Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunter's Campfire Can Palin beat Obama in 2012 if she gets the nomination?????

If Sarah is to run, the fireworks during the primary will be impressive.

Not no...but HELL NO!

Which is which? I like Palin a lot & believe she would make a president in the future. I hope she remains a national spokesperson for the Tea Party & the right. She needs to run for Congress or perhaps be chosen for a cabinet position IF a Republican wins the presidency. At this time none of the Republican candidates seem to generate charisma. One can only hope out of the ashes a Phoenix rises.

.........No

Heaven forbid that we get what we deserve!

Let's hope that we get what the Constitution says that we're supposed to have.

Derby Dude....it probably escaped your notice but the republicans voted against Obama's agenda already, almost to a man. after the tsunami tomorrow, why would they be any more cooperative than they were when they were in the minority?

you read way too much into boilerplate statements that we will work with him if he does what we want....well, of course they would if he did but he won't.

A Palin vs Obama race would set new records for the most ugly, vulgar and corrupt election in history.

The only way Mrs. Palin could be elected to high office is if she ran under BHO and the Republicans sent up Ron Paul.

I don't think she could. I'm in agreement with many of the other posts here - she's currently fulfilling a role that she is perfect at, and I'm sure glad she's there doing it, because nobody else really can from what I've seen.

I haven't seen alot of people commenting about Pawlenty here, but I think he will be one of the front-runners. What I would really like to see happen, and think it may:

Pawlenty - Pres Candidate
Lt. Col Allen West - VP Candidate

Seeing as how you are reasonable civil for you I'll answer.

It did not escape my noticed that the Republicans did not vote for Obamacare. Voting for or against was easy when you have no power.

Lets see what happens when the Republicans take over Congress tomorrow. Lets see what happens when the Democrats start denigrating Republicans as the party of no. Lets see what happens when the Republican approval ratings gets down to 20%. The leadership is already telling the Tea Party candidates that they will have to learn to compromise. If the Republicans man up and stand tall then I'll be impressed but I doubt they will they never have before.

Susan Smith should be able to beat Obama, the fact that there is actually a person alive that can be questionable running against him is telling.

Ya need tuh talk nice bout Nordakota, yew neffer no ven you iss gunna need Ole and Sven's vote, ya know. Uff-dah. Besites vee hope to set a ferry good ekzample tomorrow in dee elekshun. ;-{>

Exactly. Zealots aside, how can anyone think the current Liar-n-Chief is even a option?

I'll vote for a Dem when hell freezes over or am lobotomized. Whichever comes first.

Sarah? If she was up to bat I'd vote for her, but think she needs to either run the RNC or continue what she is doing.....

Hark...........the political sage from the Left Coast speaks!!

Gee willikers Mr. Spanokopitas, I thought Sarah would make an excellent President, but now you've ruined my day.......(sobbing out loud).

You're so smart and self assured about all this political stuff....ya' know?

Where did you get your expertise anyhow?

I wish I knew as much as you do about what it takes to be elected President.

I kinda thought that being the former Governor of Alaska with a track record of cutting costs and fighting corruption in government were better credentials than a "community organizer".........ahh but what do I know?

You da' man when it comes to all this election stuff Spanky........keep up the good work!

I know he did w4bear, and what's even more impressive to me, he said he'd do it again if it meant saving lives of his troops.

he effectively ended his military career, by standing for what he believed in, the care and well being of the troops in his charge.

I'm at the point that I believe we NEED men and women that put country first, and their own political ambitions second. It'd be a refreshing change.

did you listen to his response on terroism w4bear? it ain't gonna win any Muslim votes, but imo he spoke the truth. If there's men out there like that, I say it's our duty to see that they're elected.

I'm not interested in Keith Olbermann's spin on the subject.

Looks like Sarah can count on RNC Chairman Michael Steele when she runs:

�These Republican leaders who don�t put their names in print but make comments in shadows need to shut up,� Steele told American Morning�s John Roberts Monday. �We�re focused on winning elections tomorrow night. We�re not focused on 2012.�
Steele�s comments were in reference to a Politico article out Monday in which a string of unnamed Republicans, feeling Palin could not be a viable presidential contender, said it will be the party�s goal to prevent her from running in 2012.
Other establishment Republicans have also gone on the record to criticize the former Alaska governor � most recently Karl Rove, who last week said Palin lacks the gravitas to sit in the oval office.

�If she goes through the process and the Republican primary voters vote for her, absolutely I would be happy,� said Steele. �Why wouldn�t I be?�

That�s what I said: Let Sarah throw her huntin� cap in the ring.
What are all you Nattering Nabobs of Palin Negativity so scared of?
Your Hero can�t beat her?

The country has incrementally shifted far left. To get it back, even center right, that change too, will have to be in small increments . Maybe once bammy's tax increases come into play, or something like another terrorist attack, that might change; but without folks suffering a bit, it'll be a while before they'll accept man type politicians. Just look at the [bleep] type democrats running round washington.

Not a chance...

A big 2010 win for the R's will lead to voter dissatisfaction due to little or no economic improvement under the new T-Party influence. Obama will blame the T-Party and ride that horse back to the WH in 2012...sadly.

We're doomed...

Not even close, and it's thinking like this that will put Obama back in the White House in 2012. If Obama were running today he'd still get elected, even given how much he's screwed up. I got into a similar discussion here three years ago when it was Hillary vs. Obama in the primary. I made the point that we wanted Hillary to win the democratic primary because she was the least electable of the two. I got argued down that we wanted Obama nominated because "the U.S. won't elect a black man president". Well, here it is three years later and look what we're into. I personally don't care that he's black, I care that he's a socialist thug. Hillary could not have won a general election, Obama could and even though I did not like McCain he would have been much preferable to what we have now.

Right now I'm not seeing anyone capable of defeating Obama in sight. I love Sarah Palin but I agree with Jorge's assessment, she's unelectable. She's doing great at what's she's doing now, being a cheerleader and mobilizing people. If we run her against Obama then get ready for four more years of him.

The only possible maybe republican candidate I see on the horizon is Christie from New Jersey.

I like Sarah also, but I don't believe she's electable. Resigning the governorship will hurt her.

How about a Marco Rubio/Eric Cantor ticket. That would draw the Hispanic and Jewish vote to the Republican side, something we've been sadly lacking in the past.