Sarah Palin in 2012? Get Ready For It

Sarah Palin is campaigning in areas in which right-wing Republicans are already smitten with right-wing Republicans. She is going out and speaking to the basest part of the base, the part that believes Obama's a terrorist and wants him tried for treason. The McCain campaign continues to show no faith in her intelligence. Her speeches rarely vary at all, no matter the city or the venue; if an audience is old, she talks about health care and Social Security. If the audience is young, she talks about health care and Social Security.

Palin knows that not every audience cares about the issues she's discussing; she just is not comfortable with a slight change in the speech she has been handed.

It's a pretty jarring sight. But even though not every right-wing audience reacts to each part of Palin's script with the same enthusiasm, one thing is clear: the far right really likes Palin. And let there be no doubt about this: in 2012, Sarah Palin does not want to debate VP Joe Biden. She wants to debate President Obama. She wants to be the Republican Party nominee for President.

Now, many of you reading this blog just threw up on the computer screen, so please, take a moment to clean up. You are saying to no one, "That's insane! She's not competent!" I am not here to remark on the sanity of Palin's plans. I'm not saying she will be the nominee in 2012. I am saying that she will run. She may be one of those people who gets two percent of the vote in Iowa, and quits the race. Or, she may fare better. Mike Huckabee won Iowa, let's recall. While recently voted the Funniest Celebrity in Washington, D.C., Mr. Huckabee, a charming guy, is not on the same page as I am in regards to policy and whether or not we roamed the earth with the T-Rex. Sarah Palin is already adored by the religious right; Iowa, here she comes!

Don't believe me. But don't believe that the Bush era is really over, just because President Bush will be leaving office in January. The politics of Bush are not at an end. Sarah Palin is proof positive. She's not a genius. I'm not going to say she's a moron like "Mongo" in "Blazing Saddles," but she's certainly not someone whose brilliance we aspire to. She's not well-traveled, not well-read, not well-versed on the issues. Just like President Bush. So we can sit here and say, no way, she has no chance to be the Republican nominee. But she does have a chance. And it makes me want to throw up on my computer.

Comments

[GreenT2]

This is the best thing to happen to Obama's prospects for a strong shot at two terms since the Iowa primaries. Draft Palin 2012! There could be no easier path to a second Obama term.

[demoRep12]

Now that she has had a glimpse of how washington works, with some more experience she will be a great US President's candidate.
looks like someone has already started taking people's opinion:
www.sarahpalinfor2012.com

[TaylorRae]

The Mayan Calendar and 2012.

Doomsday prophecies.

Uh-oh.

[Freedomfest]

The new Sarah President For President in 2012 website is now online, with related news, headlines & links at http://www.palin4pres2012.com/

[knmeye01]

I would love to see Sarah Palin run in 2012 for President. Why? If Palin were to run for President, she wouldn't have the luxury of hiding from the media. She wouldn't have the luxury of only one debate. She wouldn't have the luxury of creating her own alter-universe. If you give someone like Palin enough rope, they will inevitably hang themselves. Unleash her and watch her self-destruct right before your very eyes. Who needs David Copperfield?

[CTagainstPalin]

Palin WILL be the nominee in 2012. The GOP will still be recovering­/regroupin­g after this November's debacle and, really, there is no one else but retreads at this point. 2012 will be CLASSIC~!

[tel8034]

There is one thing you forgot Matt,

Sarah Palin will have to go through a Republican primary in 2012, and I will bet that her Republican opponents will do just what they do best ..........­..........­...

They will dig and dig and dig up all of the mud they can find on Palin and sling it at her.......... And we all know that's a lot of mud.

Because the McCain camp has taken over GOVERNING THE STATE OF ALASKA, they probably have managed to supress quite a lot of dirt about their pitbull, but in 2012 they won't be around.

I don't think that Palin will even make it past the 2012 Republican primary, so there is nothing to worry about.

In fact Palin might not be able to continue her position as the Alaskan Governor when she and McCain lose in November.

[EddieMcWords]

If the DNC can find a quality candidate to challenge her in 2010 for her governorship, I'll gladly donate $300 to his or her campaign.

Let's nip this nasty weed in the bud!

Also, I'd be curious to see, if with all the skeletons in her closet, and her tendency to stick her foot in her mouth, whether she could make it through the gauntlet that is a Republican primary.

[jchflorida]

I hope she gets the nomination in 2012 . She'll lose like Goldwater did .

[tedbear]

I don't doubt she will try in 2012, but honestly, does anyone think this mess called Sarah Palin can actually take enough lessons on how to speak properly, dress and walk properly, get her hair done properly, oh, and the most important thing, get a brain transplant by 2012?

[pfc1369]

Palin in 2012? No way.

I do write her off, and her would be followers, because if they are still in a position to seek power in this country by then, we will have sunk beneath the sea, by then.

[jeanrenoir]

Hillary is now toast, any way you slice it. If Obama wins, and succeeds, Hillary never has a chance to run again, unless she wants to go it in 2016. If Obama loses, it will be because the radical right personified by Palin is simply unstoppable, no matter how bad the economy gets (unlikely, but possible). And if THIS is true, then Palin will disembowel Hillary in 2012 by making the slam dunk case that Hillary is simply a phony Wellesley liberal elitist who tried to con Reagan Dems in '08 by pretending to be Annie Oakley, whereas Palin truly IS the re-incarnation of Annie, not just a political actress who plays "one of us" on TV, like Hillary.

[pfc1369]

That's who this country ends up demanding for president? Annie Oakley?

Buffalo Bill truly is defunct.....

[mom2sons]

She won't win.

[JRsNana]

She's already a laughingstock. She might run - but she won't be able to hide. Her negatives are sky high. Her approval ratings (with all but the rabid right) are in the loo. People aren't near as stupid as they were 8 years ago. They pay attention. They know what she's all about. Hate. Fear. Lies.

[DXM]

I agree that Gov. Palin will certainly contemplate a run for the presidency in 2012 and would likely actually run... I have no doubt about it. But who knows what's going to happen over the next four years, how an Obama Administration will fare in the face of our current or future problems and who else will be in the Republican field. If I were a betting man like Grandpa McCain, however, at this point I think that a Palin candidacy will get no farther than Dan Quayle's back in 1996... unless the Republican candidate field is especially weak in 2012... like in 2008 or worse. It would be so interesting to see a President Obama (after a largely successful first term) debate a only slightly better prepared but still hopelessly out of touch Gov. Palin (who will be touting the same old stale ideas that are currently destroying the country).