayed they would have continued to launch fallacious ethics violations at her. The liberals put a bull’s eye on her. She sacrificed for her state. She knew she would take fire for it but she did it anyway. It gives, as her father says, a chance “to reload.” Someone who has stood up to the crooks in her own party and took the arrows like a woman is excellent presidential timber in my book. She is just what this country needs right now. I am a man and not that really matters but I would feel grateful if she were Madam President.
P.S. You’re right on with Bachmann and Cheney they both are tough, pragmatic, intelligent people with the right vision for this country.

I never said that the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT is a political party; you need to reread my post.

What I did say, is that fringe parties always LOSE elections for the side that votes for them. Ergo, some new weirdo fringe party, calling itself the Tea Party Party, or some such, ensures an Obama re-election.

A candidate in Florida, has already registered a new party, using Tea Party, which he is running under. The thing is, he has absolutely NOTHING at all to do with the Tea Party Movement and is, IIRC, a Dem; a Dem who isn't even distancing himself from Obama nor the rest of the Dems.

I have never, not on ,line, nor in life, "desparaged" ( SIC )* the Tea Party Movement, nor Tea Partiers. What I have done/ am doing, is trying to educate you on politics and why even thinking about forming a fringe party is exactly what you do not want to do and why.

Perception is not reality.

Glad to see you're just another slave to teh Narrative!

Someone desperate to discredit Palin. All the other accusations haven't worked very well so now he's screeching "fascist" and hoping that'll stick.

Hm. Fascism usually involves government takeovers of entities like banks and corporations, though usually leaving some of the original staff in charge and allowing a little innovation. That sound familiar?

My grandfather always said "we need a farmer as our president, they really know how to stretch a buck".

They sure do! I've met some real pig guys before, but no one worse than some of the feminists in college. They are filled with pure hate.

The Correct formula is 3 Bourbon and 1/2 Valium.

Got to cut down on Medical cost, including prescription drugs.

should get the job done though

I like Michelle Bachman myself from what I've seen of her. (That and the obscene Barney Frank makes fun of her on occasion which means she's apparently intelligent and savvy. Everything Barney isn't and never will be.)

However… the Letterman thing needed to happen. The man was and still is a pig, pure and simple. I'm sick and tired of talking filth heads that think they have the right to say whatever they like without consequence. Even if Letterman meant her older daughter, he was DEAD wrong and needed to be called out on it.

The Levi thing…. well… OK the guy is a moron. I can't really say that's Palin's fault, though it does bring into question her daughter's choice in men. Er… boys…

Out of everyone currently in politics, I'm liking the fact that Palin is outside the norm. We've seen the norm with Bush and now Obama and that's not getting us anywhere. Or rather it is getting us somewhere and it's a place we don't want to go. I think the time for new blood in washington has come. Palin might be one of the solutions.

Perhaps Michelle Bachman but I'm afraid I really don't know much about her beyond the few interviews I've seen online. Barring her…. I can't think of one person! :-O

Oh goodness yes. I completely forgot about him. I would have much preferred him to McCain.

To be honest… given the treatment of Hillary… (whom I -don't- like in the least)… I'm beginning to think there's some sexism regarding the handling of some of these women.

I have no idea how they can. The idea of terminating my own child because I forgot to use a contraceptive (or some other frivolous reason) is horrific to me.

I think hes strong on economics and an effective communicator which allows him to smash thru liberal BS, beteer than anyone I've seen yet, no offense to Mrs. Palin. I think this is a very important skill to have these days. Sure he has some negatives as do all, but his strong points are what i think are called for nowadays

we do NOT need someone who has proven themselves on a national stage – this is not a play, or a concert – this country is starving for a plain spoken, naturally honest(the most important qualifier) true American that does not view country first as a slogan but as a responsibility. talk to people that know her – I have, she`s the real deal.

demint has the same problem all the other senators have – he got pissed off when it was fashionable and after it was obvious the country was going to run off all incumbents – the question I ask my reps and sens is – you are all over tv and media come election time, where are you now? why are you not standing up on tv stations all over the country and denouncing this admin. and legislation for what it is – socialist/ marxist power grab – why are you not rallying the people?this is no time to be civil or follow protocol – the country is being attacked with a pen, and not one politician(except Palin ) is calling it by name.

The left cannot recognize a groundswell. To their thinking a groundswell is busing in people to rant and wave signs instead of people coming together on their own to make a statement.

LOL You would think they could wander into a Bath and Body Works shop at some point, now wouldn't you? )

Flyover, I have said this before on here band other sites as well. IMO Sarah should be placed in as the head of the RNC till 2016 to consolidate and energize the base THEN run! Of course its just my two cents, but think of how many people she could reach with a REAL conservative message!

Sarah Palin and Lt. Col. Alan West as a running mates would be a dynamic ticket.

Instead of Ron Paul, what about his son?

Its ok rgs… make a new foil hat and keep listening to Olberman… As for me I will make up my mind based on facts.

What a sad little man you must be Rosco… You really should try to look outside of whatever inner city world you live in and SEE that rural America is NOT white. It is fully integrated and happy to be that way. Rural America is all colors and all kinds. Hate is not our byword and guns are not the answer to us, just a means of protection from tyranny and thieves when we are not putting a little venison in the freezer!

Five blocks? I didn't know you were an Alaskan CS! I have a cousin who is a retired teacher from Alaska. As far as your post, I heartily agree. Anyone who is not simply a lazy jackass can do a little checking and SEE that Palin has integrity and a backbone. I also find that the people who call her a "retard" are really saying that as a swipe at her child.

Just so long as it's not a peanut farmer. The last time we had one of those it didn't work out so well.

Pawlenty is a piece of shit. His stance on cap and trade in 07 then 09:
Back in 2007, Pawlenty was positioning himself as an environmental leader, pushing for aggressive reductions in greenhouse gases and a regional cap-and-trade plan.

Fast-forward to 2009, and he's writing letters to Washington calling a Democratic plan to curb climate change "overly bureaucratic, misguided" and "very burdensome on our economy."

If perhaps he said in 07 what he said in 09, he might have interested me.
This is the article: http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statement...

A seat in Congress would make Mrs Palin a less attractive candidate, adding no value at all to her resume, given the reputation those narcissists have – and no doubt need – to be successful in the House or Senate. An executive such as a governor is always preferable to a professional horse-trader for President. Except for Jimmah Carter, of course.
As for the baggage, most of it is media invention or exaggeration. How much of the Apologist-in-chief's baggage has been hidden or minimized by the lefty-biased media? This is becoming increasingly obvious to independents and previously unconvinced GOP voters. Kudos to Conan O'Brien for giving her the opportunity to give one of our celebrity betters a taste of his own medicine.

I do believe that Sarah Palin loves this country and will respect our constitution, but more importantly, DO "WE THE PEOPLE" respect, support and defend our constitution?

Money is power and we have given our money without thought of it's power, to our government, because we have trusted our government, to respect, support and defend our constitution. However, our legislators and leaders, have acted with the lowest and most selfish aspects, of human nature. Now, WE THE PEOPLE, must work, to correct the corruption and reclaim our personal rights, as set forth, in our constitution.

The constitution is only, as strong as the spirit of the people. We must rise, to the integrity of our founding fathers and reclaim our spiritual connection to our constitution, which is one of the most powerful, spiritual documents, ever written. Our constitution looses it's power, only, when we give it away. We must hold those who take the constitutional oath, responsible, to that oath.

I'll support Liz Cheney. Now that lady KNOWS her stuff. I don't call Palin a quitter. Not an issue for me. But substantively Liz Cheney is way above Sarah. Incredible, practical mind.

People are worried about her experience, grasp of the issues, etc. That did not stop obama from being elected. He had no experience to speak of and is an absolute novice at international politics (to our great detriment). No one really knew who he was, what his beliefs are. He voted "Present" the vast majority of the time while a state representative. A good job resume, experience, grasp of the issues no longer seems to mean anything.

But Sarah is extremely capable. People who bash her are scared to death by her. She is becoming the voice of The People. The Tea Party Nation. The People are coming….2010….2012….watch out for the fireworks.
We will kick the socialist out of office and restore the republic and the Constitution.

I would love to see Bachman/Palin running in 2012.

Go get 'em, Sarah….YOU SCARE THE HELL OUT OF THE LIBS…the libs have nothing but vitriol and invective…mere petulant children…Ooops, my bad….they do have obama, and they can keep him.

I keep reading this ridiculous statement she quit it will hurt her chances.You can toss that one out the window and please find something better.Everyone is now finding out the real reasons why.If Gov a state was costing you and that state millions, who wouldnt quit Gov that state?Only rich people who can afford lawyers should Gov states then right?So according to these people wearing a logo on her winter coat is unethical.Yet having 90,000 stuffed in your freezer is not.It is amazing she quits to stop the crap being tossed at her and her state and people just do not get it.She removed the target one gets for challenging the messiah from her states back.She removes their weapon of bankrupting her personally,and to these idiots she is a quitter.Her poll #s are rising,as more people find out the reasons she quit.Get used to that fact and get used to hearing alot more from the quitter.

I've said it before and I'll say it again, Sarah Palin is a freight train and she just now is starting to roll. Get off the track or get on the train here she comes.

Liz Cheney please list her accomplishments.Yes she co-authored Daddys book.Yes she was privilliged to be put through the finnest schools with daddys cash.Yes she now talks on fox like she is an expert on everything.However what has she done without her daddy?Being born with a silver spoon in your mouth qualifies her in your eyes, but not in mine.I like her ,however she lacks that record thing.Mind you so did the current POTUS.

Who's kidding who? You say, The Other candidates Governorships (Romney, Huckabee) will be scrutinized and INFER, Palin's will not! The Govt Health Care plan only gives Romney time to explain to America that the MA PLAN was for MA and NOT a National Plan.

I own a mid-sized business in MA. When Romney was Governor, My taxes went down and my employees premiums went down as well. Romney didn't stay long enough to tweak out any unforeseen problems. He vetoed the goodies that the MA legislature added LATER under Governor Patrick. The supposed problems with Romney's health care program in MA are attributable to the changes made by the new governor – who has bloated it, over-regulated it and applied it to illegals. The cost of Romney care is less than 1.3% of the States budget. Patrick has chosen not to make Health care a Priority. If he would, the 1.3%, would be even less. Ma fiscal problems are a result of Patrick. He spends money like a kid in a candy store. In addition, Romney has stated several times, that Individual states should determine health care policy for their own INDIVIDUAL states and that a NATIONAL PLAN should not be mandated by Washington. a study was done recently shows that MA RESIDENTS still like the system. It seems MA HEALTH CARES biggest critics, DON'T LIVE IN MA!

ROMNEY / DeMINT in 2012!

You mean the left isn't already galvanized?

Sarah Palin has the morals, values and standards we need to turn this country back to the intent of our founding fathers. She will apologize for nothin' and she won't piss off, um let's see, the police force, the CIA, the military, and even her own base support like Obummer has. The "drama" following her that Victoria speaks of is caused by a liberal machine desperate to crush her because they know she is a true Reagan conservative and has the knowledge, political savy and charisma it takes to boot them all out on their arses, which is exactly what America needs. I will whole-heartedly support Sarah Palin in a bid for the presidency along with a checkbook that is stomping, storting and blowing steam at the starting gate.

If there is anything we need in the White House and congress it is a GOOD house-cleaning! I think it is going to take a woman to do the job; women can see the dirt, men generally can't. As a matter of fact, it seems that few men in politics are able to extracate themselves from the dirt, letalone clean up the mess others have made. Maybe two women, like Michelle and Sarah. Maybe not til 2016, but I don't think this country will be recognizable if there are not drastic changes in 2010 and 2012. (Not the kind Obama believes in"). Changes that allign with the Constitution, with fiscal responsibility, with ending this "politically correct" crap that has neutered our ability to deal with our enemies, including terrorists and other "victims" appointed by the left. Changes that get us off this kick of how do we rip the American taxpayer for "new revenues" that we don't call taxes. See further comments.

It is no wonder Obama continues to lie about "transparency". If we really knew what was going on behind those "closed door meetings" there would likely be civil war. But I agree with the person that said, "let Sarah lead the Republican Party first. That is the first house-cleaning we need to address if we are not going to be splintered and lose. Avter cleaning house there in a year or two or three, she can hand it over to someone she knows will continue and run for office of her choice. And don't kid yourself, she is no quitter, she just knows which front is worth the battle! End of comment.

FYI Alaska is the only state whose constitution allows such frivolous lawsuits against the governor. The potus is also protected from same (see clinton's avoiding rape charges amongst others) he was impeached for lying to congress not for why he lied.

We want the left base energized. The more they open their mouthes, the more that regular people will recoil in horror at what they have to say. The lies about being moderate wont work again. Obama cant run as a moderate as he did this time. He must run as a radical leftist and that will doom him in a center-right country.

It's pretty clear to me after camping out on this thread. What we have hear is pretty much an echo chamber, we mostly all fawn over Palin. That's fine, we know we mostly like her. What I noticed was that the majority of those who like Palin are stating a variety of reasons for it, where those who dismiss her are falling back on boilerplate material, talking points, old untruths and outright lies.

What's more interesting is searching for Palin on other sites, like dailypaul, kos, et al. They are most certainly in their very own echo chamber, in which the same circumstances exist. They all agree they hate her guts with a white hot burning passion but they can't say anything sensible as to why they feel that way. When they try they come up with dirty names like "creationists" or "quitter" and they regurgitate tired lies, or impugn her family, etc etc.

Palin haters rely nearly utterly on ad hominem lines of attack, the truth is that there isn't much to throw at Palin, it's all been done to death. None of those things are Palin. She's not a hardcore right wing zealot like so many consider her.

" I never said that the TEA PARTY MOVEMENT is a political party; you need to reread my post. . . .
I have never, not on ,line, nor in life, "desparaged" ( SIC )* the Tea Party Movement, nor Tea Partiers . . .
Ergo, some new weirdo fringe party, calling itself the Tea Party Party, or some such "

Gee, you seem to be arguing with yourself here. Forgive me for misunderstanding your circular reasoning.

I'm hardly "arguing with myself" nor was my post "circular" in any way.

I suggest that you get some help for your extreme lack of reading comprehension skills.

Should Sarah Palin run for President in 2012 ………..I will gladly work as a campaign volunteer in my local office!!!! Never in my adult life have I considered such a thing but she has brought out something in me that continues to make me proud to be a working American mother!!!

…and think, if she had stayed in office, and allowed herself to be driven personally bankrupt, the question would then be raised that she wasn't smart enough to know when to quit…

I love Sarah, I just know how the left and the media won't let up on the "stupid" jokes and comments. They'll beat it into everyone's mind that she's incompetent just like Ross Perot was "crazy". If we could avoid that from happening I think we got a great chance.

Down here we notice the same thing when we put too many mares in one pasture.

A previous commenter mentioned Debra Medina – a sort of Sarah Palin of Texas – running for Governor here. If any of y'all here live in Texas, I suggest you go and check her out!

http://www.MedinaforTexas.com

Anthony J. Reed

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"…Before anyone calls me anti-woman, first I am female,…" ***** It's well-known that females can be the worst "anti-woman" people of all ….especially if the target is an ATTRACTIVE woman or one who has achieved accomplishments on her own, without help of daddy or hubby, a la Hillary.

Saw a projection once about a Palin/Beck ticket. I don't really trust O'Reilly but he has a large viewership.

The Only Solution
Time is overdue to tell the socialist/fascist democrats and the spineless RINOs that we’ve had enough their deceptive deceit and corruption. Its time to stand up, find these career-politician tyrants in gross violation of their Constitutional Oaths and purge them from the halls of our government.

Eliminate the Washington DC snake-pit of entrenched appeasing, expedient, placating and crab-walking despots by voting these delusional, parasitic, megalomaniac realpolitiks out of government… they are not worthy to represent We, The People of this magnificent Country.

1) Start this process by requiring your State’s Elected Representatives to convene a Constitutional Convention for the sole purpose of modifying in pertinent part, Amendment XVII to read, “Representatives and Senators of the U.S. Congress, elected by the people thereof, for two years and six years respectively for a “maximum of two terms…”

2) Reject all career-politicians running for re-election. They have become corrupt and no longer fit for Leadership or Statesmanship. They are, in fact, a scourge upon the land.

RUN, SARAH, RUN!!!

I disagree with the idea she is a quitter. I believe it takes integrity to stop drawing a pay-check, when you have become crippled by the other party, and fight back. It is hard to believe people change tactics because of integrity, but that is what she has done. I do agree if she wants public office, the Presidency may be to much to bite off right now. Then again, she may win a populous vote. Because Obama and the rest of the democrats are truly ruining our nation, and a lot of people realize it that are brain-washed by the media.

Problem is Rosco, none of the things you just slammed Palin with stand up to the spoon test. She's far from ignorant, and ignorance is easily remedied, it's not a crime.

All the degrees in the world don't make a good executive head of state, look at DC today, all lawyers and MDs and all bullshit all day every day.

Palin leaving her governorship was honor, not disgrace, it was what needed to happen, I know you prefer an egotistical elitists but we don't, so cram it. Your getting no traction here with the crap you spew.

Ohhhh, I like that!! A perfect ticket!!

Are you kidding me?…Liz Cheney running on her father's coat tails….what has she done except be on Fox?……Politics as usual. She is not in Sarah's league. Give me a break people —

She was "highly respected" because her husband use to be president…nothing else.

Are you replying to my post, or someone else's?

If mine, I suggest that you reread it, because I clearly stated that Liz Cheney, having never run for any political office, might not be ready to handle a run for president. And I don't think that people who have no experience should go for the top, to begin with.

Debra already has my vote. She is exactly what we need. Perry & Hutchinson are old news and haven't done anything I can think of to shrink the state or federal government . They need to be replaced.

What has Perry done for the state of TX to reduce the size of the government or lower taxes? He raised the cigarette tax right after Obama did.. Debra Medina is the true candidate for Governor that I will be voting for. Perry is a wanna be POTUS but hasn't shown any "going rogue" actions his whole time in office. That would be a huge mistake for Palin.

Thank you for sharing your "mistake". Palin will do her best to clean out Washington by sharing their true colors, I hope..which will silence them. When people say she shouldn't run in 2012…. why wait for 4 more years after 2012 of tax and spending in Washington. That statement to me is absurd. I want the clean up to happen NOW not 7 years from now. Where will we be then?

458 posts! I don't need to add a thing!

Traditionalists, conservatives, and independents must make sure two things happen. First, we have to stick together and get out the vote in 2010 and reshape the Senate and the House! If we can take control of Congress, Obama will be a lame duck. Next, we have to nominate the team that can defeat the Obama. Palin paired with the right person just might work, but who? Dobbs? Jindal? Bachman?

I can play back the well worn attacks regarding her record in Alaska. I've seen her accused of trying to ban books, eliminate Darwinism, remove sex education… I've seen her tied to a Senators pork on this very site, I've seen her accused of adultery, accused of switching babies with her daughter, accused of disbelief in dinosaurs, etc etc.

Not one of those accusations and slate of others has ever been borne out by the facts. Even if you could tie a few pork chops around her neck from her days as mayor as one poster on this site has done before, it still doesn't make a dent.

The slanderous stuff gets way more play, people gobble that crap up. The thing about Alaska is that your fairly connected to other people, even in remote communities. Everyone knows most everyone by extension. It's a small population. If even one tenth of what I've heard people accuse her of was half way true they'd have roasted her to a crisp by now for sure.

Yes she lovely. etc. etc.

However; She is not POTUS material.
She is almost as empty a vessel, as was Obama.

We need a real President.

Sounds like the 4th Reich is about to rise! Scary folks in this country.

I like Palin, but still need more time to develop a clearer, more complete picture of her. I think she would be much better of a VP candidate this time around. AND, I am afraid you are dead-on right that the "quitter" thing, no matter for what reasons she stated for stepping down, is going to haunt her.

It's interesting you use the word "guessing". Exactly. Do you even know what she accomplished as Mayor, and then Governor? I thought not.

I remember in 2004 when a rookie Senator from Illinois gave a speech at the Dem convention in Boston. Look at him now. And he had no executive experience at all. Not even a lemon aide stand. Sara was a Mayor, a Governor and a business owner and most important, a very active mother while doing all of the above. Meanwhile the chosen one was listening to a hateful reverend, hanging out with admitted domestic terroists. Working for corrupt organizations: SEIU and ACORN.
So remember a lot can happen in 3 years.

Palin/Jindal 2012 or Palin/Bachman

I think Palin would best serve as the Chair of the RNC. She could make a greater contribution by championing the grassroots conservative base and tea party folks. I bet more people agree with her as a conservative than agree that she should be president.

How could she vote for TARP? Governers vote on fedgov laws?

I love Palin, she stands for the same things I do:
God, Guns, American Oil, No Illegal Immigration, Strong Defense, Less Government, Less Taxes, Less Abortion

Palin, Palin, she's our Maam
Throw obama in the garbage can….

From the kennedy nixon race when I was a kid…..

You know it is a holiday week when a Palin thread gets less than 1K comments. "When she abruptly resigned the governorship of Alaska on July 3rd, I wondered if she simply hadn’t the stomach for national politics. And the rambling, disjointed speech she gave that day left me wondering if she even knew why she was making such a momentous and potentially career-crippling decision." Nah…I'm not buying that and I totally disagree with that statement. I understood each word she said when she resigned, and understood why. She cares about the people she represents and she was willing to do what was best for them. She had something like 21 stupid ethics cases against her that the left filed for no good reason that was buring up her time, her state's dollars and her personal cash. She did what she had to do. Sarah is a patriot!

She quit for the benefit of the people of Alaska even though it was a probable career killer. Very selfless act and I think more people understand that than some here would believe. I too have been saying that she is not ready for the presidency. I have changed my mind after reading her book. She is one of those optimistic unstoppable people who care about the people and I began to think about how she went up against the Oil companies and didn’t flinch. We need an unstoppable person who goes after the right things for us and doesn’t let anyone tell her it can’t be done. She is neither Republican or Democrat but just an American. Republicans say they are against big government but are owned by big corrupt business. Democrats say they are against big business and are owned by those who hate what America has always stood for and want to take away all rights. Well she is against big government and big corrupt business and for all the citizens. Go Sarah

Why not? There were enough to elect a Chicago liar/wimp/socialist/hypocrite incompetent megalomaniac. And on a personal note, he can't choose staff worth a damn…

Ok, so let’s focus on 2010. We the people need to take the time to review the candidates running for office this term and remove those who are holding office now. The founders tried to establish a government that was ruled by a strong legislature. That way, no matter who was president or vice president, the power of government was always in the hands of the people. That is why you can impeach the president and not a congressman. The power of the people is inviolate. Whoever they choose is who holds office. It is why the house holds the purse strings and not any other entity.

The lot of you – both critics and supporters of Liz Cheney have all convincingly demonstrated you don't know ANYTHING about her – especially you , Quitter? – and you, too, Sarah Watcher. You guys are trolls, or more likely, frauds. You make specific "factual statements about her that ANYONE how actually followed American politcs would have known right off you are clueless.

Lyn Cheney is Dick Cheney's WIFE, you morons!!!! She has never held elective office, and I doubt she is interested. She has a very strong career in her own right as a conservative activist, writer, speaker, and much more, as any TRUE and INFORMED conservative would know.

DixieRose, Your points are well taken, and I can't portray myself as a deep political thinker… However, I saw a Gallup Poll yesterday which indicates Sarah doesn't have good numbers (yet) with, IIRC, the general public. I ascribe that to the MSM's continuing hatchet jobs on her, but the identification of the problem source doesn't solve the problem. IMO, she possesses a charisma that other possible candidates can't come close to; same with the quality of character she has shown. But her "image" needs to be improved. Maybe her Iowa book tour residuals can lead her to victory in the Iowa caucuses, and that will cause an incipient tsunami over the rest of the country, swamping the MSM and drowning their trash talk. I don't know… hope so because, as you point out, if the GOP, conservatives and independents don't unite – don't split their vote – then we will see another four years of this abomination.

Old Vet, like your nine points; would add one more.. abolish lobbyists

Bully for you! I think you are doing exactly the right thing. If it makes any difference, I went back to Texas A&M Corpus Christi for my Masters Degree in Mathematics at age 75.
Where are you going?

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Thank you. Political Science. I breath politics. Congrats on the Masters.

I just turned 50 so I have a few turns around the race track left!

You've got the attitude right, but plenty of these women know their way around Williams Sonoma and Sephora, as well as Feministing and Jezebel. Just a heads up.

I thought so too, 2016, but I thought Obama would do a lot better overall, I didn't expect the pitchforks to come out so early, hope it sticks.

Your major will be the most exciting vocation in the foreseeable future. Don't know the pay

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If there's anything left by then. ^.^

-I- don't even know my way around Williams Sonoma.

I used to encounter quite a few of them at university. I'm sure you know the type, ragged earthy look, constantly shouting about <insert wonky cause here>. (I'm positive those types can't possibly know or even spell Sephora.) I actually don't disagree with -everything- on their agenda but the vitriol they use is really what turns me off. (Well and the earthy look. That is definitely a NO GO.) To be honest, they strike me as depressed. Or perhaps depressed is the wrong word…. maybe… angry and frustrated? They sure didn't smile much.

Bah, I knew that would get flagged. Time for 1337 magic.

I know the type. I went to a women's college that boasted a newspaper for women with l3sbi4n pr0n, but get this – on the door of their office was a photo of br34sts with a caption that read something like "these are not s3ksual objects." I think they're confused and, instead of trying to think things through logically and work out a worldview that's consistent, they get frustrated and yell. And make signs. And neglect shaving their armpits. I don't understand the correlation among those decisions, but it is what it is.

God Bless Sarah Palin. She is an American first and a conservative second. I am no longer a Republican but will most likely vote for her or a viable third party candidate if the Republicans Party does the same stupid thing it did when they nominated Dole and McCain.

Unfortunately it is hard to kick anybody's butt when you are a freshman senator. You are low on every totem pole. She has a much bigger voice if she did nothing but post. However, I, for one, am going to do everything in my power to help her get elected to anything she runs for, hopefully the presidency.

I'm not sure of your point, but it did take three attempts for Mr Reagan to get the nomination. While we can all look back in hindsight at the obvious rightness of his accomplishments, no one can claim that he didn't have to fight anti-conservative prejudices all the way to achieve them. And he wasn't nearly as scrutinized upon that nomination or had his writing fact-checked with the effort and gusto the press is directing toward Sarah Palin.

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