Palin the GOP’s future? Don’t bet on it
Interesting article over at POLITICO.COM, putting some historical perspective on Sarah Palin’s future within the GOP. As in most areas of life, it is sometimes better to wait for just the right moment, than to jump into the deep water before you are ready.
~~John Cronin~~
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1008/14881.html
Many of my down-in-the-mouth Republican friends, contemplating the ongoing implosion of John McCain’s campaign, are consoling themselves with the idea that Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin represents the future of the party. She’s the new rock star in the firmament of the Grand Old Party, they’re convinced — and she certainly will be the presumed favorite for the Republican nomination in 2012.
All I can tell them is, don’t bet the bank on it. (OK, maybe under our economic circumstances that’s not quite the right choice of terminology, but you know what I mean.) During my lifetime (I was born in 1951), only one nonincumbent vice presidential nominee on a losing ticket — Bob Dole, who ran with President Gerald Ford in 1976 — has ever come back to win their party’s nomination, and none has ever been elected president.
October 26th, 2008 at 8:00 am
Palin and Huckabee appeal to the same type of voter, so here’s hoping they cancel each other out in 2012. Good riddance to both of them.
October 26th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Yes JA, I agree. If Romney does decide to run I hope he will face less obstacles so he can get the nomination.
Romney 2012
October 26th, 2008 at 2:16 pm
Alaska’s largest newspaper endorses Obama:
http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/567867.html
October 26th, 2008 at 4:40 pm
Well, it IS a newspaper, after all.
October 27th, 2008 at 6:08 am
McCain’s blunder - he should have chosen Mitt:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/mccains-romney-blunder_b_137911.html