Does anyone believe that Palin will still be a viable candidate in 2012?

[LiberalFighter]

Her goose is cooked. The moose she field dressed is probably telling everyone how much he enjoys the karma Palin is reaping.

[seabeyond]

1. no she will not be. she wiped out about a whole gender from her vote list.... n/t

[BuyingThyme]

2. Maybe if she starts a new party.

[RoyGBiv]

40. The Dead Moose Party?

:evilgrin:

Teddy R. rolls in his grave, I'm sure.

[Ikonoklast]

3. No. She's toast.

She'll be lucky to politically survive the shitstorm that awaits her back home.

[Essene]

33. she's in a serious mess back home

[DesertFlower]

4. no. maybe she'll get a job with fox news. nt

[Tikki]

5. No, and her TV reality show will have been cancelled by then, too.....

Tikki

[mscuedawg]

6. Depends on the backlash once she gets back to Alaskuh....eom

[John Q. Citizen]

7. She is and will be queen of the fundies. That isn't enough.

[LynneSin]

8. Maybe a viable candidate for the Mrs. Alaska contest

Hope she kept up on her flute playing

[FreeState]

She will be a one term governor and then a traveling speaker for Jesus IMO n/t

[CrispyQ]

9. No. Her 15 minutes are over on November 5, 2008.

I'm so sick of her already. Honestly, I didn't think I would dislike anyone more than boosh or cringe while listening to someone as much as boosh. I'll be so glad not to see her folksy, hateful ways on TV anymore.

[TheCowsCameHome]

10. She'll have kid #6, name it Zamboni and spend her days watching videos of herself

She's done.

[speedoo]

11. Only some pundits and other MSM types.

The reason being they love to talk about her. They don't yet realize how toxic she is to many Americans.

[okieinpain]

12. nope, this is pretty much all she going to get on the big stage. n/t.

[JuniperLea]

13. Not a chance... if she isn't toast now...

She will find a lot more ways to screw herself out of that one between now and then.

She's had her taste of "fame" and I bet she is really hard to live with after SNL. She will make a fool of herself many more times before 2012, mark my words.

;)

[peace frog]

Nope

and I'll wager she will lose her re-election bid as governor after she turns tail and runs back to AK. HISTORY.

[Justyce]

14. No, but Bush was never a viable candidate either. nt

[eissa]

15. I believe she could be

There's a large segment out there who want someone running the government who is "just like me." They probably believe Palin got done in by the "liberal media" and was mocked for her "Christian views." The rabid fundie base loves her. Scary, I know.

[TheCoxwain]

16. Yes .. For Mayor of Wassila .. the Current Mayor is a even bigger Idiot

[sad sally]

37. You mean the "staff meeting Monday morning and sign checks on Thursday" mayor?

[TheCoxwain]

39. yes that "That One" .. not ours

[Hellataz]

17. No, the GOP has to see how she doesn't appeal to independents or women

But based on how this campaign is run, I doubt the GOP cares about what it takes to win, they are only interested in running smear campaigns and stealing elections, so by that standard they might thinks he has a chance. I hope that she tried to in 2016 against Hilary and we can kick her "folksy" ass all over again.

[RedSpartan]

18. The only way is if she wins reelection as Governor in 2010.

So, whoever runs against her, we'll need to help fill his/her coffers big time.

[Tanuki]

19. No, she will be blamed by her GOP fair-weather friends for their debacle,

but she will do OK for herself because she'll ditch Taaahhhd, move to one of our anti-American big cities, find a filthy rich right-wing second husband who will treat her to a new $150K wardrobe every season, and makes lots of money giving "inspirational" talks to groups of imbeciles who will still think she is swell. But she won't be taken seriously as a candidate for office.

[stopbush]

20. Not if Mitt, Mike and Rudy have anything to say about it.

I'm sure their slime machines are already ratcheting up to get as much dirt on Barbie as possible.

[Chiyo-chichi]

21. Perhaps as candidate for President of secessionist Alaska.

[AlCzervik]

22. for regional manager in a multi level marketing scam, maybe.

[crossroads]

23. Naahhh... too much baggage! She's toast!

The only ones who may support her then may be the frenzied religious conservative nuts, but I feel the GOP will blame her for their losing this election to Obama/Biden!
CR

[Proud Liberal Dem]

24. Only for the fundies

I think that most Republicans will curse her name (and McCain's name) under their breath for the rest of their lives

[Parker CA]

25. Yes. Her base loves her, and they will do anything they can do get her out there again in '12.

Expect an effort among fundies to register large amounts of new voters and young/first time voters within their enclaves over the next four years. I don't know how many of these crazies are out there, but they love this woman and disavow any criticism so vigilantly that they will do anything within their physical and spiritual means to give her another chance at the White House, although as President rather than VP.

[Liberal_in_LA]

26. as much as David Duke or Buchanan are...she'll be a fringe candidate

[hamsterjill]

27. She's over.

She and Taaaawwwwd may start a mega church, but her political career is over.

Someone mentioned (here) that we need to support Palin's opponent when she runs for re-election. I agree. Does anyone know when that will be? I want to start saving now!

[louis-t]

28. Nah, she will have had 6 more kids by then

and will be supporting her children's combined 12 kids. Won't have time.

[Phredicles]

31. Like she cares anything about supporting the brood she's already spawned;

What an out of control bunch.

I figure she'll be in the news plenty between now and '12, making a complete ass of herself. But politically, the Rethug convention was high tide for her.

[applegrove]

29. Hopefully Americans will be well addicted to having an intelligent president

rather than having a charismatic shell. And hopefully most Americans will be able to tell the difference.

[grantcart]

30. Absolutely - and that is good news for us

She will start learning and gain more depth on national issues.


People in general will sympathize with her being 'thrown' in over head.


She will improve and people will have low expectations.


She will tour 2010 helping far right wing candidates in safe districts by helping them raise more money.


And she will get into a bitter battle with Romney and Hucklebee and they will all compete in trying to take the Republican Party even more to the right than it was before.


We should root her on and give her some money for encouragement.

[JeffR]

32. She's not even a viable candidate in 2008!

:crazy:

[OldBlueDem]

34. She'll test the waters . . .

Show up for the straw poll in Iowa, place third or fourth in Iowa and New Hampshire and drop out after the first Super Tuesday. She'll have enough $ backing to get that far, but will get pwnd once she has to actually try to separate herself from vastly more qualified candidates.

[polichick]

35. By then she'll be a very bad memory.

[workinclasszero]

36. She will be the leader of the Know-Nothing wing of the republican

party. I figure the reich wing is spoiling for a civil war as soon as Obama gets done kickin McBush and Mooselini's ass next month.

Hopefully they will tear their party to shreds so whoever survives will be roadkill 2012. :)

Bring on the long knifes rethugs, I can't wait! :popcorn:

[liberalpragmatist]

38. She'll run, scare the establishment, who'll flock to Huckabee

There's a very clear pattern historically for the GOP -- when the nomination is open, they often give it to the person who was runner-up last time around, even if that means the establishment has to cuddle up to someone they hated or tried to destroy previously.

Think McCain in '08
Bush I in '88
Reagan in '80

This time around, Romney and Huckabee were the runners-up. Palin will run, I think (assuming she can get reelected in Alaska), but she'd lose a 45-state landslide. The establishment will flip out and cozy up to Huckabee, who they were running from last year.

[renie408]

41. I hope so. I hope she does run. She will tear the GOP apart. n/t

[indie_voter]

42. I don't think so. This is her proverbial 15 minutes. n/t

[WhollyHeretic]

43. She'll be the Rudy of 2012. She'll raise some money and get some attention

but end up with shit for votes.

[Two Sheds]

44. She will be if Obama is doing a good job as POTUS...

This is how good Obama campaigns now. Think about him as an incumbent President with high job approval ratings. If he has that going for him, Romney and Bush and any other GOP "heavyweight" will sit 2012 out. That will make Palin viable. I say the GOP will have to throw the red (moose) meat that is Sarah Palin out there to keep their nut base happy with the party. The 2012 election will make Reagan v. Mondale look like Kennedy v. Nixon.

[NotThisTime]

45. No, she's completely and utterly DONE

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

46. Some people do.

But it's the same concern trolls who have the political aptitude of a drunken macaque.

[BlooInBloo]

48. Yup - it's the same know-nothing handwringers that were telling us how dangerous she is.

[BlooInBloo]

47. Gawd I pray she runs.

[rvablue]

49. It is so naive, the comments on this thread. CB ain't going nowhere...

that is why after the election we have to make it our number one priority to make sure this woman is booted from the governor's mansion and never sees the inside of an elected office again including the inside of the Wasilla Town Hall.

In the next couple of years, if she is denied any election, state, local or otherwise, she will go on TV and this will keep her from being taken seriously ad finitum. But to think she is going to slink away after this defeat is naive at best......she is completely mired in self-adoration and false self confidence and as we all know from personal experience, whether in our personal or professional lives, these are the hardest types of people to defeat.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

50. I would think not - but then who else does the Republican Party have?

They already hate McCain and will hate him even more after November. They hate Romney. They hate Rudy. They would hate any moderate Republican and I think when they become a real minority party they will get even more extreme. Unless the Republican Party really reinvents itself, a Palin-like creature will be out there, but there's no one else who has the charisma or following to lead them.

[crankychatter]

51. If media consolidation is reversed, if net neutrality is maintained... then

... an accurately informed populace will leave the trash behind

if not, well, say hello to more of the same