[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign

Wed Nov 26 00:39:53 EST 2008

Brad, do you really believe that?  "Despite what the pundits write,
McCain would have lost by 10 points without Palin."  I've not seen a
single piece of analysis that doesn't say Pailin cost McCain votes in
the centrist crowd.  I am not debating that she accomplished good
things in Alaska or that she isn't a viable conservative candidate.  I
just think she contributed to the defeat this time.

Dave

On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 5:52 PM, Brad Haslett <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rummy,
>
> Sorry to burst your bubble but that is not going to happen.  Despite
> what the pundits write, McCain would have lost by 10 points without
> Palin.  There are still a few of us left who believe in ourselves and
> not some some 'gubment' program as our path to happiness and
> prosperity.  Will Palin make it to the Whitehouse?  Maybe, maybe not.
> Unlike "The One" where people project their hopes on a blank slate,
> Sarah Palin has a real record of accomplishments. Get use to is Rummy,
> Sarah has always written her own ticket and she's not losing sleep
> about your bitching.  Come to think of it, neither am I.
>
> Brad
>
> On Tue, Nov 25, 2008 at 7:42 PM,  <R22RumRunner at aol.com> wrote:
>> Brad,
>> Nobody is worried about Palin, we would just appreciate it if she would go
>> home.....and stay there.
>>
>> Rummy
>>
>>
>> In a message dated 11/25/2008 7:34:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
>> flybrad at yahoo.com writes:
>>
>> Ben,
>>
>> Sooner or later, people will figure out that Sarah Palin is  the "real deal".
>>  She didn't make fools out of Big Oil CEO's by being  stupid despite the
>> howls of derision against her by you and your ilk.   When the patina of
>> "sacredness" has worn off The One, people will be hungry  for someone of substance.
>> Laugh your ass off while you can.  The  press and the 'leftards' wouldn't pay so
>> much attention to Palin if they  weren't worried about her.
>>
>> Brad
>>
>>
>> --- On Tue, 11/25/08, Ben  Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com> wrote:
>>
>>> From: Ben  Cittadino <bcittadino at dcs-law.com>
>>> Subject:  [Rhodes22-list]  POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
>>> To:  rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org
>>> Date: Tuesday, November 25, 2008, 6:04  PM
>>> November 25, 2008, 3:11 pm NYTimes Online
>>>
>>>  "Southern Exposure
>>> By Tobin Harshaw
>>> Well, for those of you who  thought Sarah Palin would
>>> quietly go North to the
>>> Future, it  appears that instead she's going Deep South:
>>> "Republican vice
>>>  presidential nominee Sarah Palin will make multiple
>>> campaign  appearances on
>>> behalf of Sen. Saxby Chambliss next week in  Georgia,
>>> serving as the
>>> political closer for the GOP senator  who is battling to win
>>> a second term,"
>>> reports CNN.
>>>
>>> "This is Palin's first campaign appearance on behalf of
>>>  another Republican
>>> candidate since losing her bid to become the  nation's
>>> first woman to serve
>>> as vice president. Palin will  attend a fundraiser on Sunday
>>> night, then
>>> appear at multiple  campaign stops on Monday in an effort to
>>> rally the GOP
>>> base to  turn out to vote for Chambliss. The incumbent
>>> Republican is facing  a
>>> strong challenge from Democrat Jim Martin. A runoff is
>>>  scheduled for next
>>> Tuesday, after neither candidate received the 50  percent
>>> plus one vote
>>> needed to win on Election Day."
>>>
>>> Doug Mataconis at Donklephant considers the strategy:
>>> "The  biggest challenge
>>> that both Chambliss and Martin face in the run-off  election
>>> is getting their
>>> voters to turn out to the polls,  since it's unlikely that
>>> voter turnout will
>>> be anywhere near  the level it reached on November 4th. To
>>> the extent that
>>> she's  able to motivate the base to get out and vote,
>>> Palin could  prove
>>> useful to Chambliss."
>>>
>>> Dr. Steven Taylor at  Poliblog thinks this may be more about
>>> Palin than
>>> Chambliss.  "First, the move is further evidence of
>>> Palin's likely  long-term
>>> ambitions," he writes. "Second, the move means that
>>>  Chambliss thinks that
>>> Palin plays well with the GOP base in a red  state like
>>> Georgia … Certainly
>>> if Chambliss wins, the trip  will be perceived as evidence
>>> that Palin is a
>>> serious actor  within the GOP going forward, at least within
>>> GOP circles."
>>>
>>> Palin or no Palin, Ed Morrissey at Hot Air is cautiously
>>>  optimistic about
>>> the G.O.P. chances:
>>>
>>> Voter  enthusiasm for Martin has declined since the general
>>> election.  Martin
>>> got his momentum from the massive numbers of Obama  voters,
>>> most of whom
>>> appear less interested in the remaining  down-ticket race.
>>> Chambliss may not
>>> have that problem, since  John McCain didn't generate an
>>> enthusiastic
>>> response from the  Republican base, meaning that
>>> Chambliss' voters will be
>>>  motivated more by Chambliss himself. Republicans have the
>>>  secondary
>>> motivation to deny Obama a filibuster-proof Senate  by
>>> ensuring Chambliss'
>>> re-election.
>>> Either way, it  looks like it will go down to the wire.
>>> Republicans around
>>> the  country who want to keep at least one potential check
>>> on the excesses  of
>>> single-party government had better start actively
>>>  supporting the Chambliss
>>> effort."
>>>
>>>  We can't make  this stuff up.
>>>
>>> Happy Thanksgiving;
>>>
>>> Ben  C.
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