Quick points on Palin
By JR Hoeft | Thursday, December 16th, 2010 | Politics“Criticism in the…media is to [Palin] is what blood is to a vampire: a life giving sustenance that ultimately may well destroy the source” (From Hadley Freeman; h/t Atlantic Wire)
Ouch.
Perhaps what hurts more is that “The Hill” released a head-to-head poll between Palin and Obama and he wins handily 55-33.
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Conservative to the core; liberal with his opinion! J.R. has been involved in politics for over a decade and has worked on several campaigns in Hampton Roads. He has served on the Executive Committee of the Republican Party of Chesapeake and the Central Committee of the Republican Party of Virginia. He is also the director of “Blogs United” in Virginia. E-mail J.R.. Follow J.R. on Twitter.
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8 Responses to "Quick points on Palin"
Palin is one of the most politically perceptive and courageous Republicans. In some ways she is Reaganesque. The problem is that Reagan was a successful two term governor of the most important state, not a half termer in an out of the way state. It also took Reagan years to overcome his negatives as an ex-actor, too conservative etc.
In addition, Obama is a neon light showing the problem of insufficient executive or political experience at a high level. By that I mean a top military general or a governor of a major state. Up through Eisenhower almost every President had been a big state governor, Army general, Secretary of State or speaker of the House.
Palin’s strategic shortcomings were revealed in the Joe Miller – Murkowski mess. She clearly didn’t think out the ramifications of taking on Murkowski when she had abdicated the governorship. Not to mention the opening this made for the Dems. So where does Palin get the necessary additional political and executive experience now that she has boxed herself out of Alaska? Drifter Dems can always run in NY but I don’t know where the equivalent state is for Republicans.
I don’t think we need another media candidate in either party. Conservatives simply want a continuation of Reaganism not some dramatic new direction. I have no idea what modern Dems want but until the loonies/totalitarians are kicked out they are going to be scary no matter who they nominate.
Valentinus, Reagan had cross over appeal when some dems were still conservatives in numbers.. he was one of them earlier in his carreer. He also knew how to stroke ego really well but without arrogance and this is a failing of Sarah as much as it pains me to point that up. The Gipper ran 6 times.. 6.. and at a great cost. These are different times and Sarah does not have cross over appeal outside of center right. I applaude McCain for bringing her to our attention but when she dropped out of the governorship it sent the wrong message to many who continue to question her.
Would I vote for her? Hell yeah!
Do I think we have much better qualified candidates? Hell yeah! But not many.. and unless Petraeus were to run, there is nobody who has announced their intentions with worldly defense exp behind them.
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Turbo,
I thing that you are spot on about Reagan and his cross-over appeal. Growing up in the Solid Democratic South, I was a Reagan Democrat when he appeared on the national scene. However, I think that you overestimate Palin’s appeal to the center. I am a moderate Independent who has voted for an equal number of Democrats and Republicans. I would never vote for Palin and was sorely disappointed that McCain picked her over all the other Republican governors available, such as Tim Pawlenty, Mitt Romney, or even Rick Perry.
This poll demonstrates the obvious–no one will beat an incumbent president unless they can capture the middle moderate votes, and Sarah Palin can’t do that. She comes off not only as something of a loose cannon, but also as an intellectual lightweight. Say what you will about the liberal bias of the MSM, but attending five rather mediocre colleges over five years before getting a bachelor’s degree is not exactly Ivy League. In my experience, someone with that record is either dim, a party animal, or both.
If Sarah Palin is the best candidate that the Republicans can field in 2012, then they should save their money and just stay home.
Sarah Palin’s better then most ideologically, but her stance of foreign policy worries me some, and I doubt she has what it takes to deafeat Obama in 2012.
Congressman Ron Paul seems to be the only viable person who actually understands what a conservative foreign policy is, and in a hypothetical Rasmussen 2012 election match-up against President Obama, Ron Paul came up practically dead even. None of the other possible Republican candidates even came close.
defeat*
Palin would be a disaster for Republicans as the nominee.
She can’t win and she’d probably spur an run by a GOP-attuned 3rd Party candidate.
Reagan could survive the John Anderson campaign of 1980, because he got some crossover Dem votes.
Palin will not.
She’s pretty much the worst general election choice the GOP could make in 2012.
Take a long look at the Obama Approval Index History. I wonder what that will look like in 18 months.
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/obama_administration/obama_approval_index_history
Republican Palin is running. I prefer outgoing Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty.
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