I’m going to catch some slack from my conservative brethren for writing this, but I don’t believe that Sarah Palin can win the 270 electoral votes required to win the presidency. If you’re trying to analyze objectively a candidate’s presidential prospects, you need to think in terms of electoral votes. More specifically, ask yourself, “Which states does the candidate need to win in order to get to the magic number of 270?” But Sarah Palin isn’t the only potential candidate who would have trouble getting to 270. Like Palin, conservative favorites Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul don’t seem to have a viable path to 270, either. To beat Obama we will need to win a number of independent voters and both Palin and Gingrich…
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2012 Republican Primary Poll Analysis: Which Republican are you most likely to support in 2012?
It might be hard to imagine but after Tuesday’s midterm elections, the 2012 presidential election will start to gear up. In fact, I wouldn’t be surprised if several candidates announce the formation of exploratory committees as early as December of this year, though most will try to wait until at least January. Remember: disgraced Democratic Senator John Edwards announced his plans to seek the nomination in December 2006. Other major candidates from both parties announced plans to run in January 2007.
We had a total of 284 respondents answer the following question–Which Republican are you most likely to support in 2012? There were seventeen potential candidates on the ballot–some obvious Republican choices and some less obvious choices. Sarah Palin won by…
The Best of Maureen Dowd
It amazes me that Charles Krauthammer and Maureen Dowd are in the same profession–they’re both pundits who write for major national newspapers but the the similarities really end there. This point struck me today as I was reading Dowd’s latest piece in the New York Times, “Making Ignorance Chic,” where she ridicules the likes of Christine O’Donnell, Joe Miller, Carl Paladino, Michele Bachmann, and, of course her favorite target, Sarah Palin. Really, what would be a Maureen Dowd column without a cheap shot aimed at Sarah Palin?
Maureen Dowd never talks seriously about public policy issues or recommends any interesting or creative approaches to solving problems. I know she’s a liberal columnist but unemployment is at 10.1%, the national debt is $13 trillion, and…
Coulter Asks Palin to Endorse Simmons in CT Senate Race
Ann Coulter writes in Human Events,
“Sarah Palin endorsed three dark-horse candidates in Republican match-ups this year, and all three won their primaries yesterday: Nikki Haley in South Carolina, Sharron Angle in Nevada and Carly Fiorina in California. No wonder Sarah’s being stalked by Joe McGinniss.
Now, she’s got to endorse Rob Simmons for U.S. Senate. Otherwise, Republicans can kiss the possibility of a major upset in Connecticut goodbye.”
Not too sure if this will go anywhere, but it’s interesting, nonetheless.
Governors, Foreign Policy and Modern American History
“I can see Russia from my house.” So spoke comedienne Tina Fey impersonating Governor Sarah Palin in a recent Saturday Night Live skit poking fun at the Governor’s foreign policy acumen among other perceived foibles. This skit reflects the actual criticism of Governor Palin’s foreign policy credentials by the Obama campaign and various political and media pundits. Much of this disparagement is based on the extent of her political experience – Mayor of a small Alaskan city and Governor of a state with a population of approximately 670,000 (according to the US Census Bureau estimate of 2006). Do they have a point? Just how important is wider foreign policy experience to a person who would be the proverbial “heartbeat…
“Troopergate”: Wooten Himself Thinks Palin is “Fantastic” Choice
I was recently provided with a link to this post from the female bloggers of Slate Magazine. Generally, I try not to respond to these types of attacks as my arguments aren’t likely to change any minds. However, I found this post to be incredibly offensive and as it seems to summarize the worst bits of the left’s attacks on Gov. Palin, so just this once, I’ll bite.
First, let’s look at this piece as a whole. A quick search provides us with this guide from Roane State Community College on how to write an effective argument. The most relevant suggestion (and the one most clearly ignored by Rosa Brooks in her blog post) is this:
“3. A…
Oprah Plays Politics, Angers Viewers
Andrew Breitbart has an interesting piece in The Washington Times on Oprah Winfrey’s refusal to have Gov. Sarah Palin on her day-time talk show. Here’s an excerpt:
If ever there were a candidate destined to shine on “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” Sarah Palin would be that woman.
In less than a week, the Alaska governor, former PTA member and 44-year-old mother of five – including an infant with Down syndrome – survived a vicious press assault on her family only to win over the majority of Americans with her brave and unapologetic speech at the Republican National Convention last week.
In a media instant, Sarah Palin went from an unknown moose hunter to a mass phenomenon on the precipice of…
“…the surge has succeeded…”
Sen. Obama finally-finally-acknowledged that the troop surge in Iraq has helped to reduce violence. Yesterday, Obama told Bill O’Reilly, “I think that the surge has succeeded in ways that nobody anticipated. I’ve already said it’s succeeded beyond our wildest dreams.” In “way that nobody anticipated”? Are you kidding me? What about John McCain, Joe Lieberman and Lindsey Graham?
Today, Gov. Sarah Palin aptly noted,
Just last night Senator Obama finally broke and brought himself to admit what all the rest of us have known for quite some time, and that’s: thanks to the skill and valor of our troops, the surge in Iraq has succeeded. Senator Obama said that the surge, quote, “succeeded beyond our…
“Alaska Maverick”
Though the mainstream media is trying to push a different narrative, the reality is that Gov. Palin is more experienced and has done more than Sen. Obama.
Gov. Palin has an actual record of reform. Sen. Obama does not.