(CNN) – Prominent New Hampshire Republican Judd Gregg says that Sarah Palin just might have a clearer path to the Republican presidential nomination next year than commonly understood – an event he warns would lead to President Obama's clear reelection.
Gregg, the former senator and governor of the Granite State, says the muddled GOP presidential field means it's more likely than ever there won't be a clear consensus candidate before the party's nominating convention in August of 2012. If that happens, says Gregg, Palin and her army of supporters might have the upper hand when it comes to settling on a presidential candidate.
"A candidate who runs second or third in a great many primaries could go into the convention with a sizable block of delegates," writes Gregg in an Op-Ed in The Hill newspaper Monday. "Who would this favor? Does Sarah Palin come to mind? Although she is not viewed by most as strong enough to win, she is viewed by many as a person worth voting for to make a statement."
While it's unlikely Palin (should she run) would win that many primary contests, placing second or third might be enough - especially this time around when delegates will be awarded a proportionate basis instead of the winner-take-all system that has previously been the rule in Republican primaries.
"Finishing second and third isn't really a big deal – until you get enough delegates to be the nominee," writes Gregg. "And picking a nominee who it seems would be easily defeated by President Obama might not be the best statement."
In 2008, Gregg was a supporter of Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor who is all-but-certain to run again.
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Whats Sarah going to do when she has a debate and she doesn't get the questions ahead of time. She will be chopped up like mince meat and it will be so much fun to watch. But the sad part about this is while she is out campaigning we will have to see her and watch the lies and hate flowing out of her. She will destroy the country more than she has already done.
He's smart but I hope he's right and the nit wit gets the nomination
"Sarah Palin just might have a clearer path to the Republican presidential nomination next year than commonly understood – an event he warns would lead to President Obama's clear reelection"
WORKS FOR ME !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Re-elect our President – Obama 2012 !!!
Judd Gregg is a little slow, I have been warning about Palin for over 2 1/2 years. This woman is a fruitcake but not as much as Bachmann.
Sarah Palin can beat President Obama, as can any Republican nominee can. The Election in 2012 is the Republican Primaries. Whoever wins the Republican Primaries is our next President. President Obama has zero chance of being re-elected.
is anyone working for the people or just running for President. Can we just put a hold on all this – just for a week or two. By the time the elections come around, no one will want to vote. We are already tired of it.
If Palin gets anywhere close to the White House, it will be a disaster. She couldn't even run a state with a small population. And on top of that she quit halfway through her term as "governor" to chase money. What will she do if some dictator offers her millions while she's in the White House? Thanks, John McCain for bringing this unmentionable to center stage.
Look Mr. Gregg, I *campaigned* for Obama last time, but he has been such a disaster I would vote for a turnip to get rid of him. I think Palin is a self serving hick, dumb as post, but even she would be an improvement over that fool we have now. Basically, unless it's Romney or Gingrich, anyone the Republican's nominate has pretty much a lock on being elected. Trump is likely your best candidate. He actually understands the disaster of free trade. Ron Paul does, too, but he is as bizarre as Palin in his own way. Your best candidates, Pat Buchannon and Joe Scarborough, aren't running
Palin cannot even win with her own party now. She's shown herself to be vindictive, petty and intellectually lackking. She might get a few tea partiers to vote her way but you average GOPer cringes at the thought of her even throwing her hat into the Presidential ring.
Talk about news that should scare anyone and everyone who supports real independent thinking.
I have usually supported GOP or indipendents and would continue to do so with one exception:
Sara Pain.
If that is the best offer the GOP can put forth to represent them in the 2012 election then I will vote for whomever else is running. This ignorant policical whore who walked away from her job in Alaska will not represent me in any form or position in which I have a voice !!!
I hope Ms. Palin runs. Why? She's a great comedian.
You go girl. We need another 4 years with this great president.
The Republican/Tea Party would be suicidal to run Palin (or for that matter Bachmann, and other members of the "idiots of the right club") for the Presidency. Aside from being utterly irresponsible from a political/historical point of view, it will virtually hand the election to the Democrats. It would destroy (possibly forever) the Republican Party as a viable political entity. Surely, there is a Republican with a brain who appeals to more than the ultra right's 25% base who could be run.
As much as I'd like to see an easy win for Obama, the fact that Palin even has an inkling of a chance for a nomination is quite a testimony to the "dumbing down" of America. I never really believed this country was capable of such shananegans or worst, such collective ignorance, but I guess I need to face that it is. I feel very sad for our country, but very motivated to make sure smart people vote this time around!
Palin is a total NITWIT.... Nominate her PLEASE!
Obama 2012!
Even if she has a following, there just can't be that many minus zero intellect Americans, can there be?! Please, God, NO!
How much dumber and stupider can she get - and Bachman with her - and some citizens believe she can lead a whole country?
It's stunning how many Tea Partiers think she's the greatest. Actually it's scary. Are they primarily bamboozled by her cute charms and sex appeal? That's what I hear around my neighborhood, especially from the men, they think she's sexy, I'm not kidding, sexy, now that's scarier, they would vote for the most powerful office in the world when a wink and cutsy charms is all it takes.
He is so right on Palin. I hope she does win so we can have Obama for another term.
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.
Run Sarah Bear, Run!!!!!
Gregg has a point, but Beauty Pagent Runner Up Sarah has demonstrated on her "reality" TV show thta she is a lousy shot. The cast of thousands in the Flat Earth Party (Repubs and TPers) circular firing squad has no fear of her self imagined abilities. You betcha !
Worked for the Palin entry in "Dancing with the Stars"-Tea Party folks ran up the numbers to keep poor Bristol on the show long after she had given up-Sarah likely fears the same might happen to her if she runs. So, there is, I think, a natural counter-force to her entering the race: She really does not want to work as hard as either the campaign or the actual job demands. Democrats are pretty much resigned to this; they'll have to find another sucker this time.
“…she is viewed by many as a person worth voting for to make a statement." And that statement is… Being a level headed, educated intellectual with critical thinking skills is an intimidating persona to a small, yet vocal minority in this country.
It's pretty sad when you hoist someone up as your hero and saviour only to come to the realization that they are the means to destroy your chances of what you are really after which is more power.
Please $arah, as a democrat begging you, run.
And here comes the FB post telling us all how Gregg is not a real man…
Not a chance. She is a joke.
The more rabid ideology the repugs whip up their followers into the more chance Palin have to win, these repugs will learn that rabid lunacy, will heart them in the general election, but don't worry we will sure to replay your lunatic speacbes you guys spew in the race to be the most rabid lunatic in order to win the primary. This time you won't beable to play the moderate roll in the general election against Obama, because we will be more than happy to bring your lunaticy to light.
Unless the republicans come up with a credible candidate, the current crop is set to loose to our president. And this will be a good thing for the country.
Surely to goodness the American people are not stupid enough to vote for Palin. To have her anywhere near the White House would be a disastor for America. I doubt that the Koch brothers will allow that to happen.
Don't listen to him! Nominate her! Nominate her! 2012 would be the best election ever! A bigger win for Obama than Reagan had in 1984!
OMG! Australia is looking better and better these days.
If that woman runs for President, I will be happy to vote for Obama. She would be a fiasco... a continued fiasco. The world has lost respect for our country as it is. Bush did that. They laugh at us and point. Palin would be the nail in the coffin.
All of the left wing and 2/3 of the right wing hate this woman. I say run Sarah run! We need the laughs.
Wow, scary isn't the word.
This is just the beginning. Others will follow.
Who cares america aint stupid enough to vote her over mr.president obama she wont come close
If she wins the republican primaries, this country would become more of a laughing stock than it already is! Sarah Palin quit as governor of Alaska, that was too much work. What makes anyone believe she could actually run a country!? She is good publicity, but a total airhead.
Mr Gregg is the first to come out and admit that if Palin is the GOP candidate, the GOP will lose the 2012 election. The GOP might as well fold its tent now, skip the 2012 election and start planning on 2016. There are such a bunch of losers in the ring now on the GOP side wanting to be president and apparently Palin is in the middle. Glad he has said this. We cannot return to a GOP controlled White House. Look what happened when that idiot George Bush was in there. Two stupid wars and a trashed financial system among other atrocities like ignoring the people devastated by Katrina.
Obama/Biden 2012 and forever
What? A Republican who isn't delusional, and can see plain truth when it's sitting right out in the open? And will SAY SO OUT LOUD?
You could knock me over with a feather right about now,...
This goofy Alaskan Hocky Mom, Mamma Grizzly, Whatevever she want's to call herself next.......Is a Legend in her own mind.....You only exsist because of John McCain... He thought Barack Obama was going to put Hilliary Clinton on the Ticket with him.... So John McCain thought to himself Hum....I'll put a Younger Women on my Ticket..... Extreme to the right...Presto you were born.....An now that ego is running on extreme high.....Thinking you are some important figure in the American life.....In a way i hope you do Run for office......Then after Barack Obama soundly Defeats you do us all a favor....GO AWAY.............
the gop has sunk to an all time low if palin has a clearer path to nomination, and obama will be reelected
Being a supporter of President Obama, I can't think of anything nicer than having Palin as the Republican nominee in 2012.
I think I may have to register republican just to vote for her in the primary. I LOVE a good freak show LOL............
Just goes to show how screwed-up the Republicans are. You can listen to all the Obama/Democrat bashing you want. The RNC is a financial mess and has no viable candidates. Obama 2012, Hillary in 2016. Done deal.
Obama supporters are licking their chops over the remote possibility of Sarah Palin or Michele Bachmann somehow capturing the republican nomination. It would be like voting for the hoitest girl in a 6th grade election.
OK Republicans, no one on that ticket of yours can beat Obama, so whether it is Palin, or Bachman, Gingrich or Trump, Nosferatu (Giuliani) or Barbour, or the two freaks that look like twins, the one from Minessota and the other from Ohio....
...IT DOES NOT MATTER... who the heck you nominate...
I say go for Bachman/the freak from Ohio (the one that took a dead fetus home and had his kidfs play with it)...at least it will be funny to watch...
Uh-oh...methinks the $arah Palin gang will force Gregg to back peddle on that statement by tomorrow...."Err...let me clarify what I really meant to say....was uh...." Palin's got all the GOP men by the balls. Literally.
Republicans are worried she might win the nomination and Democrats are hoping she does! LOL!!!
Love that Palin, she is the right person at the right time, recall we vote for Presidents not for Union Bosses
Win what?? The booby prize? I hope she does get the nomination, that way Obama will be re-elected!!!
Please, GOP, draft Pathetic Palin as your candidate. It would insure a democratic landslide victory in so many political arenas and we could all use the laughs.
Please! Oh please, please, please
Oh please Ms. Palin – RUN
Oh please run – run with Ms. Bachman
Show the whole world – how far we've sank!
My fervent hope is that the Republican party will shun SP at every turn. If they can remove her from escalating with her political aspirations, I might have a shred of respect for them. However, if SP makes it as far as being the political front-runner for the Republicans, they might as well give up being a dominant party. The jockeying of numerous Republicans vying for front-runner status shows how truly weak a party they are. And adding SP to the mix, their party is in SERIOUS trouble, not only because Obama would be a sure winner, but the entire future of their party would be in jeopardy. It would become a serious joke rather than a major political entity. No matter what, GO OBAMA 2012!!!
Yes! Bring on Palin! The debates with will be classic! Brilliant Statesman vs Total Idiot.
Be for real! ALL of the clowns in the republican party will provide Obama with a clear path to reelection.
Please run, please run sarah poulin. Things will get even more easier.
Anyone thinking Palin will win anything obviously hasn't been awake in the last 10 years. oh....sorry bro no wonder if thats what you been up to all this time. Anyway, I love when her supporters pull all this and then ask, how do you even know she'll run?! check plz.....lmao. There is just no way that woman will ever realize her lack of self importance. People like her have a real tough time excepting reality, just another reason she will never be relevant.
Palin for 2012!!!!!!
It really doesn't matter who the next republican running....I can't see anyone unseated the 'President'!?!
Good luck!???!
Just the debate between her and Obama alone would have me laughing right through the November elections.
I certainly hope idiot Sarah gets the nomination. Saturday Night Live has been a little lame lately and she will be great for some laughs! Well, that along with the fact that Obama will absolutely crush her...
On March 14, 2011 at 11:47 am .......Al-NY,NY posted
"He's smart but I hope he's right and the nit wit gets the nomination"
Yes.....I agree
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A Palin nomination in 2012 would be a huge plus for all Democratic candidates up and down the ticket!!!
People have it all wrong. Sarah is really a uniter, not a divider. She, has managed to unite the entire left with about 80% of the independents and about 60% of the right. Nobody has ever done that before. Run Sarah, run!
She doesn't appear to be running, so why all the fuss. And the GOP would surely not want her to try. that would assure the Dems a guaranteed win. the tea party split the GOP, and in the end, it was a poor move to try and form another group. It only hurt them. Then there are the white, 60+years old males looking to run. Mitt and his hair and money, Huckabee and his moral superiority, Bachmann and her idiocy, Newt and his total lack of charisma and charm-face it, the GOP has no one to run. Christie said he could win–no modesty there!! It's a wonderful world.
Obama will be our next President. He's been a huge disappointment, but he will win.
I can see the ads against Palin now! Boy would she get lambasted!!!!!!
I think Palin gets more crap than she should because of her gender but she still is a joke. I hope she does run as an independent or with the Tea Party. That would be the most awesome thing ever. The unholy alliance between corporate RepubliCONs and the psycho social conservatives needs to be splintered before they manage to destroy the ideals of enlightenment this country was founded on.
Sarah WILL NOT run. She's certainly stupid, but she's smart enough to know she's too stupid to be President.
Sarah Palin is a fantastic politician...just like she was a great governer. Stupid americans are not ready for honesty and truth...the like clowns, just like the POTUS we have now A CLOWN! he lies so much on tv with the help of the tele-prompter that he can keep things straight. close guantanamo, I produce more oil thank ever before, military tribunals ok, no action on iran, egypt or libya...he doesn't have guts...no forward thinking.
If you want laughs....just listen to a potus press conference!!!!!!!!!
14 trillion in debt and counting thanks to OBAMA and the dems
Re-Elect President Obama!!!
I hope she is the nominee. Trust me, guaranteed President Obama second term. Lovely. What a nitwit. And it's insulting to actually think that the majority of the American people are as stupid as she is. A whole new lot of young people will be voting in the next election. A lot of the older ones have passed on. Times up Republicans. It's over. The Tea Party Express has run out of gas.
Name a GOP candidate, any GOP candidate available to run...It still equals to landslide re-election of President Obama.
They've worked on their irrelevancy for decades now and now have fine-tuned it to perfection.
if Palin is the best the GOP can muster it shows how far the right has sunk..add in the superior intellect of Ms Bachman and they are sure to make an impression!
if out of 300 million (legal residents), obama is the "brightest" we got, no wonder the country is collapsing.
Bring Palin on! What lovely news we Dems would like to hear! Let me say it in another way: ""Go for it"! the say of our current President! Of all the people Sarah!! I repeat Sarah! The one who abandoned her job!!!! I will start from now preparing my inauguration dress as am pretty sure who will emerge as the winner if at all she will be nominated as GOP candidate.
"she is viewed by many as a person worth voting for to make a statement." And what might that statement be? I am an idiot who votes for idiots?
I hate to break the bad news, but if Sarah Palin decides to run for President (and take a huge cut in pay), she will easily win the GOP nomination. And she will beat Obama, simply because the economy is a mess and people will want a change, even if it means having trailerer park trash in the WH.
Ya'll come back now, ya-hear?
Go Sarah Palin! Obama 2012!
Setting aside for a moment any questions about her intellectual suitability for the office of President, the biggest reservation I have about Sarah Palin is her demonstrated inability to see a challenge through to its conclusion. When it's shown that she was unable to even finish out her complete term as the governor of Alaska, what makes her supporters believe that she will have the perseverance to complete a term of four years in an elective office that is much more demanding than anything she faced as governor? It's this lack of resolve that I find most troubling about any talk of her running for President.
I expect that as the field of Republican candidates becomes more crowded, and as the men and women begin to take stands on issues, we'll begin getting a clearer sense of who has the emotional qualities to serve as President. The field will inevitably thin, and I for one am looking forward to seeing who rises to the top of the heap.
Gregg is absolutely right. The Republicans will be making a huge mistake, insuring an Obama re-election, if Palin is the nominee. She is far too polarizing. If Palin cares more about the country than she does herself, she knows this and will not seek the nomination.
my guilty pleasure self says Go Sarah just for the fact that it will make hilarious SNL skits and a re-emergence of Tina Fey's 'spot on' imitation. But for the sake of the USA's image abroad, the world already thinks we are a country of lunatics, do we really wanted to re-infornce that notion?
Sarah Palin has united most of America! Were united in laughing at her and the stupid things she says!
Sarah, I beg you.... run your Republican opponents into the political ground! You are the one contender I'm positive Obama can beat with his eyes closed and one hand tied behind his back.
@commonthinking – I laughed when I read your comment. Ridiculous – You think Obama is a 'clown' for reading his speeches off a teleprompter. Then you think every US president was a clown for reading them off teleprompters too. Every president has used them since they were invented. Oh, and Sarah Palin, she uses them too, along with notes written on her hands, index cards, note paper...Seriously, the old teleprompter argument NEVER was a credible argument to begin with. So lame.
Saah Pain , the "Cut and Run" governor. Enough siad.
"Sarah Palin can beat President Obama, as can any Republican nominee can. The Election in 2012 is the Republican Primaries. Whoever wins the Republican Primaries is our next President. President Obama has zero chance of being re-elected."
LOL!!! Keep telling yourself that, it will make it all the sweeter come 1/21/2013, when we can see the look of stunned defeat on your face, as Palin loses EVERY state. (and if she doesn't, we can begin immediate proceedings to eject that ignorant-arse state from the union....we don't need anyone that dumb in the US)
If Palin (or Bachmann for that matter) has a chance to win the nomination, then it seems that there will be a whole lot more negative ads against Obama rather than ones to say why Palin (or Bachmann) should be the leader. At this point, I don't like either one of those.
I really really hope and pray that Palin or Bachman should win the nomination or even that jerk Santorum!!!
Sarah Palin is GOD's CHOSEN ONE and she will win both the nomination and 2 terms in the White House as our greatest President! Sarah Palin is the REAL MESSIAH and SAVIOR of this country!
Sarah, please do not run! You are a blithering idiot and you will make a mockery out of the office of the President of the United States!
Sarah winning nomination is hilarious. Any party that would allow that to happen deserves to lose. Obama has not thrilled me at all but I would vote for him, heck I would vote for cat before I could ever vote for Sarah give me the money because I'm like a gun totting barbie Palin.
Here is a warning on Palin for everyone:
Warning! Interacting with this woman may lower your IQ! Side effects include mind-numbing stupidity, fiscal policy ignorance, and driving your country off a cliff.
Obama / Biden 2012 but, I like Susan Rice for 2016. She is strong and very intelligent. I believe that America will be ready for a woman President in 2016 and Ms Rice appears to be smarter and stronger than Hillary Clinton, without the baggage.
Palin's path to winning would be the Republican's path (and America's path) to losing. As an ardent supporter of President Obama, I say, "Go for it." Many Democrats might actually switch party affiliations in order to vote for the Quitter on Twitter in the primaries, thereby guaranteeing another 4 years of Democrats running the executive branch, and helping our nation to continue its path to winning the future!
Obama should run as a Republican since he's so quick to compromise with them. He caved on tax cuts for the rich, which has started a war on public employees.
Only one candidate in the 2008 election was qualified – McCain. Palin was window dressing, Biden was/is a comic relief, and Obama was/is a gimmic. So there you are folks, the plain and unedited truth. Now, will CNN censor let this post stand?
The whole thing is silly. Consider that virtually ALL progressives, most independents and some conservatives will not vote for the Wasilla Imbecilla. How on earth could the R's be so foolish. Their polling must point this out.
Gregg gets it finally. One Republican down and hundreds of thousands to go. They fail to realize this fruitcake could get the nominination for her party. Well I apologize for calling the IDIOT a fruitcake. If she were a fruitcake she would be one minus most of the fruit. I do hope she gets the nomination for her party to run for President. Then the nation could see first hand that this woman does nothing but spread evil and hate in her words. This woman is so evil, the devil will not associate with her. She hated her job as Governor of Alaska so much that she quit half way through. If she hated that job so bad I'm sure she wouldn't last 6 months as POTUS before calling her VP and saying "it's your baby. I'm outta here". Then she would go out and hit the book and speech circute as the worlds only "Half President" and make millions knocking the very job she wanted so bad. RUN SARAH RUN. BARACK NEEDS YOU.
I urge every Democrat to change their affilation to Republican! Let the write-in campaign begin!
Democracy should not be treated respect less and as a joke! (So sometimes one thinks most people have little understanding of its importance!)There are a lot of people in this world that gave/give their lives to have serious people represent their voice and interests. Ms. Palin, this disqualifies you to even run for office!
Whose going to implant a new brain in Sarah Palin is the question because the one she has doesn't work.
I think this is how people abbreviate "Laugh Out Loud" online: LOL
Can't wait to hear Alaska Barbie's come-back statement on this one...
I'm a Republican and I would not vote for Palin nor do I think she will get the nomination. Most Republicans I know feel the same way. I don't even find her entertaining. However, Obama has been such a train wreck that any other "real" candidate will put him out of a job. Sorry for those remaining 3 supporters of his. We, Democrats and Republicans, cannot afford to make the mistake we made in 08' and this time, elect someone qualified and capable.
I'm a NH resident, and you can disregard what this air-head has to say. He is an embarassment to our state! It was awkward at best when he turned down President Obama's offer to be Commerce Secretary over partisan politics. Ask him how his family is enjoying all the federal earmarks they profited from Pease.
if she gets the republican node, then I'm voting democrat for the first time in my life....my in the world would we want a half-wit for president ?????
I don't think that he's right about Palin, as she won't even be in the race (too lazy), but he is right that this could be a good year for a fringe candidate to make a third-place primary finish turn into a wild convention nomination.
run Sarah, run!!!
Run Sarah, run... what a great way to assure us of a 2nd Obama term!! YES, We Can...!!
Common Thinking – A "great govenor", meaning the kind who quits their jobs? Yeah, she's top notch! LMAO.
It would give Tina Fey steady employment.
Seriously? Why do you want Obama back in there? What has he done? Anyone?
To Mike Brooks – "Look Mr. Gregg, I *campaigned* for Obama last time, but he has been such a disaster I would vote for a turnip to get rid of him. I think Palin is a self serving hick, dumb as post, but even she would be an improvement over that fool we have now"
This shows you are as dumb as Palin if you vote for a someone you think if dumb as a post.. Obama is probably the most intelligent president we will ever have. You belong with Palin – stupid never gets anyone anything! Get some education yourself. There is nothing wrong with this president – obviously you read all the lies and smears put out by Fox and the Right. It's dumb people who believe the garbage out there.
After 20 years in Wright's anti-American, racist church ... and two years weakening our economy, and polarizing our population ... I would welcome any candidate for President over Obama !!!
I wonder if all these MoveOn.org bloggers get tired of the same old slams against Sarah Palin. Remember – the more they talk about her and profess their hate for her – the more that they are afraid of her. Keep stirring them up Sarah. Just like cockroaches when you turn the lights on.
I'm 'generally' left of center. After the last two years, I "Can't vote Republican and Won't vote Democrat". Aren't there more folks like that out there? How about people who "Can't vote Democrat and Won't vote Republican"! Maybe we could all form a Common-Sense-Club!
A republican has a chance to WIN in 2012. Walker in Wisconsin is giving them a taste of what a republican does when he gets an office. Add to that, Kasch, Rich Scott in Florida and all the other scags especially the one in Texas and we sure as Hades won't sit this one out. Which will help get rid of all the republicans who are in office now.
Run Sarah run!!! Then we get 4 more years and that is a good thing.
Can't wait to see another palin kid knocked up and single by 2012......and watch the Wasilla Hillbilly parade her around at the RNC convention...
On a more serious note.......Palin is a dangerous person, not because she is a fount of insight and wisdom, but because she is a master of emotional manipulation, and has read the psyche of the right wing low inforation voters perfectly. No need for facts,,,just use an emotional appeal to "return America to the way it was......." Of course, she can't tell us what that America actually was, since she hasn't specified a century or a decade that we should "return to".
Sarah Palin the "mini-guv" is a farce. She does not have the intelligence or wherewithall to lead the free world. If that's the best the Republicans can do, they deserve to be cast on the dust-bin of history. Their only message is hate, fear and mistrust anyway. They have completely lost their way. America will leave them behind.
I would vote for Pain in a heart beat. Those Republicans better spell out why she can't win in terms of her political philosophy and the policies she espouses. Don't just say she can't win. If Obama can win, anyone can. Yes, we can!
Much as I would love to see Sarah Pale immitation of a qualified candidate run for president, there is always that slim chance she could win... and that frightens me very very profoundly.
President Obama will beat Palin, Newt, Mitt, Pawlenty, Burby from Miss and other handly but would have a tougher re-election against Mitch D. from Indiana.
One has to wonder as clueless a person as Shara Palin is how anyone would vote for her. You mean to tell me once the candidate debates begins people are not going to see how incompetent this woman is. I don't believe she'll ever be a serious candidate.
Don`t forget you elected Bush....twice...lol
So, in other words, run in panic from crazy Sarah and jump on the flip flop Romney bandwagon before it's too late. How obvious a shill is this?
Its funny you talk about her needing to have the questions before a speech. When our president now can't say a word of his own speech without a teleprompter. And still stumbles over every word, and when there is a malfunction with it, he can't even finish. For those of you who think obama has a sure spot in the next term, you better think again. This country is waking up and sick of the recession getting worse instead of better. Let's just wait till our gas prices get up to 5 dollars or more. We have plenty of our own oil reserves here. Why the heck aren't we tapping into them?!
Yes, her nomination would provide a resounding re-election trail for Obama. Sadly, the GOP can't come up with anyone better because not one of them has any platform to run on.
TO: Mike Brooks -
What Crack Pipe are you smokin. Our President wil be re-elected. Get your head out of your rear !!
Can we have a mud pit fight between Sarah.P and Michelle.B in their underwears if they both make it to the republican delegation? This should cause the ratings to jump enough for Palin to earn some more $$$ to take her to the forbes list.!!
Sarah has my vote....she is sexy!
Say what you want about her policis, her lack of intelligence, her inept stint as a governor of Alaska and the way she took McCain out of the running in 2008, she sure is a honey of a MILF and that will garner her enough votes in to get the nomination. If the American people voted on the basis of brains and ability, W would never have made it once, let alone twice. Obama is probably the most intelligent man to hold the office, but that's not what got him elected. It was a populist ground swell based on Hollywoodesque dreams.
having palin as leader of the free world, commander in chief, the most powerful individual in the world would be a DISASTER of biblical proportions. who would have guessed that the devil would show itself in the form of a woman
To echo another post "Works for me!" Run Sarah Run! Obama for 2012
There is no chance Palin could last 30 seconds in a debate with any of the perspective GOP candidates. Her combination of beauty, ignorance, and egotism get her fame and fortune with the Fox News crowd, but no thinking person takes her seriously. She is a bad joke that just never ends.
Mike Brooks, I don't believe for a second that you campaigned for Obama. I do believe that a few former Obama supporters are feeling a little put out now b/c he didn't do exactly what you wanted, however, they would NEVER vote for Palin. Get real. I think you're lying.
and this: brett
if out of 300 million (legal residents), obama is the "brightest" we got, no wonder the country is collapsing."
Nice grammar. I don't think you're really in a position to judge intelligence..."we got"? Really?
Palin for the Republican nomination!!
LOL I love it....I pray to god that Sarah runs...it will be so much fun watching her in the debates trashing the other gop candidates and seeing her get trashed i will simply love it. oh and when she runs against obmama and gets trashed ha ha ha i am a dem and i am going to vote in the republican primary and vote for sarah palin the hill billy bimbo twat
Can President obama, sign an excutive order and get that fruitcake palin sent to the moon?
There is only one reason that any of us even know who Palin is, and that's because McCain thought that Hillary supporters would vote for anything in a skirt. Really dumb move, but it set this lunatic in the spotlight.
If Palin showed any sign of real intelligence or had a rational solution for anything, and wasn't about endless sarcastic insults to her critics, she might have a chance. But there's no way she could survive the presidency, even if she were to get to the WH. I suspect she will keep building up funds in her PAC account until the last minute though.
I am proud to have Obama as our president for the past 2+ years, I hope and pray he gets re-elected in 2012.
GSMITH
Sarah Palin can beat President Obama, as can any Republican nominee can. The Election in 2012 is the Republican Primaries. Whoever wins the Republican Primaries is our next President. President Obama has zero chance of being re-elected.
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thanks for the best belly laugh I've had in weeks. You are out of your mind if you believe this
What the heck. Run Sarah! Whaddaya have to lose? You're at least higher on the likability poll than virtually any other Republican currently considering. I mean, look at the list. You're the only one among 'em I would consider inviting to a party. You'd NEVER EVER get my vote, but that's not the point.
It's fun watching the dumb rethuglicans chase each other around like rats in a fish tank...haha
"[Sarah Palin] is not going to be president and will not be the Republican nominee unless the Party wants to lose at least 44 states" [as Goldwater did in 1964] – George Will. (coverage of her activities belongs only in People magazine)
I know that obama are not strong his presdient cuse he is still weak that is true
Im belived that presdient obama are not respect to sarah so why obama like say word his mouth about her lipstick so we are shamed that obama was fault trouble saying word her on lipstick so people like learned word lipstick fom obama
Imfeeling strong belived to God that untied state must respect to sarah or someone for presdient
Obama need stay out of untied state cause he was fasle his birth cercfict
Sarah, although its hard to prove, is not as dumb as we all may think. She has learned some strategy since hf er last defeat in '08. I doubt she is seriously thinking about running but what she is seriously thinking about is the Ca$h she will be able to rangle up. There are enough die hearts out there to make her richer than she could ever imagine gaining as the POTUS. She learned that lesson jumping the Alaskan ship when she did.. . .
She won't run, Obama's not that lucky
PALIN WILL NEVER RUN FOR PRESIDENT.
First of all, Palin knows that if she ran she would have to agree to meet with journalists who didn't work for FOX News and take questions that were 'unscreened'. She will NEVER agree to that.
Second, she knows that any serious candidate would have to agree to a televised debate. She would NEVER agree to debate anyone, especially Barack Obama, because in her heart she knows that she would end up looking like a complete fool. That's why she's avoided the press for the last two years.
Third, she doesn't want to work hard. She's making millions without ANY preparation or work. She travels by private jet and is put up in 5-star hotels. Her life is incredibly cushy and she has virtually zero responsibilities. The last thing Palin wants to do is take on a job that would require working 24/7.
Fourth, Palin actually has much more "power" as a so-called kingmaker. She can go around endorsing people and looking like she's above the politics. Because nobody takes her as a serious candidate for anything, she can get away with a lot more. She can be more outrageous and, most important of all, less detailed.
I think Gregg knows all this. He's just trying to get the field narrowed for the sake of the party.
I guess the idiot factor in the GOP is higher than previously imagined then? I can't see Palin surviving the onslaught in the GOP primary debates vs the old, angry white men in the party unless they're saying the pity factor for her will carry the day which is truly scary because now we're saying people will vote for the underdog getting hammered in a fact-based debate simply because she's getting her uninformed head handed to her?
More importatnly, if she gets the nomination I can't give her a tinker's chance in Buckingham Palace in a debate against a skilled debater/orator such as Obama. Of course, if she gets that far, are we going to have to weather the "oh, that poor White woman is being beaten up by that Black man" mindset? And believe me, that would get put into play – BIG TIME!!!
I guess we should all be more serious when considering a potential US President, but she and Bachmann just make it so much more fun.
And would republicans really be that stupid? You bet.
Any bets on how long she would last as President before she resigned?
She quits her job half way through her term, shes full of lies, has not contributed one single intelligent solution to any of this countries problems and she's being mentioned as a presidential candidate. I'm tired of scratching my head, it really is pathetic.
Girls are so jealous of Sarah Palin ..she is pretty and smart and sexy.. Guys are afraid of her because she may step on their toes...lol... any men left out there that aren"t afraid of a woman being in command.... hell..look what us men did.. go to war? Waste billions of dollars.... and argue? for what.. I didnt votte for Obama.. but maybe we were ready to have a black president.. MLK would have been a great president... I like Colin Powell ... maybe we need to try a female president..Sarah Palin is my choice... i dont want an ugly female pres..lol...
I don't care witch: Palin or Bachman, I want one of them to win the nomination. I do realize that both have set women back 50 years, I want to see....
PS
I'm a progressive, liberal, Democrat:-)
Something is wrong with America if Palin wins – I will pack my bags in that case
Remember she says she can beat Obama! However, she'd have to answer questions from the evil lamestream media, not just her admirers at fixed news, please run Sarah! We need some new word made up words, to add to your word salad.
Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We liberals are sooooooo caught up in Sarah. Pretty sad that we can't find enough good stuff to say about Barack otherwise we would be shouting it from the mountain tops. He is great!
Hope she gets the Republican nomination and will do what I can to assure it – as a Democrat. Because then Obama would win all 50 states in a landslide.
We can only hope that Gregg is correct, and Palin is smart enough to pick Bachman as her running mate!
I can't imagine anything more wonderful than watching the vapid Palin attempt to debate Obama. He wouldn't even have to prepare.
For those who don;t like the President.......so bet, however you need to put your thinker cap on. He has done more in 2 years then Bush and any other President has done in 8 years. You just don't like him because you have been watching to much Fox's Blues and believe everthing you hear.................This man is for the people . Palin in for the money.......what a joke.
To "common thinking" ... sorry to burst your bubble, mate, but it was DUBYA and his CLOWNS that created the deficit we now face; by instigating two wars (can you say "Viet Nam"?) and forcing on the beleagured Middle Class the Financial Meltdown. Remember that there was actually a Budget Surplus when Dubya was given the 2000 election, thanks entirely to his lame brother, the Florida Governor at the time, Jeb. Get your facts stright, bub ...
How can any one with a brain look at the last 2 years and vote for Obama Oh that's right he did stop drilling for oil good show
@gsmith are you stupid or are you just a plain imbecile .........as of right now . no republican that's on the presidential list has a snowball's chance of beating our great POTUS........................remember that !!!!
As a lifelong republican and conserative I say "God help us if Sarah Palin gets the nomination and winds" . She is an embarrassment to my party and when she opens her mouth, stupid just flows out of it.
I am 120% sure that Sarah will never step in in the Oval Office. Even if her Party put her in the front burner! The only people who decide the person to win are "independents". These are well educated and very understanding people, thus they will not let a person like Sarah lead them and the rest of the nation, hence the entire world!
According to Sarah Palin the world needs her and if there is no one else to take President Obama on , then she will be more than happy to get the job done. Yeah, only in her wildest dreams!
If McCain had chosen Joe Lieberman for a running mate, it might be a much different country right now.
Palin is a female Charlie Sheen - a train wreck that people just keep cheering on. Go, Sarah, Go!
I can't wait for Sarah Palin to be #45.....
Some lefty loons will commit suicide, the others will leave the country....
either way, works for me:)
Can it be humanly possible to make a statement beyond "I am as dumb as a stump" by voting for the Wasilla Flibbertigibbet?
I admire that republicans are becoming more self aware with the coming election, however the discorse surrounding Palin's possible run for the presidency is just fueling the fire. Republicans need to take a stand and direct their attention to what, when and why and not who. If republicans nominees are serious they need to step up now and present themselves so as to drown out the gibberish, like "is Palin going to run". How about, "republicans are ready to face the continuing job crisis," or "can a conservative bring the middle class out of economic destruction and birth a new resurgence of American economic power in the face of Chinese momentum". I think the days of political talk and no action are coming to an end. And we can either prepare for the future or let it smacks us in the face, then we might wake up.
RUN SARA RUN!! LOL BTW Sara I speak 4 languages, I had traveled the world, I had meet some foreign politicians so REALLY I got more experience that you. Hey I am just a photographer who understands our world and its folks much better than you instead of making each other hating. BTW I had been a photographer for over 20 yrs. YEAP longer than your 1/2 term as Gov from Alaska when you decided to call it NO MAS.
The base of the Republican party is so far right that the nominee will almost certainly be someone with limited appeal to the middle ground – it's going to be very difficult for the Republicans to take the White House in 2012. On the other hand it should be fun watching all of the candidates "out crazy" one another until then.....
We continue to give more credence to this nonentity than she deserves. If she vanished tomorrow, the media would have to go back to covering important matters. The march 14, 2011 issue had it right, and the rest of the press should follow suit. In an article titled, "150 Women Who Shake the World", it's evident that those named were cited for positive accomplishments.
SARAH PALIN IS NOT ON THE LIST!
Some women mentioned are:
Hawa Abdi
Amira al-Sharif
Lynsey Addario
Emma Bonino
Mabel Bianco
Tory Burch
Shoma Chaudhury
Phelicia Dell
Divyi Keshav
Christine Lagarde
etc.
Every one of the 150 women mentioned is managing, in her own way, to make a positive contribution to society. They represent millions of other women who are doing the same thing, and you haven't heard of them either. The ONLY things being done by Palin are running her mouth and increasing her personal fortune.
Follow Newsweek's lead. Make a positive contribution to society by ignoring her!
Joe Scarborough said Palin ensures an Obama victory in 2012 before this article.
'common thinking – Sarah Palin is a fantastic politician...just like she was a great governer. Stupid americans are not ready for honesty and truth'
Thanks for that, I was having a blah day but that chuckle really cheered me up.
'he doesn't have guts...no forward thinking.'
Oh and what do your great 'forward thinking' skills say should be the action because I can pretty much guarantee you know jack.
If you want the Democrats to continue to hold power...just vote Palin in... I'm sure Obama will be very happy!
What path is that? She is wandering all over and she quits when the going gets tough?
What bothers me the most is Nov. 2010 we voted in tea party folks who have no interest in helping the middle class or poor. We have a Republican party who only cares about big business and the upper 2% and voted them in. The 17 percent of independents that voted for President Obama voted for tea party and repubs. In 2010. What were you thinking......you voted against your own interests.......we are a very unintelligent country. They are cutting education to shreds in a country that is 20th in math and science. We are dumbing down our country. JUST listen to Bachman and Palin!!!! Wake up folks!!!!!
For years I've just wanted Sarah Palin to go way because she's a joke. Now I am all too happy to see her run for president. Go ahead brilliant Tea Partiers bite of your nose to spite your face!!!
Run Palin RUN!
Blah blah blah!!!!! Doesn't matter we need to get right! Jesus is coming life as we know it is over!!!!!!!! Doesn't matter who runs this country!
Sara palin is a joke and a quitter if she were to ever become president I would seriously consider moving out of this country, I live in Alaska and she is not that popular up here I pray to god she just goes away, her and her whole family are attention whores, in a nut shell she would be worse then Obama.
McCain unkleashed this Palin virus upon the American public.
Her hands aren't big enough to hold all the things she doesn't know.
Palin! she doesn't desrve to run or be president the way she talk/sound doesn't sound or seem professional. She can be anything she want and I won't hold that against her but, for president , hell no, she don't sound professional like most lady I hear on the news.
I say all the Democrats cross lines, take a Replican ballot (like they did last primary) and vote for Palin!
I hope she wins...
@commonthinking
. Are you for real? If anyone is a clsn is this stupid woman ehi is only good for one thing . . . The worlds oldest profession and it's all about her. She doesnt even care about her famiky or her kids!
What a role model this country will have if SHE becomes the president!!
Just the expression on Palins face in this picture says it all! She's looking to catch the Short Bus!
Here they go trying to head Snooki Palin off at the pass. It is not very smart to admit that they can't stop her in the process.
She's going to run for sure now.They just DARED her to run in her junior high school mind. It's all downhill from here wingnuts.
GOBP heads exploding all over the place. David Koch will call for another meeting soon.
I'm conservative. I wish this woman would go away. She's ill-prepared and uninformed in most instances. There are so many strong potential GOP candidates. This one takes the laughing-stock cake – she is the topper.
ok so Obama will never win the 2012 election because of his incompetence to do anything he says.... Our economy still sucks..... OUr healthcare should not be reformed it is fine how it is... Fact: U.S.A has the best healthcare in the world....
Palin will easily get GOP nomination and possibly President because people are tired of Obama's lies.......... Even if people dont like her America would rather have her than Barack any day.......
Look, no offense to Republican folks out there, but the honest truth isn't that Palin would obviously fail to win against Obama... the truth is, there is no such thing as a republican leader right now... I'm completely in the middle... you know who i vote for? The person i think has the best chance to make a difference while they are in office... Republicans are viewed (and probably rightfully so) as polarized... they do not bend on anything... politics are ABOUT compromising... because nobody wants EXACTLY what repubs want and nobody wants EXACTLY what Dems want... We need folks that are willing to say... okay i won't vote for what you have here... but lets find a middle road on this and make something happen... not folks that just throw the whole damn thing out the window and sit like a child holding their breath til they get what they want... that's what we've seen lately... Dems on the other side have enjoyed a lot of success lately... especially having 2 years of a Dem congress and a Dem president... but they're overconfident and have used the "we don't need your consent anymore" line way too much... nobody is blameless... but i for one am sick of both arguments... I want leaders that will sit down... work on a problem... and come up with a plan to solve the issue... not just fight for 6 months and put out legislation that NOBODY likes because neither side would work together..... that's all we see anymore and that's why i can't identify with either party... because they're both rediculous.... but to the point of presidential candidates.... None of those who have announced from the Republicans or are likely going to run... have shown the willingness to compromise that i would like to see... they're a VERY embattled party... they're very bitter sounding... and they really don't look like what i want in office... and i honestly don't see any of them defeating Obama at this point.
I think that Sarah Palin should at the top of the list as our "our on the ground ambassador to Libya" ..... maybe even be Gadhafi's personal assistant. She coud teach him how to "cut and run".
Who do you think her vice presidential choice would be? Can you imagine if its Bachmann? Gasp!
Mike Brooks, you did not campaign for President and you never will, if you say Pat Buchannon and Joe Scarborough is the best candidates you are a GOP and always have been. " I would vote for a turnip to get rid of him" go and vote for your turnip. I hope when your turnip get thought with your part of America you will wish you was dead.
@Mike Brooks – there is no way you campaigned for President Obama!
She's so scary, it's not even funny.
Does anyone really believe she'll run???? She likes the money too much, it's why she quit the governor gig. She may be uneducated and stupid, but believe me, she can count.
This country has become a complete joke, and Palin being elected president in 2012 will be the coup de grace.
Sarah Palin has no intention of running for President, she's just cashing in on her ignorant, lemming supporters for all she can milk them for right up to the last minute/dollar..........Once people wake up to her little ruse, her money wave will eventually crash on the rocks and she'll slowly fade away back to nowhere land where she came from!
@ itsa – there's actually a story (confirmed) that when Ronald Reagan gave a speech one time, he had every single word written out on index cards, literally from "Good Evening, Folks" to "Thank you and good night". Every single word, which he read verbatim. You are right – speakers use note cards, prompters, etc. all the time. Commonthinking apparently not thinking.
Where's the guy who always shows up on Palin threads to accuse Democrats of being so afraid of her?It must be totally surreal to see all the lefties calling for her nomination.
I knew something was seriously wrong mentally in the minds of "the other Americans" while seeing those opposed to the obama presidency voice their support for Sarah Palin who might I add, is an intelligent woman as it takes one to hold any form of public office. While I supported obama's run for office and still support his presidency, I feel Sarah is no more better equiped to handle the types of foreign and domestic issues that's a president must tackle.
I cannot imagine that Sarah Palin truly means to run for President in 2012, or ever. She quit her political office. She seems more interested in political entertainment. Just my two cents.
maybe you will post this one..I don't like Sarah Palin, would not vote for her. Will not vote for Obama either..is this good enough for CNN..?
Please run for president, Sarah, please.
I hope this airhead wins the primary, that way we're sure gonna have some fun. Guys, just imagine the hillarious debates... ha, ha.
Intelligence is knowing that Sarah Palin will win the Republican primary race and be their candidate for president in 2012, if she chooses to run.
Wisdom is knowing that Sarah Palin will never be elected President of the United States.
People barely thought she was vice presidential material. I don't see how quitting her political office and spending the past few years writing books, staring in reality television and pandering to the tea party has brought her any closer to being qualified for anything near the position of president.
Oh, please let the quitter run! Democrats are "scared of her" because she's an "intelligent woman" and never gives up once she's quit.
When I read the headlines that "Warning Issued on Palin", I thought it was about an insane person on loose! If Palin gets elected, then seriiously America's number 1 problem is its IQ level.
Palin will NEVER RUN, she would have to take a massive paycut and be accountable for her answers.
I simply don't understand how the freaks like palin, barbour , etc; are the GOP'S cream of the crop, even bachmann doesn't even know jack,and yet they are the darlings of the party!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
To the dems (myself included) hoping for Sarah Palin, I caution you NEVER to pull for an "unelectable" candidate. Fate has a weird way of getting those wack jobs elected sometimes, and that would be the worst thing that could happen for this nation.
All I know is Sarah Palin is HOT!!!
So if you think President Obama is a "disaster" what do you call the 2 terms Bush had?
Seriously. Mention Obama's name in a ticker and the hate comes out in droves.
Obama cures cancer.. doesnt matter, he should have done it sooner.
Obama turns water to wine.. doesnt matter, its not a Cabernet Savignon.
Obama turns lead to gold... doesnt matter, its not platinum.
You people are fools if you think Obama is a disaster. I dont know what Utopian paradise you think ANY other candidate is gonna create for you, or what seas will part, or what money will start growing from trees.
The Delusional States of America.
It won't happen.
The Repugnicans in Iowa ALL believe that Sister Sarah is a GENIUS! She will get the Repug nomination and along with most of the other Repugs will be running for the hills in 2012! Good riddance.
Pleeezze run Sarah.
Sarah Palin, Michele Bachman and the other far right/far left politicos are an excruciating example of how the American political system has lost it relevance to the majority of the voters. Sure, spouting extreme nonsense caters to the 'ridiculous Right' and the 'Loony Left' and can garner a nomination, but in the general election, it is the centrists who determine who wins and who loses the race. So go ahead Republicans; kowtow to the fringe and those who seem to value 'splash' over gravitas. That would guarantee a victory for the incumbent. Me? I'm one of those wacky centrists who will be ones making the call for the next (or returning) President, not you.
Palin has as much business being president as I do. I tend to be conservative in my politics, but I'm not a party loyalist. I vote for whom I think can do the best job, regardless of which party. President Palin? Not a chance. I'm sure she's a nice person, but politically, she dumber than a sack of hammers.
GSMith......hahahaha even you don't believe that....that's why no Repug has come out to challenge President Obama...he will win and you will weep...he's best for the country and you know it ...what's wrong with you? is is a race thing? do you feel inferior because a black man has turned out to be a very decent president....one who knows that it is right to be "our brother's keeper" rather than looking out only for oneself?
Fantastic! Run Sarah run, or would quit her campaign half way through? Re-elect our President.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE win the nomination
I would love to see Obama in office for another 4 years
Another RINO – he can go ahead and support Romney again, but that also signals that he thinks ObamaCare is fine which isn't going to be the case with most Republicans
Don't put it past these folks to elect her. After all, they elected W twice and look at the ruin he reeked on our country and the world (Iraq)!
She will win because of old coots like Pat Buchanan who just want to bed her. This woman is a fruitcake all day long. Then they are talking Michelle Bachman running too. Go figure. The republican and tea partiers are fruitcakes for even thinking of such a crazy idea.
We need some comedy in 2012 elections. Bring it on. Would be fun.
I will be supporting Newt Gingrich for the Republican nomination. I like Sarah Palin but Gingrich is a better communicator.
Sure, she's worth voting for to make a statement – as long as that statement is, "I'm an ideologically-blinded lunatic who would rather see the United States collapse than share it with people who look and/or believe different than me."
Run Palin for president and Bachmann for VP.
Bound to win.
I swear if Palin gets the nomination, I'm voting for Obama. And I can't stand Obama. My father would disown me if I voted for Obama. But at least he has a brain. I may not agree with most of the things he's done, but I can at least understand where he's coming from. On the other hand, I don't think I've ever heard anything intelligent come out of her mouth. Even when she has the "answers" written on her hands (like a grade school kid trying to cheat on a test – and doing a poor job of it). She is what I like to call a dasor – Dumb As a Sack Of Rocks. And the fact that she has her own "reality" tv show should be automatic disqualification from holding office. (Actually having anything to do with "reality" tv should disqualify you from a lot of things.) Bottom line – I wouldn't trust her to be president of the PTA, let alone the entire country.
"Although she is not viewed by most as strong enough to win, she is viewed by many as a person worth voting for to make a statement." And that statement would be, "I'm a moron!"
She is the Democratic party's best friend. Trust me a Palin nomination would be great news for Democrats as they would just about secure the independent voters.
I am so hoping that Sarah Palin wins the nomination because that would guarantee no crazy backwards Republicans for at least 4 more years.
I hope she does run . as a republican it will do 2 things first , prove all republicans and tea partiers are nuts and
second , get Obama elected again .
And I suggest she pair up with our own esteemed Senator David Vitter-a perfect "family values" team. Just tell me where to send my contribution to President Obama's reelection campaign, eh, I mean the Palin/Vitter election campaign.
Anybody that supports Sarah Palin should be shipped to Siberia. I'm not even joking. You are a moron if you support this woman and think she should even sniff the White House.
I love the comments from the so called Obama supporters who'd now supposedly vote for a turnip in 2012 than vote for Obama. What B.S. As someone who voted for Obama, the only thing I'm displeased about his presidency is that he hasn't been vocal enough in shooting down the absolute garbage and mistruths the Republicans are banking on in 2012. Republican's have painted a portrait of Obama that is about as accurate as they come. And how they've gotten their supporters to believe in it as truth is as head scratching as the 9/11 conspiracy theorists.
I'm conservative. I wish this woman would go away. She's ill-prepared and uninformed in most instances. There are so many strong potential GOP candidates. This one takes the laughing-stock cake – she is the topper.
She's a fitting representative of the insane party she belongs to. Please follow her over the cliff.
I'm conservative. I wish this woman would go away. She's ill-prepared and uninformed in most instances. There are so many strong potential GOP candidates. She needs to step aside.
This woman is ill-prepared and uninformed in most instances. There are so many strong potential GOP candidates. She needs to step aside.
AWE C'MON PEOPLE! Anyone who thinks Sarah Palin or any one else of the current GOP contenders has a chance of winning the presidency – has never left the USA or their own home towns for that matter. The rest of the intellegent world can't believe the crap that comes out of the mouths of the political right! It's an absolute comedy and quite frankly really scary. The belief that your current president is the ONLY cause of your current problems laughable. BUSH MADE YOU THE LAUGHING STOCK OF THE ENTIRE FREE WORLD AND CHENEY IS THE BIGGEST CROOK ON THE PLANET! Face it – it was was the right wing corporate machine that put you into the position you are now in and they are getting richer by the minute while scaring people with their utter nonsense. Please please put partisan hatred away and open your eyes to the lies your top 5 percent are feeding you and literally laughing all the way to THEIR banks! Before your once great country implodes. And guess what? They couldn't care less!
We are all hoping, dreaming, and energized that Sarah Louise Palin might get the Republican nomination for the GOP. That will save the DNC so much time, money, and effort in getting Obama reelected in 2012. The laughing stock of the world actually thinks she has a chance to win the most important job in the free world, and her followers, the dolts of American society, are dumb enough to put her on a presidential ticket... let them dare!
Rev Mkell, Says
Sarah Palin has united most of America! Were united in laughing at her and the stupid things she says!
Sahah Palin syas
I'm laughing at you on my way o the bank
This would be sweet.
Run Sarah Run
Peace
TO Brett:
The country was collapsing before Obama got in office. Where have you been?
Obama or Palin. Is there a difference? Both are rich. Both are incompetent leaders. Who exactly are politicians representing? Themselves and the other 2% that are millionaires.
I don't think she will run but anyone is better than OBAMA,,HE NEEDS TO GO!!! HE DOES NOT NEED to be re- elected!
The truth is that there isn't one clown on the right that has a chance beating Obama. God it's going to be painful watching these debates. Half of me is rooting for these guys, atleast some wildcard candidate who won't be batting practice for the Left.
In a runoff with President Obama, Mama Palen would open with: "Gee, Gawdy, Sir. Do ya' mind if'n I jes call ya; Barry? Of course, he would obsequiously agree, and the debate would cascade downhill from there, as would the prospects for an American recovery.
@ Lynn
And people didn't vote for Obama for the same reasons? lol...Do you realize Palin had more experience than your guy in office right now???
I love how the media has made a target out of Sarah Palin, she draws so much hate and criticism, when in reality she was the only reason McCain's campaign was even relevant!
It's funny how people label her dumb too....You don't become governor of the largest US State by accident. It's just like people say Bush was an idiot but yet he got an MBA from Harvard...makes no sense.
Bottomline- Over 2 years after running against Obama's ticket and Dems are still scared of Palin!
The ONLY thing the GOP needs to do is come up with a unified plan to fix the country. Take input from people like Daniels and Schweitzer and stop worrying about the Mama Barracude soap opera. The GOP is showing they're a bunch of losers.
Sarah, Michelle, Hermann, and the guy from Fla whose name I can't remember all have strong tea-party backing. This alone should bring to the convention enough votes to pick one of the 4. I'd be very happy with any one of them.
Freedom now, cut spending, eliminate unfunded entitlements, downsize government.
One has to wonder what poll GSMITH has seen that shows Obama with "zero chance of being re-elected". Wishful thinking is one thing, but when it results in posting stupid and innane blog comments it just proves one thing, there are a lot of stupid people out there. Just saying.
One day ..just one 24 hour period..I wish would go by without palin being in the news cycle...in fact I'm lighting candles to the saints as we speak for this miracle...
I'd switch sides to vote for her. We need her to be the nominee. And I don't see why we can't borrow some pages from the Republican playbook to do it.
Thunder-thighs might take a stab at Obama in the Demo-primaries. She could win too. Palin vs. Clinton or Beauty vs. the Beast is the worst scenario that comes to mind.
Let me get this right. Republicans wanted Sara Palin to win, as long as she was playing second fiddle to McCain. Now they don't want her at all?? That by itself is sufficient reason for me to vote for Obama if he cares to run for the President the second term.
Else I hope Sara Palin wins. Joe the Plumber would make an excellent Vice President. And I hope I can get out of this country as a refugee....
Look......bottom line; Liberal Democrats are all.....ALWAYS voting for the Democrat....period! Republicans true and blue are ALWAYS voting for the Republican.....period! But Independants and those who do not register with any party are voting in 2012 for the CONSERVATIVE....no doubt, Obambi has been such a disaster and people just do not know what he may do.....If Palin is the Republican canidate, she WILL win.....The Dems know this and that is why they spend so much time and ink in attacking her.....it is relentless! I know some of you may say as Judd....."the Republican voters may sit this one out".... you got to be kidding! Do you think any Conservative will pass on any opportunity to vote against Obambi???? If you beleive this, I have some ocean front property in Arkansas I want to sell you.
2012....Fill in the blank__________ against Obaambi, wins hands down!
Then all the Liberal bloggers on this CNN Ticker will have to get a JOB!
All you obama sausage suckers have no brain at all. America has actually gotten WORSE under Obama. my dog can be a better pres. than obama. obama has no guts and no courage to stand up for america. why give him another term.
Let her run, will be a joke for all the world to laugh at! Just makes that GOP field of candidates look less competent, because they are drawn down to her level of incompetence!
How ridiculous has our political system gotten that Sarah Palin and Donald Trump are candidates for president?
It appears most are trying to be as civil as they can and don't want to tell Sarah Palin the truth about her not having the ability to lead this fine country of ours.
I suppose I can hear it now or read it now, from Sarah Palin, the negative comeback she will have her writers prepare for her against Judd Gregg for even saying that she has no chance against President Obama.
I have a great deal of respect for former Senator Judd Gregg for saying his piece.
Senator Gregg is always so respectful even when he was in the Senate to the other point of view.
I'm just having a very difficult time in trying to maintain my composure in cracking up with laughter for how this is reported in the news.
If America had survived 8 years of Dubya, Sarah Palin will be a walk in the park. So don't worry people.
won't be long before a tea bagger fanatic kills her in fear that she would make an easy Obama reelection
Palin/Bachman 2012.......The Dream Team...Dream as in Nightmare!
@ Common Thinking, I usually do not comment on comments but whomever you are, you really cannot believed what you stated. Palin a great govener, she quit! Not for health reasons, not for a new position in government, but because she wwas under state corruption charges. Calling your President a clown because he reads from a teleprompter, I guess Ronald Reagan, G.H. Bush, Bill Clinton, G.W. Bush are clowns also according to your theory. Critize president Obama if you please, we will just give you another four years to grip about the President when we re-elect him in 2012. Oh and for god's sake, mix in spell check or better yet, pursue your GED and pay attention in English class this time around, common thinking.
Is Judd Gregg off his rails? First it's way too early to say Palin or anyone has a chance. Second, Bugs Bunny, if he's a republican, is a better choice than any democrat, especially Obama. Palin has a lot of a great ideas, but you wouldn't know it if you watch liberal news. All they make her do is defend herself rather than let her get her message out. Yes, the tv show was a mistake, but the books are great.
too bad she's a woman because it comes off as gender bashing but SP goes from unknown to mayor of wasilla to gov of alaska to PRESIDENT of the USA???
i can't believe 25.1% (half of the 50% who vote) of voters are stupid enough to put this idiot in the WH
Romney is probably their most qualified candidate. Too bad for him he is running in a party that thinks of members of the LDS church as being the right hand of the devil.
I will certainly vote for Palin, in the GOP primary, and watch good laughs on SNL.
I believe that Palin would make a better president than Obama. She is fiscally and socially conservative, traits much needed in this country. Furthermore she is not stupid as most left wingers seem to portray her. However, she cannot win against the one billion dollar Obama political machinery, and the left wing media backing him up whilst castigating, denigrating, and maligning Palin.
Wouldn't you just love to see Palin and Bachmann in a debate with all the other candidates?? What great theater! Everyone will want a ticket for this performance.
Sarah Palin would ride to the convension on the short bus. The kind she took when she went to school!
Anyone can beat Obama next election....and I do mean anyone...as long as their not a DEMOCRAT....people have had enough....
It would be interesting to see how someone as ignorant as Sarah Palin would have handled all the crises that have developed in the past 2 1/2 years since Barach Obama has been President – not to mention all the crises he inherited from his predecessor! She would have had a nervous breakdown by now. Being President is not an easy task and needs to be taken very seriously. There aren't too many Republican candidates that could handle the world's issues the way Obama does. He's intelligent, calm, serious, thoughtful, careful and caring. A President needs these qualities. Palin has none of those.
She is NOT going to run...I keep saying it over and over....she is just in this for all the money she can grub off of publicity, the Fox Commentator (another money maker that she does not want to give up) and any other fool who throws money at her. She knows that at some point in time the smarter Republicans (including Rupert Murdoch) will throw more money at her to keep her out of the running process. She is teasing this country while she laughs all the way to the bank. Once she declines to run ...another book will hit the press. Sarah Palin is smart enough to know that the country if filled with fools who will gladly part from their money....Motto for Democratic Party at this time..."Thankgod for Sarah Palin".