Palin “Eyeing” A Presidential Bid Next Time Around
October 27, 2008 · By Adam Dyck
If this doesn’t scare you, nothing will. Some excerpts:
[S]he is presenting herself to the public with an eye to her own long-term political career and a possible presidential bid in four years.
An unnamed source told CNN that “she is playing for her own future and sees herself as the next leader of the party.”
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
I hope that the train-wreck that is rapidly emerging from the Republican party’s election will have the effect of making people like Palin an impossibilty in future campaigns. Increasingly it is apparent what an error her selection turned out to be, and she will get no more traction from this election than Dan Quayle did from his 15 minutes of fame.
Hopefully.
Why would I be scared of one of the first real conservatives to come along in decades running in the Republican Party for President of the United States? Is this a liberal blog by chance? (real conservative)
And your point is? Now where in the linked article is there a fact just speculation. l happpily confirm that some people are crazy enough to hope she chooses to continue as an to play a role in a serious manner. I agree be afraid ,positive energy has a way of negating the appeal of the lowest common denominator. Maybe not this time but the future looks good.
If you think that an inexperienced, corrupt friend of pork barrel spending is a “real conservative”, I’m afraid we’ll have to agree to disagree.
What is your definition of a conservative,inexperienced, and what about Palin makes you afraid,very afraid?
My definition of conservative is someone who believes in small government.
Palin makes me afraid because of her penchant to make decisions and statements off the cuff, her tendancy to pettiness and revenge, her inexperience in government, and her love of big government.
Governor Palin has an actual record as a politician and executive officer to stand on (more than either her running mate or both of her opponents), so it is mystifying she is “unqualified” while Senator Obama (with a virtually empty CV, and many unanswered questions in there; what exactly is the “New Party” , was he really a member and why did they endorse him for State Legislature, for example) is considered “qualified”?
Obviously her running has electrified a large segment of the voting population, her ability to draw large crowds at election rallies is equal to Senator Obama’s appeal (although downplayed by the media).
If she chooses to run in 2012, she will bring some fresh perspective to the Republican Party and chart a new course, which the GOP greatly needs. Of course if there is an Obama administration, I think most Americans will be ready for almost anyone in 2012. Think Jimmy Carter redux.
The status quo is broken for all parts of the political establishment, I for one, look forward to seeing how she approaches the 2012 election contest and who she brings aboard (Governor Bobby Jindal, for example?)
Adam, Palin is the poster girl of small government,more excuetive experience than McCain,Biden and especially Obama,what are you really afraid of?
Maybe you should get your news from somewhere other than CNN (the liberal Clinton News Network). This is another trumped up rumour to disparage the McCain-Palin ticket.
Janet: Palin has a grand total of eight years worth of executive experience, and seix of that was as Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, hardly good preparation for being Commander-in-Chief.
Obama, the one you trumpet as having “no experience”, has served ten years in government. I would hardly say that Palin’s “executive experience” as mayor of a town with less than 10 000 people really trumps that.
Biden has spent thirty five years in the United States Senate, and has chaired several high profile committees. There is no way you can argue that Palin has more useful experience than him.
McCain has served in Congress for 26 years.
Adam, Senator Obama has done exactly what in his ten years?
Googling his “extensive” resume we see Chicago communities “organized” by Obama with unfinished projects (although a great deal of money was spent). He has sponsored no major legislation in either the State or Federal Senate. His major foreign policy initiative; opposition to the “surge” turned out to be flat out wrong, as the Americans and Iraqis crushed the insurgency, while he also voted with the rest of the Democrats against Senator McCain’s attempts to reign in “Freddy and Fannie” in 2006; resulting in the sub prime credit crisis of today. That sort of resume tells me a lot about what sort of President he might be.
As for the other Senators, regardless of how long they served and how smart or gaffe prone they are, they still have never served in an executive capacity. Looking at the historical record, it seems American voters do look for executive experience, look at the number of State Governors and General Officers who have become President.
At any rate, the arguments about Senator Obama’s experience will become moot; read up on the experience of the Carter Administration and prepare accordingly.
I’m afraid you’ve missed my point entirely. The fact remains that she is inexperienced, regardless of the current candidates. I didn’t say I supported Obama, I said Palin was not made of Presidential timber.
Her “executive” experience is hardly the kind of stuff that Presidents are made of.
If you are Canadian, I’d be far more worried about Obama than McCain if you care about your economy. We already live in Canada – a society that is far more left-wing than America will potentially ever be (even with a Conservative government) so don’t worry about the Americans position. Obama will look at NAFTA and will take drastic measures to curb job loss to other countries, including Canada. He could raise taxes on imported goods, making it less desirable to do business with Canada. A “free trade” under Obama is different than under McCain, just remember that.
Ovomit’s closest friends are terrorists. How in the world could Palin ever make you afraid by that comparison?
Did some liberal kidnap Adam and hijack The Politic? Geez…get a grip.
“Ovomit’s closest friends are terrorists. How in the world could Palin ever make you afraid by that comparison?
Did some liberal kidnap Adam and hijack The Politic? Geez…get a grip.”
You first. Obama’s closest friends are terrorists? Wake up and read a book.
Can you say “Bill Ayers”? How about “Bernadene Doerhn”? Terrorists both, and they got the political aspirations of Obama rolling.
WTH? This USED to be a Conservative site.
I would advise you not to confuse the words “conservative” and “ignorant”.
I refuse to let myself be labeled by a single term, such as “conservative” or “Republican”, and then have that be used to determine my stances on every single issue.
Oh labels, labels, labels. Only the libs are so sensitive! That’s because they don’t want to be called what they truly are: Marxists!
The Obama/Biden combo is downright scary, just as much for Canada’s sake as for the U.S. They “investigate”, ban and kick out anyone and everyone who so much as disagrees with them or EVEN asks them a pertinent question which they do not want to answer! Be afraid, very afraid of that!
Geez glacialgal – “Investigating, banning AND kicking out of anyone and everyone who asks pertinent questions”? First of all, I don’t even know what you are talking about (who would?). Second of all, kicked out of what? The country? A coffee klatch? A book club in Vermont?
I’ve got to tell you, you are one hell of an awful polemicist.
Ryan, pick up a book, a newspaper, anything. You are clued out.
Ovomit kicked off any journalist from his campaign plane who came out in favour of McCain last week.
The fellow who shook hands with Ovomit and DARED to ask him a question about how Ovomit planned to tax him into oblivion was investigated and attacked by Ovomit’s campaign people, just for asking him a relevant question.
The list goes on. Pay attention Ryan.
Don’t you think it is odd that a journalist would actually come out and support a particular candidate rather than reporting? Usually reporters covering elections are quite careful to avoid any sort of political endorsement. Coming out and supporting McCain and being kicked off the campaign plane is a lot different from your earlier claim that the reporter was kicked out for asking pertinent questions. Nice try on the spin, but you’re wrong. Editorial boards from some papers came out in favour of McCain and it appears that Obama’s campaign responded by removing reporters from those papers from their media entourage. I am disappointed that his campaign adopted a George W. Bush tactic of punishing papers whose editorial boards endorsed the opposing candidate, but this is a much different circumstance than what you described in your last two comments.
The fellow you speak of that shook hands with him sounds like Joe the Plumber. Is that correct? Joe the plumber whose name isn’t Joe and isn’t even a plumber? He also doesn’t seem to have a problem with tax rates because he doesn’t pay taxes. This fella wasn’t investigated by Obama’s campaign team. He was investigated by reporters, (and unfortunately some misguided public officials got in the mix as well), and revealed to be largely an opportunistic fraud. Further, if someone like him becomes a campaign spokesperson for a party, they better be prepared for some scrutiny. Don’t even try to tell me that the Republican party would do (or did) anything different.
Indeed, I am paying attention by reading books, newspapers, and anything else that is a relevant source of information.