[Rhodes22-list] POLITICAL-Palin Begins 2012 Campaign
Herb Parsons
hparsons at parsonsys.com
Wed Nov 26 12:48:36 EST 2008
Rummy,
It's time for you to "get real". I have no idea who they called,
obviously though, not you. You're not a Republican are you? I think
you've said on here, several times, that you have no party affiliation.
How many other similar studies would you like? That IS what was asked
about, and I provided.
R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
>
> Only 20% of GOP voters say Palin hurt the party’s ticket, according to a new
> Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. Six percent (6%) say she had no
> impact, and five percent (5%) are undecided.
> And this is your source of information? Who did they caqll?
> Rummy
>
>
> In a message dated 11/26/2008 2:13:52 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
>
> This article lays it out pretty well:
>
> http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/election_2012/69_of_go
> p_voters_say_palin_helped_mccain
>
>
> David Bradley wrote:
>
>> 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.
>>>>> --
>>>>> View this message in context:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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