As Sarah Palin tours on her "One Nation" bus, speculation runs wild about her political aspirations. Many believe Palin wants to run for the White House. A few people in Arizona think Senator Palin is a possibility.
The former Alaskan governor recently bought a house in Scottsdale, AZ. The media reports it is easier to run a presidential campaign within the lower forty-eight states than in Alaska.
Jamie Molera, a political analyst from Arizona said, "She doesn't have to travel all the way up to Alaska where there are hardly any electoral votes. Arizona is going to have 11 or 12 electoral votes, and because it's a growing state and has one of the early primaries, it gives her a good base to talk about not just Arizona issues, but Western issues and things that might resonate with the GOP voters."
However Palin is keeping her political aspirations to herself. She is visiting New Hampshire later this week and Iowa later in June. There are no plans to reach out to local politicians in those early primary states.
Palin told CNN, "Well, I figure that politicians in office are really busy and they don't need to be bothered by someone just knocking their door."
How long will Palin keep everyone in the dark? Her advisors say Sarah Palin can keep out of the presidential race until late October. What does that mean about a possible Senator Sarah Palin?
Molera said, "At the end of the day, being one of 100 senators versus being the leading contender for U.S. President; I think that's what she's going to go after."
Palin is testing the waters for a presidential campaign on her "One Nation" bus tour. A campaign to beat President Obama is going to be difficult. As Palin bides her time about her political aspirations, Arizona may very well see Senator Sarah Palin in its future.
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I don't know and I don't really care. But I LOVE what she is doing. She is getting the left and the left leaning media all fussed up about this!
Is Bristol a housewife~I didn't think she was married.
"Announcing" one's candidacy is a basic & primary means to put one's name out there, to get people & media talking about you, and to garner & fuel publicity.
The better-known that one's name already is; the more interest that people & the media already have in one - the less pressure/incentive there is to announce early, and the more advantage there is in waiting.
In a case like Palin, it is actively in her better interests to wait .. and wait ... and wait.
She could wait a very long time, but since she will probably run a very unconventional campaign, I expect she won't drag it out dramatically. If she is going to run, and she is going to go with off-the-wall approaches, she needs to allow herself plenty of 'buffer', and be ready to fine-tune, tweak, and even toss-and-replace her methodology.
I am an Alaska wannabe. Have been for decades. I watch their media closely.
Palin's rise to prominence and then leadership in Alaska, took place within the context of unusually highly charged conditions there.
People with an interest in Alaska watched her climb ... at first thinking she seemed 'unlikely', then more intrigued, and finally observers' jaws just gradually sagged to the floor.
You have never seen anything political like Palin's rise.
Interestingly, the intense media research & digging on Palin (after McCain picked her), uncovered all of this story. It is all thoroughly recorded in the Alaska media, which was scoured, repeatedly, in its entirety.
Yet, the media have exposed very little of it; the American public is largely totally unaware. Presumably, we see so little of this backstory, because it puts Palin in a striking light, and renders the 'Palin-bumpkin' meme completely ridiculous.
I don't know what will be in the movie, but I do what could be in it. Palin holds a wad of aces, in this story, and if this is what the movie brings out ... it will light the summer of '11 on fire.
You give her way too much credit. Her bus tour demonstrates her lack of governing skills.
She won't run for president. If she did, it would guarantee Obama's reelection.
Senate is a possibility, but doubtful. She simply does not want the responsibility for governing. It is way too much trouble, and would take away from the two things she has always wanted the most - money, and celebrity status. By staying a private citizen with a political PAC she can make oodles of bucks while spending "non-campaign" political cash to finance her personal travels...all while still having political influence with an extremist subset of the population. Voila - Paris Hilton of the political world.
Just look at her bus tour - using political funds for "just a family vacation" and virtually no advanced warning to the venues at which she spends as little as 20 minutes.
Reading the chicken entrails thrown up against the wall, most observers (include the Lamestream & Libstream detractors) keep pushing more & more chips into their "Run" bet.
"... Paris Hilton of the political world."
"[Palin's] good masturbation material. ... great masturbation material." !
We each go with what we think is our best instincts. Keep an eye on bloodflow to the brain, with that one.
The media love ratings. Celebrities bring ratings.
The fact that you use the terms "Lamestream & Libstream" is one of the reasons why Palin can play the tea party for fools. And why they can't be trusted to govern.
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Not sure who you were trying to insult with that link - the stand-up comedian or Sarah Palin.
see: Paris Hilton.
"Hilton is known for her controversial participation in a sex tape in 2003... "
Reduced blood flow to the brain may affect judgement.
search: 'paris hilton vacuous' - "About 150,000 results"
search: 'paris hilton sex tape' - "About 41,100,000 results"
search: 'paris hilton sex' - "About 65,900,000 results"
That explains a lot.
Bye
I am the one who challenges scurrilous misogyny.
I will be pleased if she decides to run for President.
She could be a watershed in American history.
Hillary was actually running behind in New York until her opponent (I forget his name) walked over to her during the debate with a 'pledge' to do or not do something or other. Anyhow, he stood right in front of her and thrust the paper into her face, looking like a man trying to physically threaten a woman. He lost the election.
It's hard to imagine anyone running against Palin to make that mistake (no male candidate has pulled a stunt like that on a female ever since).
He probably would. Unless, of course, someone more interested in doing the job was interested.
Then they'd be a team again.
What makes you think McCain would want to be "a team" with Palin? She wasn't really even his choice for running mate in 2008 (he had barely even met the woman before the announcement, and didn't know anything about her other than what her hired PR person had been putting out there).
That would be Rick Lazio, who had jumped in after Rudy Giuliani had dropped out (officially due to prostate cancer, but the fact that he was carrying on a way-too-public affair [a la Newt Gingrich] right after the Bill Clinton impeachment for his dalliance was a little too big a hill to climb when running against Hillary). Lazio was a lackluster candidate, and the "sign the petition" move was politically and personally untoward. But more importantly, Hillary Clinton was a well known and well respected political person, having been highly involved in the political career of Bill (Governor and President). And prior to that she had been an accomplished attorney. In addition, the Clintons had many contacts in New York because of their long-time work there, even though clearly they bought the house there so she could run for the Senate. These ties to the state and Hillary's efforts upstate on her "listening tour" impressed the voters and she won handily.
In contrast, Sarah Palin is a celebrity who quit her job as Governor because it got in the way of her celebrity.
But all is probably moot. I doubt she would run. If she ran, and won, she would have to be responsible for governing. And that would encroach on her celebrity status.
It's hard to imagine anyone running against Palin to make that mistake (no male candidate has pulled a stunt like that on a female ever since)."
"It's hard to imagine anyone running against Palin to make that mistake..."
Perhaps not "that" mistake, but personal attacks on Palin have filled the media.
Although the trash said & printed about Palin, day & day out, is not an exact match for the foolish way Hillary Clinton's debate opponent treated her, it is to be expected that the political consequences will be the same.
Many viewers & readers come away with more sympathy for Palin, and a damaged opinion of her opponents.
For example?
Although the trash said & printed about Palin, day & day out,
For example?
Her recent interview on Fox got four Pinocchios from the Washington Post fact-checker. No out-right lies, but lots of distortion and misstatement.
You know, Dave, trash like that.
Is it trash if it's the truth?
BTW. McCain is increasingly frail-looking and he often seems out of it in interviews and hearings. He'll probably retire soon. The next new senator from AZ, whoever he/she is, will take his seat.
For example?
Although the trash said & printed about Palin, day & day out,
For example?"
Ask, and yea shall receive.
reminded us of Doc Brown in Back to the Future commenting on Ronald Regan, the actor, being president.
Don't take it too hard, now. :)
Sounds like she was ready to put this out.
Don't want media attention running too far down the wrong tease-line, eh? ;)