The Palin saga will make noise and die very soon. Palin fans will defend her and her detractors like myself will reiterate that she is a tool not fit for higher office. Amid all these partisan, junior high like opinion offering, there is one fundamental question every VOTER should reflect on, because she could still run for president some day:
If you're leaving your elected position with more than a year to go because you can't handle bad publicity, personal attacks and GOP back-biting, how could Palin possibly handle the rigors of running for president -- much less being President?
The core question now is about her resolve and toughness. She quits under duress and has not done anything to speak of.
This is where her resume stands. Mayor of Wassila, governor of Alaska for 2.5 years, of which, 0.25 year were spent running for VP. She has no accomplishment, zero, nada, don't take my words for it, but you better believe McCain's people. "If this is her launching pad for 2012, it's a curious move," said John Weaver, a former senior strategist for McCain's presidential bids. "Policy is politics, and she has no real accomplishments as governor." Pardon their hypocrisy for telling us last summer that she was a capable woman ready to step in should anything happen to John McCain. Now, she has no real accomplishments, she can't handle the media, the "full court press" is rattling her.
How can this woman handle the economy, get legislation pass, fund the wars, deal with coup d'Etats, rally our allies, and respond to David Letterman jokes? The "full court press" on Sarah Palin is just getting started. It took time to gather opposition research last summer. Now there is material to work with. Invite Levi for Larry King, have the Alaska Independence Party on Countdown with Keith Olberman, go get her crazy African priest, and this woman will contemplate resigning as President? No she will drop from the GOP primaries.
The next "full court press" on Sarah Palin will come from the GOP. Now they know she is a quitter. Once a quitter always a quitter. They will press her to quit. Think Romney is above that? Ask John McCain. Mitt Romney has lost million of dollars before in GOP primaries and is not about to be stopped by a two-year governor of the 48th most populated state of the Union.
Happy 4th America. We deserve better than quitters.
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Comments: 8
Maybe. However where we sit right now, there is no logical compelling reason to consider her when other choices are available. She quitted on people, on a state. The people of Alaska did not vote for the Lt Governor. Now they have him leading them.
Charles, you are believing what you want to believe. Look at facts.
Your premise is actually a good one. For whatever reason she is resigning, the cost to her family and state will still be high. Defending herself against the various charges since she dared accept the VP slot for the Repubs was expensive financially and mentally
Palin had the disadvantge of being disliked by the same media who guard her opponent and our president and his family so well. Given similar deference I dare say she'd have lasted.
Agree with you 100%. But she should have known this in advance. Didn't she know going into it that Obama was then the media darling and whoever steps into the GOP ticket was going to take a licking after 8 years of Bush? Did she think the media would ignore her daughter pregnancy? Did she think they would not take issue at Todd being a member of the AIP?
If she thought so, she is not fit for the office she was holding (maybe that's why she resigned) let alone the one some people think she ought to seek.
Won't disagree with that first paragraph at all.
I do wonder why she would still be getting all this media scrutiny months later though when even her partner has largely faded from sight, never mind Obama's Dem opponents.
Answer: Mitt Romney's people and Steve Schmidt. Who do you think is leaking internal email from the McCain's campaign to the media? Don't see democrats. Every failed campaign has scores to settle, see the Edwards people on John Kerry. The vanity fair article published this week is all the doing of republicans. There are things there that only people from the McCain camp can know.
Point taken. Guess the stage is getting set already for 2012, take out all the opposition possible. Obama coopted rather neatly his strongest primary opponent, it'll be interesting he she tries anyway again.