May 27th, 2011
07:40 AM ET
10 years ago
5 reasons why Sarah Palin may be ready to shake up 'uninspired' race
Washington (CNN) - Alaska's "mama grizzly" is coming to the big screen and quite possibly back to the campaign trail, a move that would shake up a GOP presidential primary field that some Republicans complain is "uninspiring."
Sarah Palin is pushing back against Beltway wisdom that she is content to sit on the sidelines in 2012 where she can safely criticize President Obama and offer her 2 cents on the handful of fellow Republicans who are seeking the GOP presidential nomination.
FULL STORY
From CNN Politics
- Pressure builds on Biden to act on guns in wake of Colorado mass shooting March 23, 2021 12:16 pm
- Sidney Powell argues in new court filing that no reasonable people would believe her election fraud claims March 23, 2021 12:15 pm
- Postmaster General set to announce 10-year plan including longer mail delivery times and cuts to post office hours March 23, 2021 12:02 pm
- Progressive group launches $3.2 million advertising buy to push federal voting law March 23, 2021 11:01 am
- US and allies announce sanctions against Chinese officials for 'serious human rights abuses' against Uyghurs March 23, 2021 10:32 am
- Analysis: Trump's army takes aim at 2022 touting his election lies March 23, 2021 05:01 am
Please please please Sarah run. We Dems will love have President Obama debate.
Barack Obama must be secretly in control of the Republican Party. Republicans keep on sending these loser candidates against him.
I hope Sarah runs. She will distract attention from the truly important issues facing our nation with her squeaky voice and continuous barrage of inane comments. She will never get the Republican nomination, but she will throw the party into so much disarray during the primary season that the candidate who is nominated will never recover in time for the general election. Run, Sarah, run!
Sarah Palin lacks original ideas. Disagree? Name one, then. Sarah Palin has no contribution to make for improving the future of this country. Sarah Palin has only goal; make Obama a one-term President. Did I forget to mention that she will not declare a candidacy.
Tea Partiers, you had better hope for Bachman, not Palin. I would be surprised to see Bachman join a Republican field that is looking more and more like an unemployment line. (None of them currently hold jobs or political office.) Bachman has a job, and she (like everyone else with a job who has dropped out) will not be running, either. I could be wrong, but I think she is too smart to run.
So, is Palin seriously considering a bid? Let's read the tea leaves:
1. She made a movie that cable premium channel providers rejected. (Fox will buy it...eventually...maybe)
2. She left Wasilla because it was too easy for reporters to bad press from neighbors. (starting anew)
3. Favorable poll numbers are due to Democrats and Obama-Republicans. (she woudn't win against O.)
4. No one with good judgement is leading the Republican Party. (Roger Ailes doesn't count, but should)
5. The fact is, she won't rule out a presidential bid. (Go ahead and give her a donation.)
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make it true. Nothing would ensure a reelection landslide of epic proportions. Anyone that comes in and says she can beat Obama needs their head examined. Only Romney stands a chance of beating Obama
The only reason Palin is still around is to make Liberals look foolish. As long as they continue to attack her the way they do, she doesn't have to win or even enter the race. Democrats, to attack her every move, appear scared, petty and desperate. Even in independent circles, she's not considered a factor. At times she says things that need to be said, other times not so much.
The mere fact that she's being taken seriously confirms that I now reside on Bizarro Earth. LOOK UP IN THE SKY!!! ITS BIZARRO SUPERWOMAN!!!
@ New Age Independent:
A few things: One, we don't consider her a factor, and we do want her in the race PRECISELY because, as you pointed out, independents don't consider her a factor either. We are astonished that anyone can consider anything she has to say as original. The GOP desperately needs new ideas, and she is not the person to supply, articulate, or explain them. Her public resume is replete with half-finished jobs, and accusations and claims of victimzation that would try the patience of anyone. I would like you to supply us with an example of her saying something that needed to be said that is original or different from any other public figure in this country, since that was the heart of your apologetic defense of her.