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Originally Posted by dc_dux
Palin's PAC, SarahPAC is second only to Romney's PAC, Free &Strong AmericaPAC, among potential candidates for 2012.
That makes them players....whether either or both run or not.
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I don't dispute she is a "player", there are many "players" that are not going to run for President or have a realistic shot at winning. The more important question is what kind of power does she have or can she actually make a difference. And as I have communicated many times here and in other threads, Palin speaks to her base and her base already believes what we believe. When McCain picked her for VP on his ticket, he needed the Palin base to get energized - it worked but he lost independents due to the "financial crisis".
Although I will not support Romney in the primaries, he actually has a realistic shot at being the Republican Party nominee and a shot at beating Obama.
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I fear her being elected.
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A few times I have tried to emphasize the point that I don't fear certain people getting elected because the odds of it happening are so small it is not worth the concern. Do you think she could seriously threaten Obama in a general election? Do you think she has more than a long-shot chance of winning the Republican Party Nomination? If she runs as a third party candidate do you think that would hurt Obama or could possibly win? If the answers are no, why the concern? Like I have been stating, I just don't get it.
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Originally Posted by roachboy
so far as the tea party is concerned, if they keep talking to audiences that do not accept their reality-optional approach, they'll destroy themselves quick-like:
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Were you one of the folks trumpeting the end of the Republican party in 2008/09?
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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
Maybe a Tea Party–free month?
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Isn't it interesting that, at least based on my non-scientific observations, that a telecast meant for the internet targeting a faction of the Tea Party (who is the Tea Party Express anyway) gets just as much discussion in the media as a Presidential address to the world outlining his views of the state of the US and plans for the future?
Even here, we are not discussing an energy policy, war, global warming, governmental financial crises around the globe, growing political instability and a few important things specific to the US like unemployment, immigration, social security, health care costs going through the roof still, etc, etc, so if we stop talking about Palin and the Tea Party, what will we discuss?
{added}I stand corrected, there is a thread on Egypt and Tunisia.
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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I see a Palin-Bachmann ticket in the making.
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Would be better than Obama's empty happy talk.