Sarah Palin

Oghier · 2010-11-20T06:40:27.000Z

Tankero:

…she’s paying a top-flight of image and political consultants to tell her whether she should keep on employing said top-flight of image and political consultants…

This is a really good observation. Add the media’s obsession with ‘narrative’ over news, and you’ve pretty much explained her career.

madkevin · 2010-11-20T06:45:41.000Z

There’s no real way she’d secure the GOP nomination, is there? I wonder if she’d try to make a run at the Presidency as an independent. That would be a train-wreck of epic proportions.

Murbella · 2010-11-20T07:06:57.000Z

madkevin:

There’s no real way she’d secure the GOP nomination, is there? I wonder if she’d try to make a run at the Presidency as an independent. That would be a train-wreck of epic proportions.

It isn’t like nutjob tea party candidates could beat traditional republicans in primaries, right?

Pogo · 2010-11-20T11:37:22.000Z

And then half of them crash and burn in +10 point losses.

The best thing for this country in 2012 would be for Sarah Palin to be the republican primary for president.

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2010-11-20T12:26:26.000Z

Yeah, but only half. It really ought to be all of them crashing and burning. That any manage to get elected is disturbing.

Dejin · 2010-11-20T15:53:33.000Z

Barbara Bush on Palin.

I’ve always liked George HW Bush, but it was really sad watching him in that video. Hard to say if he was just really trying not to say anything bad about the Tea Party or if he’s just starting to lose it. I suppose he is 86 now, so perhaps some allowances should be made.

Spam · 2010-11-20T17:00:46.000Z

Pretty sure Obama is out in '12 at this point. I don’t know if the repub nominee will win, but based on recent events I don’t think Obama even gets the nomination.

Martin_Guerre · 2010-11-20T17:15:26.000Z

You want to make a bet on Obama not getting the nomination?

RepoMan · 2010-11-20T17:21:56.000Z

My spam filter isn’t working!

;-)

Gus_Smedstad1 · 2010-11-20T17:26:13.000Z

Yeah, that’s definitely spam. Dumbest political comment I’ve seen in a long time.

Brettmcd · 2010-11-20T18:25:09.000Z

Obama will certainly get the nomination, if he wins will depend in large part on the economy. If it hasnt improved by then he loses to pretty much anyone the repubs put against him. If its improved he has a decent chance at a second term. Its not much more complicated then that

Anyone who thinks he wont get nominated unless for some unknown reason he doesnt want it doesnt understand anything about politics.

WarrenM · 2010-11-20T18:26:47.000Z

Aside from any of that, the Dems don’t have anybody even CLOSE to Obama in … well, any terms, really. He’s the one.

Anders_Hallin · 2010-11-20T18:33:43.000Z

This is probably the most I’ll ever agree with Brettmcd.

Dave_Markell · 2010-11-20T18:41:11.000Z

Spam:

…based on recent events I don’t think Obama even gets the nomination.

Lol lol lol. Sitting Presidents always get the nomination if they want it.

Andrew · 2010-11-20T21:10:33.000Z

According to this page, there were a few instances of people challenging a sitting president (Buchanan, Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt), but none of them actually got the nomination. Though I believe the modern nomination process has only been around since the 70s.

Jeremy_Johnsen · 2010-11-20T21:19:23.000Z

Spam seems to be repeating the a Tea Partier meme that I’ve seen pop up recently which is Obama only wanted to stay in office long enough to destroy the country. Now that he’s set us on that path, his job is done and he can waste the taxpayers money on a 40 year vacation. Also he should do it for the good of the country because too many people and politicians hate for him to be able to govern effectively.

And yes, when people have said this it is always with a straight face.

corsair · 2010-11-20T22:31:39.000Z

Andrew:

According to this page, there were a few instances of people challenging a sitting president (Buchanan, Reagan, Teddy Roosevelt), but none of them actually got the nomination. Though I believe the modern nomination process has only been around since the 70s.

Sir Gene the Clean (Eugene McCarthy). Didn’t get the nomination, but knocked the sitting president out of the race. So from at least one standpoint, he was successful.

Jason_McCullough · 2010-11-21T00:38:37.000Z

Yeah, LBJ and Truman both “retired” rather than get a second term. Interestingly, both did about 6 years. LBJ’s approval ratings were around 40% when he gave up judging by this.

sleepconvention · 2010-11-21T02:16:07.000Z

Obviously you guys haven’t been paying attention to the news, otherwise you would know that up-and-coming North Dakotan Democrat state senator Snugglemuffin Wigglepants has been mulling a presidential run for 2012. He’s hinging his chances on his claim that his name is more exotic than “Barack Obama,” and he’s a serious contender according to the political analyst-slash-sports reporter at the local NBC affiliate.

Lorini · 2010-11-21T06:10:38.000Z

Palin might get the nomination only if she retains tight control over who is allowed to interview her. They will have to give her the questions in advance and tell her the order in which they’ll be asked. Naturally that means that she’ll only get interviewed on Faux, but that might be enough. This assumes that the majority of GOP voters don’t mind that she quit her last political job. Donald Duck could then beat her in an open election, but then she can cry victim again and go away happy.