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Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is expected within a week to make a decision on whether to enter the 2012 presidential campaign, according to one Republican source.
Vendors of campaign services who hope to work for Team Palin have been told that Palin, the 2008 GOP vice-presidential candidate, will decide soon one way or another on mounting a 2012 campaign.
UPDATE: Palin responds via Twitter: “Really? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I’m ‘expected to do’ next week.”
OK, fine, governor, but I was reporting what my source had been told. Has my source been misinformed?
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Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 11:48AM
Good. I hope she runs.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.17.11 @ 12:06PM
I hope she runs also, but why now? I would hope that this will simply monopolize the media for a short period. Clinton won in 1992 by not declaring till October. He avoided all of the inter-party strife of pre-primary politics.
The MSM is diminished but Paslin would face the remnats, a factor that did not involve Clintons scheme, for a period that could be avoided.
"Vendors of campaign services who hope to work for Team Palin." ----- Is this a source we can trust?
RTamlin| 6.17.11 @ 12:13PM
Why now? Because Romney's ascendance is close to becoming a self-fulfilling prophecy. TBore wasn't the only one who didn't go after Romney the other night. NONE of them did. The story the lamestream media is pushing is that the others are all either afraid of Romney or just kissing up to him in hopes of being his running mate.
The lamestream media is afraid of Palin so they're creating a situation in which she either needs to get in now, or sit on the sidelines and look like she's just as intimidated by him as the others.
If she gets in now she can take Romney down, and dominate the rest of the field. While the other candidates are all looking weak she'll look strong.
Hollywood4Cain | 6.17.11 @ 1:55PM
We need a REAL businessman and conservative to lead us out of the fiscal disaster we're in. Don’t underestimate the Cain Train, friends. Although the other night's debate didn't allow him to shine, Herman Cain's star is still rising and I think Americans will like what they hear as they get to know him better. He's a proven business success and America is desperate for a change of course, before Obama ruins us.
Check out this short video that pits a hopelessly out of his league Obama against Herman Cain as they articulate alternate thoughts on the economic disaster we're in. Barack Obama’s worst nightmare, indeed!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ho.....uZ0NGKpx2c
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:12AM
No political experience--sorry.
RTamlin| 6.17.11 @ 12:07PM
If she doesn't run I fear we end up with a choice between two Democrats, Omney and Robama.
Sachiko | 6.17.11 @ 12:25PM
hahah so true!
Kitty| 6.17.11 @ 12:45PM
DITTOS... RUN, SARAH, RUN!
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.17.11 @ 12:17PM
Just tweeted by Sarah Palin:
"SarahPalinUSA Sarah Palin
Really? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I'm "expected to do" next wk MT@AmSpec: Palin Decision Expected Next Wk"
Looks like AmSpec has utterly discredited itself yet again.
RTamlin| 6.17.11 @ 12:56PM
I'm betting that the leak was accurate and that Palin is just miffed that someone stole her thunder. The leak probably came from some disgruntled insider who wanted one last swipe at undermining Palin.
Everyone needs to keep their eyes wide open. There are a lot of Republican elites who don't want Palin to come in and clean house. Their power and influence is entirely an illusion and it's an illusion that Palin will destroy. Many would rather see Obama get a second term than have Palin disrupt the delicate power structure of the GOP dinosaur crowd.
If Palin jumps in there will be a HUGE push, from libs and rinos both, to discredit her and to convince everyone that she's too late, that Romney has an insurmountable lead. Fake poll numbers will be everywhere.
Hold tight, and don't be fooled. The libs and the rinos fear her like they've never feared anyone else.
Michael L. Hauschild| 6.17.11 @ 2:52PM
Let us ponder. Why is it everything you allude, is what the MSM, the establishment Republicans, the RINO brigade of pundits and bloggers? This after the person that would know clarified the issue.
Jim C.| 6.17.11 @ 11:10PM
Did anyone else happen to catch the Couric interview in 2008? Good lord, people.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:17AM
Which Couric interview? The complete version that showed Palin's knowledgeable grasp of the issues or the chopped up edited version that the morons at CBS showed to the public?
It must be true 'cuz I saw it on the TV! Dumbass.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 12:23PM
SarahPalinUSA Sarah Palin
Tweet just in from Sarah:
SarahPalinUSA Sarah Palin
Really? Hmm, guess they forgot to inform me what I'm "expected to do" next wk MT@AmSpec: Palin Decision Expected Next Wk http://t.co/Ewt2Miq
Sachiko | 6.17.11 @ 12:24PM
THANK YOU zbigniew!!! i heard she respnded on twitter but i was unable to access twitter, it was having errors.
anyway i hope she announces soon!! i think she will run!
Ray| 6.17.11 @ 12:29PM
She is running. She said a few weeks ago June 23 would be a date to focus on since there is a deadline to file for something. She is running.
If she doesn't, I will be writing my condolence card for the death of this country.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.17.11 @ 12:54PM
Actually, I hope she doesn't run, because she stands ZERO chance of beating Obama. And I'm saying that as a fan of hers who has frequently defended her on the Internet, including, sometimes, on this website.
According to reputable polls, 64% of Americans say they would NEVER vote for her under ANY circumstances, and 63% say she is not qualified to be President. Reputable polls show her trailing Obama badly not only in all swing states, but even in many traditionally Republican states that voted for John McCain in 2008. So not only is she unable to win the swing states that the GOP will absolutely need to win 270 EC votes, she can't even win in traditional Republican bastions like Georgia!
And she's this unpopular only partly because of the unfair way the media treated her. It's also because of her track record. As everyone knows, she could not even complete a single gubernatorial term as the governor of an easy-to-govern, sparsely populated state with few problems. She quit at the first sign of distress. If the economy improves by 2012, no Republican will be able to beat Obama, and if the economy continues to be as weak as it is now by Election Day, Palin might be the only Republican who will be UNABLE to beat Obama. Think about it: do you really think the American people, most of whom still get their "information" from the MSM, will turn over the reins of this country to a person who quit her office at the first sign of distress, ESPECIALLY if the economy will be as weak as it is now, and the world as dangerous as now, on Election Day 2012? I don't think so.
Now, it would be bad enough if that was the only skeleton in Palin's closet. But it isn't. The budget deficit is exploding, and Palin's record on fiscal issues is not only splotchy, she's joined at the hip to the most renowned pork project ever: the Bridge to Nowhere. She campaigned for it, promised to build it, and defended it even after it became a national scandal. Her supporters say, "But that was before she was against it." So let me get this straight: She was for it before she was against it. Hmmmm. When did I hear that before?
Another skeleton in her closet is Troopergate. The guy that was sacked might've been an incompetent cop indeed. Or he might've been just a guy who messed with the wrong family. But most Americans aren't going to take the time to find that out. They're just going to type "Palin fired" into Google and read the first 2 results.
I like Sarah Palin. Had she not messed up like she did, she could've been the next Ronald Reagan. She's not, but she's still a decent, respectable conservative politician. But let's be honest. She stands no chance of winning the Presidency.
RTamlin| 6.17.11 @ 1:02PM
This is a case study in what to expect from the libs and the rinos. Pay close attention. The worst attacks will come from people who claim to be "fans" while they stab her in the back.
Troopergate? Wow. Mentioning troopergate is a red flag. Nothing came out of that but it's at the top of liberal talking point lists because they've got nothing else. They're still mourning that the emails they waited so anxiously for turned out to show her to be an intelligent hard-working governor with solid conservative principles.
The "bridge to nowhere" is another red flag to watch for.
I'll say it again, everyone needs to keep their eyes wide open. There will be attacks that aren't as transparently bogus as this one. Some of those attacks will come from Republican insiders joining forces with the lamestream media. Don't fall for it. Don't let them win.
Seek| 6.17.11 @ 1:31PM
I presume you can't stand too much reality. Sarah Palin has no capacity to attract the swing vote and even a good number of conservatives, er, RINOs (like me). She's loud, caustic, witless and lack a real grasp of the issues. There is no way she can be elected president.
Run, Sarah, run! -- for mayor of Wasilla.
Kalena| 6.17.11 @ 1:36PM
Well, just happily vote for Obama if Sarah is heading the GOP ticket. You will deserve what you get if you put him back in the White House. He has almost destroyed the country in less than 3 years in office, and you will give him 4 more? You are the fool, not sarah.
JohnW| 6.17.11 @ 2:35PM
You have an excellent grasp of liberal talking points, Seek. More importantly, however, The Alaskan Goddess has an excellent grasp of the important issues facing this country, and has already done an outstanding job of articulating her common sense solutions, even before she has officially started her campaign. Sarah Barracuda will wipe the floor with President O'Bonehead in November 2012.
Seek| 6.17.11 @ 3:00PM
The problem with people like you is that you see Palin as a goddess. To me, she's just another mediocre politician on the make. I have read her policy positions; she's run of the mill, nonspecific. "Taking Back America," like "Change You Can Believe In," is a slogan. And as we all know, slogans are for the uneducated.
For the record, I'm a right-winger, albeit possessed of a certain elitist streak. Enduring Palin's voice will do that to a person.
Where have you gone, H. L. Mencken?
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:37PM
Yeah, OK, Seek, you're a right-winger... one who doesn't know that a RINO is not a conservative. Nice head fake, though, but no, usted no puede.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:22AM
"...just another mediocre politician." Too bad the slug in the White House can only aspire to being mediocre. Gawd, what a complete and total loser.
The Bamster spent millions to hide his college/law school transcripts--now we know why. Affirmative action baby Obama.
Kalena| 6.17.11 @ 1:33PM
The emails that were released last week show that she was against the bridge to nowhere and thought the money really should be allocated to MN to help them rebuild that bridge that collapsed. So this poster Mazurak has to be on one of the campaigns of the other candidates. His entire post is nothing but unfounded talking points.
There is no way Obama is going to win any red states in the south, no matter WHO is on the ballot for the GOP. The way things are trending, he is going to lose. So this is the perfect election cycle to put a real conservative on the ballot, and Sarah Palin is the ONLY one that has NOT been hiding under her desk, and taking the policy fights to Obama since day 1. You all saw the debates last Monday, do you REALLY think anyone on that stage can take it to Obama in a debate and come out on top? None of the white guys want to take him on, otherwise they will be perceived to be racist. Herman Cain won't make it to that point. Michele Bachman, well, go to salon dot com and read about what dirt they have dug up on her. Once that goes main stream, she will be excoriated.
Sarah has had everything thrown at her and they have NOTHING left. Therefore, nominating her is a great strategy because she won't have the distraction of beating down the attacks from the main stream press. They are out of ammo with her. Any other candidate will get torn to shreds by the press, so a smart thing to do is nominate the one who has survived the gauntlet and emerged on the otherside, not only still standing, but on offense with a cheerful smile.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.17.11 @ 3:36PM
The emails released last week show only half of the story. Palin was FOR the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Proof:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/p.....idge_N.htm
On the Internet, there's even a 2006 photo of Palin proudly holding up a T-shirt with the name "Nowhere, 99901". SHe was was it LONG after it had become a national scandal. And FYI, I do not work for any candidate. So your accusations are baseless.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:25AM
Your opinion is worth exactly the amount I paid to read it--NOTHIN'. Vote for Obama then, I will be voting for Palin.
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 1:23PM
that's some lame trolling right there.
Have Karl Rove update your material, fool.
Jim| 6.17.11 @ 1:40PM
Ziggy,first off , you got your facts?? all screwed up, if not for her, the bridge would be a reality, trooper gate has been proven to be a lot of crap , she ran for gov. to clean up the murkowski mess and took the republican elites to the cleaners, that is why they still try to demagogue her. not qualified to be potunsoa. name one, just one qualification, o'stupid had or has, the guy couldn't organize a one car parade.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.17.11 @ 3:31PM
Not really, dude. Palin was FOR the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. It was even a key part of her gubernatorial platform. Proof:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/p.....idge_N.htm
Just like other fanatical Palin fans, you ignore facts that are inconvenient for you.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:32AM
We've learned to ignore the lies of PDS morons like you.
Ken (Old Texican)| 6.17.11 @ 2:08PM
zbigniew...or how the else you spell your wierd Russian name ............
You Russians have been wrong for four hundred years!
...or longer.
In a way, I hope Obama or Hillary wins the election.
We Texans will sit down.
We will lead dozens of millions to sit down.
The US cannot survive without us.
We will DARE the central government to make us go back to work, and pay their welfare voters.
Get a clue...dumbbunny.
Zbigniew Mazurak | 6.17.11 @ 3:34PM
Firstly, I am not a Russian, I'm a Virginian, so show some respect.
Secondly, Palin was for the Bridge to Nowhere before she was against it. Not only that, she was for it LONG after it had become a national scandal, and ran with a Build the Bridge to Nowhere policy as a part of her gubernatorial platform. That is a FACT. Proof:
http://www.usatoday.com/news/p.....idge_N.htm
I would counsel you to educate yourself and shut up before you discredit yourself yet again.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:29AM
Our country is being destroyed by the Marxist in Chief as we speak and you're whining about the Bridge to Nowhere? I suggest YOU shut up, moron, before you further discredit yourself.
Bob Tobergte | 6.17.11 @ 2:53PM
I'm a fan of Palin & I've never, nor anyone I know of, ever been polled about Palin. NEVER!
Leninist Marxist| 6.17.11 @ 4:32PM
I'm a fan of radical socialist redistribution & I've never, nor anyone I know of, ever been polled about radical socialist redistribution. NEVER!
See how that argument isn't really convincing?
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:30AM
No, moron.
Jersey Mark| 6.17.11 @ 3:14PM
With "supporters" like you, who needs enemies. Don't you understand that the polls are nonsense when they come to Sarah as the powers that be are trying everything they can to keep her out of the race. You are terminally stuck in conventional thinking blinded by the MSM narrative which makes you a zombie. You need to start thinking for yourself and realize that the actual facts all support Sarah. What do you think happens when the MSM narrative is destroyed as the big lie it is? I have to wonder if you even know about Sarah's record or listened to her speeches. Who else will energize middle America? Who else will be able to tap into the disgust of 2/3 of the people toward both parties?
wodiej| 6.17.11 @ 3:54PM
Oh blah, blah, blah. Palin supporter my a**. Your
talking points come straight from the liberal playbook.
Angelo| 6.17.11 @ 7:58PM
Hello Mazurak,
In reference to your African minded comment, I will tell you one simple thing: If ever Palins wins the nomination and miraculously beat Obama-san in 2012, I will take care of your yearly personal budget allowance on one condition that you go back to Africa. Agree??
Bobbi Duvall| 6.18.11 @ 3:16AM
If you really like Sarah, you need to read up more on her accomplishments because most of what you have written above is incorrect!
John McIntyre| 6.18.11 @ 5:55PM
Trooper gate as reported even by the guy who got a thrill up his leg for obamass was the cop who was assaulting Palin's sister and the refusal to terminate his employment as a police officer.Her Drill Baby Drill issue will carry the oil and gas producing states and make the red eared lizard protectors extinct.Her pro life and traditional marriage will trump Mitt.Her pro America's defense of attack will trump Heroine4All Ron Paul.Cain stated he supports bailouts for banks and TARP.Palin crowds were larger than Mitt or anyone else.If she runs she will be the no dealer with Barbara Bush country clubbers ,but that never was her base anyway.With the email charade her prayer and family values speaks to the bitter clingers to the Holy Bible and our guns.Go Sarah!Respectfully;John McIntyre
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 7:59PM
That moron tazed Palin's sister's 10 year old son. He should have been prosecuted.
Pam| 6.17.11 @ 12:38PM
WHOOPS !
So, who is this 'Republican source' ??
Wouldn't trust them again.
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 12:55PM
Someone who's resume is uptodate, hopefully.
Palin can be rough on leakers.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 12:48PM
Palin has the upper hand on the media. She just recently made them look like fools on the 24,000 e-mails and the facts about Paul Revere. She is in the position to turn all her firepower on them with millions of supporters like me, who have her back, and will be advance team players who anticipate any gotcha moments. We already have a campaign book compiled with O'Reilly vulnerabilities, Matthews vulnerabilities, Will vulnerabilities, etc. which will be generously used against THEM if the circumstance allows. So let the games begin. She's had more than enough time to develop a crusty exterior and ironclad interior; I'm not so sure about THEIR sensitive souls.
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 12:56PM
Will vulnerabilities?
what, he wears a rug?
Bob Grant| 6.17.11 @ 1:25PM
Yes, she's great at making the MSM look like the fools that they are...or are they?
Seems to me both Palin and the MSM are profiting from each other.
Having said that, I'm not sure how this skill would make her an effective president.
Doug Lamoreux| 6.17.11 @ 1:48PM
The only issue right now is unseating the DESTRUCTIVE president.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 1:51PM
The MSM makes themselves look like fools.
wodiej| 6.17.11 @ 3:55PM
Look at her resume Bob and there you will find boatloads of credentials.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:33AM
Give it up--Bob has mommy issues.
SpiralArchitect| 6.17.11 @ 12:51PM
Using an un-named source redirects the responsibility from the source to the messenger.
Susan| 6.17.11 @ 2:53PM
Yes indeed.
Mr McCain, as a noted journalist you should know by now that you cannot afford the luxury of using un-named sources to absolve irresponsible reporting.
Keep in mind that your misinformation is not about Palin rather the issue is that your un-named source misinformed you as to the facts.
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:44PM
What would you expect her to say, Susan...? She's playing this out just as she should, which does nothing to undermine anyone's credibility except maybe the source who may have let the cat out of the bag for personal reasons. It's easy for Sarah to deny it... she can just get another cat.
Loadmaster| 6.17.11 @ 12:52PM
It's not nice to fool with Mama Grizzly. When and if she get's in...look for all the O2 to be sucked out of the rest of the candidates. Obama will even being played as a 2nd fiddle. The Lady from Wasilla will only play by her own rules. My kind of lady.
RTamlin| 6.17.11 @ 1:03PM
Exactly. Right.
Seek| 6.17.11 @ 1:32PM
I like Palin...Bristol Palin.
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:46PM
We already knew that, Seek... but like Weiner, we're certain it's in a totally appropriate way.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:34AM
LOL!
Tom | 6.17.11 @ 12:53PM
Why the big concern about who is going to announce and when, other than curiosity and the desire for a "scoop". Any of those not yet announces will do it when they do it and they aren't going to tell you ahead of time.
Question: If you knew for sure Sarah Palin, or anyone else, was going to announce next week what difference would it make in your life?
Tom Moeller| 6.17.11 @ 1:02PM
RSM said: "OK, fine, governor, but I was reporting what my source had been told. Has my source been misinformed?"
You were reporting what your source told you, not what your source had been told.
Do make the distinction and you will get into fewer useless arguments over who killed who. This is a festive occasion...
dh| 6.17.11 @ 1:16PM
re snarky remark: "OK, fine, governor, but I was reporting what my source had been told. Has my source been misinformed?"
Who the h_ll is your source?
Might want to be a little more careful before running with something.
Ben| 6.17.11 @ 1:26PM
Yes, please leave out the snarky remarks just because your source is wrong.
Bob Grant| 6.17.11 @ 1:21PM
Oh please Lord, if she's to make an announcement, let it be because she's introducing a line of mooseburgers, eyeglasses, or some new reality show endeavor.
Maybe a new line of iced tea.
God bless you Sarah. Do the right thing. Be the patriot that I know you are.
wodiej| 6.17.11 @ 3:56PM
Yes Governor Palin, be a patriot and run and defeat Obama.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:35AM
Your comments are even stupider than usual. I didn't think that was possible, Bobby.
TimDC| 6.17.11 @ 1:25PM
"OK, fine, governor, but I was reporting what my source had been told. Has my source been misinformed?"........
A good reporter/journalist would validate his "source" before going to print.....
dh| 6.17.11 @ 1:28PM
Indeed
pat| 6.17.11 @ 1:48PM
Amen. The logical implication about R.S. McCain is clear and correct.
ATVer| 6.18.11 @ 8:38AM
Yes, a "good reporter" certainly would. But we're talking about an opinion monger, not a shoe-leather reporter. He's had previous major fails when venturing into working press territory:
- He traveled to Kentucky to report on that census worker who hanged himself in a cemetery, but failed to contact anyone who knew the guy. Instead, he interviewed a random waitress at the diner where he ate;
- He traveled across the country to cover the Rose Bowl, but ended up watching it on TV in a bar because he didn't know they don't reserve space in the press box for random bloggers who show up at the last minute.
Ross Kaminsky | 6.17.11 @ 1:27PM
I still think she won't run, and I hope she doesn't (esp. now that Bachmann is in.)
She's a better messenger of conservative ideals out in the real world than she is a candidate.
In my view, she'd be among the least likely Republicans to be able to beat Obama.
Bob Grant| 6.17.11 @ 1:35PM
Yes, yes!!
Kalena| 6.17.11 @ 1:39PM
Interesting why there is so much effort to try to get someone to NOT run. Never before have we seen this phenomenon in an election cycle. IF she wins the primary, she wins the general. IF she is such a disaster as your fear, she won't win the primary. Michele Bachman is a minnieme, and not the real deal here.
Bob Grant| 6.17.11 @ 1:52PM
Hmmm. I sense a little cattyness. No?
The reason, ma'am, is because she has the power to cause all kinds of destruction on the right. She seems to not care, only that she pushes her brand.
Her pattern of quitting, and doing things on her timetable is off putting. She does not have enough cache among the vast majority of voters to think she can redefine how a campaign is run and not pay a political price.
If she runs and looses a primary, her brand will take a massive beating. I hope she's gamed this out for herself before she makes a decision.
Bob Grant| 6.17.11 @ 1:53PM
corr: loses.
Susan| 6.17.11 @ 3:07PM
Speaking of loses, my Republican source-Bachmann's own campaign manager Ed Rollins- informs me that Bachmann is "third tier" and "would have a difficult time being considered a serious candidate"
"If there is a third tier [of presidential candidates,] it would include...Congresswoman Michele Bachman of Minnesota. [She] would have a difficult time being considered a serious candidate." (Bachmann's campaign manager Republican Ed Rollins-CNN oped Feb 10.2011)
http://articles.cnn.com/2011-0.....PM:OPINION
Mr McCain, see how this works; I disclosed my Republican source and provided factual statement to support my report.
wodiej| 6.17.11 @ 3:58PM
Never vote for Bachmann. Her and her husband run a program to try to convert gay people? Please, that sounds like the religious right that got conservatives in trouble awhile back. Gov. Palin has a good friend who is gay and even though she doesn't agree w gays, at least she's not trying to play God.
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:51PM
Just maybe "the right" needs a little destruction, hmmm...?
Al Adab| 6.17.11 @ 2:00PM
As much as I adore and admire her, I do agree with Mr. Kaminsky. Sarah is doing a great job and great service keeping the issue pot boiling. Having an independant spokesman for Conservative issues in most valuable in keeping the GOP in line. She would be vilified and her family attacked mercilessly throughout a campaign. The kids don't deserve that.
Keep speaking Sarah and hold our partys' feet to the fire.
Jersey Mark| 6.17.11 @ 3:37PM
How ridiculous! Her effectiveness is based upon the threat and likely reality of her running. If that didn't exist, no one would care. It is the nature of her threat to the status quo which brings the attacks and the media focus. In case you haven't been watching, she has already withstood the full measure of their attacks and they have nothing left. Rehashing old points will just make them look even worse as the folks laugh at them. The GOP needs to be remade and that only happens through the nomination as President because the convention sets the rules from then on and chooses the party leadership. When Sarah is nominated, the Tea Party will be in position to take over the Party just as it happened in 1972 in the Democrats who haven't been the same since.
Aaron| 6.17.11 @ 4:37PM
That's more a function of her shamelessness, not her resilience or intelligence.
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:55PM
There is no shame in challenging entrenched power... sez the ghosts of a Founding Father or two.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:39AM
Sarah's fearless, resilient and brilliant.
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 2:46PM
Wishcasting.
Better find someone who can beat her. And find another 'cheerleader on the sidelines' while you're at it. Maybe your guy Mittens would like that job? since he's such a noted advocate for conservatism.
Kay_L| 6.17.11 @ 1:28PM
I don't understand why it would be a scoop or even news that someone "is expected" to announce something.
When someone announces something, then its news. Before that its just rumor and speculation.
Why is it so hard to simply wait and see?
RimCountry| 6.17.11 @ 8:56PM
Easy for you to say, Kay... get a column and a deadline, then talk to me.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 1:28PM
I'd like to think that maybe I'm part of where that source got its information. I posted on Facebook the other day there was going to be stupendous news around or on the Fourth of July, and people were wanting me to divulge. I heard the news from someone else, so maybe I'm having some fun also.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 1:30PM
At this rate it won't be long until the blogs and social sites are just as distrusted and obsolete as the MSM.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 1:30PM
Sorry, Ross. Obama has NOTHING to run on against Palin. She would spare his sorry ass with no quarter, as the election is all about him. She is one of the most reliable to send him packing. Methinks like Brooks, Will, Ailes, or O'Reilly you have an agenda.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 1:31PM
Agreed
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:41AM
Ross is just another TAS weenie.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 1:34PM
No, it is irrelevant if George Will wears a rug. It becomes very relevant when he is exposed as just another insider Washington/Georgetown martini imbiber who would sneeze like hell if he spent more than two hours detassling corn or picking strawberries or fabricating steel. Now do you get my drift?
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 2:47PM
You have inside info that Will is allergic to cornsilk? That will rock the journalistic world, for sure.
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 1:38PM
Have no clue whether Palin will run or not or decide or not or take a nap this afternoon or not.
But I'm pretty certain Palin looked at the post-debate Rasmussen GOP preference poll and saw that Bachmann had rocketed up to second place.
It's getting late, Sarah. You don't get in now, Michele may steal your audience away.
Jersey Mark| 6.17.11 @ 3:50PM
OK folks on this thread. That Rass poll which shows Bachman "shooting up" did not include Sarah at all and the poll only shows what happens if Sarah does not run. It does NOT show any real support for Bachman when Sarah announces. In fact, the poll showed quite clearly that if Sarah doesn't get in the nomination is Romney's which is why that stupid poll is proof that Sarah is running.
Toby Calvert-Lee| 6.17.11 @ 1:40PM
I think Palin, who has, unfortunately been destroyed by the media in horrible ways, ought to pass the torch of conservatism to Perry, who is the more electable Conservative. Perry/Bachmann 2012!
dh| 6.17.11 @ 2:01PM
Sarah has not been destroyed. She is being redeemed. That is what is getting some in the CBC panicking.
Why should she hurry to throw her hat in the ring? Let the media focus on some of the other candidates for a while. Several of them will impload under scrutiny. Those who criticize her for 'sucking the oxygen out of the room' when she isn't even declared yet are the same ones who will criticize her for doing the same thing when she does declare. Yet she has no chance of winning. Very interesting.
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 2:13PM
"Why should she [Palin] hurry to throw her hat in the ring?"
You might want to check around the conservative blogosphere. This site for instance:
"The Pulchritudinous Michele Bachmann
R. Emmett Tyrrell, Jr. | 6.16.11 @ 6:10AM
She is charismatic and eloquent -- and astute."
Typical oohs and ahs for Palin's direct competitor. There's a boatload more at other sites. The polls confirm Bachmann's meteoric rise.
Every day Sarah looks more like yesterday's news. Her continued Hamlet act won't make things better.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 2:20PM
I can see her 'meteoric rise' becoming a meteoric fall. Give it time.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 2:29PM
Why would you say that Michele Bachmann is a direct competitor to Sarah Palin?
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 2:32PM
Well, if Bachmann's no competitor to Palin, why are you wishing for Michele's "meteoric fall"?
You first reply says it all. You know as well as I do that Bachmann is Palin's direct competitor as Romney's rival on the right.
Louis Tully| 6.17.11 @ 2:51PM
hey Casey, let me know when Bachmann is ready to take it to Mitt Romneycare. she was quiet as a churchmouse about Mittt's disaster. No one on the right will have any interest in Michele if she can't screw up the courage to take on Mitt.
And btw, why did she hire GOP Establishment hitman Ed Rollins to run her campaign?
Not impressed, so far.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 2:54PM
I'm not wishing for Micele's fall. I just believe it could happen if she is given some of the scrutiny that Palin has had.
Granted, Bachmann is a woman and she touts most of the Tea Party issues. She is a Christian. That is where the similarities end. She is a Congressperson. Little record of legistative accomplishment. Questionable stance on some key issues like ethanol subsidies. Shows poor judgement in hiring Ed Rollins. etc. etc. etc.
Not intending to put her down, just don't see the comparison to Palin.
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 4:04PM
"Little record of legistative accomplishment. Questionable stance on some key issues like ethanol subsidies. Shows poor judgement in hiring Ed Rollins. etc. etc. etc.Not intending to put her down, just don't see the comparison to Palin."
Not intending to put her down? You just did.
As these replies demonstrate, Palin fans sure know who their main threat is. Sarah thought she had the territory to the right of Romney all to herself. Guess what. She doesn't any more.
And every day Sarah plays hard-to-get, more and more Republicans look at her obvious competitor.
dh| 6.17.11 @ 4:16PM
Santorum or even Cain have better conservative and executive credentials than Bachmann.
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 4:20PM
But you're not intending to put her down (wink).
At least you know where the main threat to Sarah is.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:46AM
Bachmann's just a Congresswoman--when is the last time a Congressman has been elected POTUS?
ONCE--James Garfield, and we all know how that turned out.
Bachmann is hoping to be Mitt's VP pick--at best.
Jersey Mark| 6.17.11 @ 3:54PM
flavor of the month. Bachman has not accomplished anything. Take a look at her home page and be astounded at how light her listed accomplishments are. She is not running for President but rather as Romney's VP. Her rise is as a weak substitute for Sarah and nothing else.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 1:42PM
I won't vote for Perry, even if he picks Bachmann. Palin, Bachmann, Cain, or Santorum all the way for me or I stay home. Seriously.
unseen| 6.17.11 @ 1:43PM
RS,
you ever hear of two sources for confirmation?
You ever think of calling Gov Palin or her staff for confirmation before rushing to print?
You were used to push a story and you got burned by your source and your response is to get in a snit at Gov Palin because your source screwed you?
classy
rae4palin | 6.18.11 @ 12:42AM
Yep. I stopped following this guys over a year ago.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:47AM
TAS stinks when it comes to covering Palin. They're all RINOs.
Jeff| 6.17.11 @ 1:46PM
Has my source been misinformed?
They usually are so why should this be any different.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:48AM
lol
ATVer| 6.18.11 @ 9:06AM
"Has my source been misinformed?" is a question the reporter is supposed to ask BEFORE he publishes...not after.
ATVer| 6.18.11 @ 9:17AM
...and a reporter who doesn't know the answer to that question has no business publishing the information.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 1:53PM
The BIG DIG is also going to claim Willard Mitt Romney. That looms much larger than the Bridge To Nowhere which Palin already eloquently explained. I know a tour bus driver in Nashville, TN who is from Mass. originally and he still deadpans Romney for the BIG DIG, as well as Obamacare. So bring up the Bridge To Nowhere all you want. We're happy to reply in kind to the MULTITUDES of Obama transgressions out here on the souplines.
ATVer| 6.18.11 @ 9:29AM
You and your Nashville buddy are ignoramuses. The Big Dig was planned out years before Romney entered politics, and the first phase was completed before he became governor of Massachusetts. Dis Romney if you wish, but at least do it for a reason that's not imaginary.
Nosmo| 6.17.11 @ 1:54PM
O.K. Bob, just tell everyone who your source is and we will know the truth. By the way, my source says that your source is wrong.
Hollywood4Cain | 6.17.11 @ 1:54PM
I love Sarah Palin, and would vote for her in a heartbeat. But assuming she's not running, then we need a REAL businessman and conservative to lead us out of the fiscal disaster we're in. Don’t underestimate the Cain Train, friends. Although the other night's debate didn't allow him to shine, Herman Cain's star is still rising and I think Americans will like what they hear as they get to know him better. He's a proven business success and America is desperate for a change of course, before Obama ruins us.
Check out this short video that pits a hopelessly out of his league Obama against Herman Cain as they articulate alternate thoughts on the economic disaster we're in. Barack Obama’s worst nightmare, indeed!
http://www.youtube.com/user/Ho.....uZ0NGKpx2c
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 2:01PM
I think that may be a good tactic: to post on Facebook the BIG DIG and its costs at every opportunity just to PO you Palin detractors. Yes, indeed----at every opportunity.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 2:11PM
I know if it was me and I was met with a barrage daily to not run by know-it-all pundits, disc jocks, or well-meaning vagabonds, well, the very thing I would do would be to run and fashion it with high drama when doing so.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:49AM
Me too.
RUN SARAH RUN!!
ramorywebb| 6.17.11 @ 2:14PM
McCain is on he same level as msm ' jounalists' using the innamed source to spin a story.
It is like this. An unamed source close to McCain has told this party that it was McCain that did the video taping of Weiner. According to the souce Robert is " very close" to Weiner.
Jim Brownn| 6.17.11 @ 2:25PM
Does Palin need to ok her activities with you. She seems to be doing just fine without your help.
TimPundit| 6.17.11 @ 2:28PM
Run for President of what? The Middle School?
I doubt she has the gravitas or the intelligence for that.
Jersey Mark| 6.17.11 @ 3:57PM
At this point, you comment says more about your intelligence than it does say anything about Sarah. That narrative was shot to hell last weekend in case you haven't paid attention.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:50AM
TP has his nose so far up Obama's bum he's oblivious to reality.
PattyMor| 6.17.11 @ 2:28PM
I do believe that Sarah is going run; always have.
She could only make the Marxist Media look like fools because they are fools. They go around saying Sarah is nothing, but they trailed her bus like some left behind puppy dogs. And, they wouldn't spend this much time trashing her, if they weren't afraid of her. Same for the Republican swells who don't want their little apple carts upended.
Sarah is charismatic and she is America. Free, determined and bold. I'm all in for her. Would donate a 1 1/2 years of my life to help get her elected.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:51AM
Keep your powder dry, Patty! Sarah's going to need all the help she can get to fight the DC elite!
Jake| 6.17.11 @ 2:29PM
Ah...more Palin commotion.
Every other Republican can manage to get their ducks in a row without craziness, leaks,
disinformation, conflicting information ,
poor communication ,
the blame game etc, etc.
Her response is juvenile and unprofessional.
Is it possible for Palin to release a simple denial without the snark ?
And if she can't even manage a simple vendor situation , how would she ever be able to
manage a long term campaign ?
Since Palin hasn't been in the news for a couple of days, you have to consider whether this wasn't done on purpose by Team Palin
to generate more attention.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:53AM
Palin doesn't need more attention, dummy. More likely RSM is the one looking for web traffic. Duh!
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 2:35PM
The Economist Poll has her leading Romney.
martin j smith| 6.17.11 @ 3:05PM
So tell me if Palin is such a loser why are we spending so much time on her ? No, there is something about Palin that does attract attention.
My take is this: If she decides not to run, this will not necessarily a good thing for the MSM and the Socialists will be encouraged. But entering the race is automatic anything. She will have to prove herself one way or the other. I am bothered by those who seem to give Romney as pass being boosted to #1 spot by the WSJ ( those great crony capitalists )and other RINOS( also crony capitalists ). I am not for or against Palin being the candidate--I am against manipulation whether by the MSM,Socialists,RINO or whoever candidates to say who they are and what they
stand for. Lets have a rel debate and the the BEST CANDIDATE WIN. ENOUGH BS
dh| 6.17.11 @ 3:18PM
You are exactly right. Lets let them all get up there and lay out their case. Then we can make an informed decision.
I don't understand the justification for trying to keep anyone out of a primary. What is the point of a primary then?
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 3:06PM
Palin's detractors always foretell their true stance when they say wait until 2016. So I guess they've already conceded the race to Obama if they constantly use that refrain. We don't have until 2016 to wait to avert the damage Obama will continue to do to this country. To George Will: Yes, I trust Palin with the nuclear button more so than the current Oval Office occupant. Your 1964 style tactics are the most juvenile I've heard in some time. I continue to be amazed at the number of conservatives who accept Will and the rest of that sorry ABC panel on Sunday morning as being purveyors of the truth.
usan| 6.17.11 @ 3:20PM
It is lazy journalism such as this un-sourced, unconfirmed reporting that gives me cause to never again send money to bloggers and/or publications.
This is how free-market work, when you are lazy and do a poor job then you don't get paid.
xax| 6.17.11 @ 4:12PM
Stop beating up McCain. He's done a TON of good work. As for sources- people use them all the time. Sometimes erroneously in hit pieces and sometimes they do have reliable information. I don't doubt that her decision (yea/nay) is coming soon. Mr. McCain may be proven right in the end.
Casey Abell| 6.17.11 @ 4:18PM
"I don't doubt that her decision (yea/nay) is coming soon."
Well, it has to come before February, when IA and NH winnow the field. Of course, the decision has to come well before that, to allow for plenty of the personal, retail politics so essential in those states.
But then Palin has not ruled out a third-party run...
ml| 6.17.11 @ 4:19PM
I would like to see Gov. Rick Perry of Texas run for President in 2012. Not Sarah.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:54AM
No thanks. GWB has ruined the Texas Gov. brand for a while.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 4:56PM
Do you want to know what the liberals' latest loathing of Sarah is? She has the nerve to criticize the NEA; yeah, the same ones who put out Piss Christ and the Mapplethorpe photos. You can go on Facebook and see their pitiful rants. All I can say is Way To Go Girl!
gerald| 6.17.11 @ 5:11PM
Please Sarah run! Summer TV is horrible and your candidacy will be hilarious to watch implode! it will even be better to see how your unhinged supporters freak out when you crash and burn all the while blaming everyone but Palin. It's a sad state of the republican party that a person such as Pailin is even considered a viable candidate. She has never taken questions from the national press core (except one on one) she will fail beyond anyones wildest dreams. Please Sarah run!
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 5:26PM
Like I say, the election is about Obama and his failures, not Sarah Palin. BTW she tore O'Reilly to shreds in his last interview with her and he hasn't been the same since. Glad I touched a nerve with a Mapplethorpe supporter.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:55AM
LOL!
Eric| 6.17.11 @ 5:45PM
One of these days, you're all going to figure out, a la John Ziegler, who she really is.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:56AM
Ziegler is one crazy beestard. Keep the creepy stalker away from Sarah!
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 5:47PM
John Ziegler is another sour grapes loser.
gerald| 6.17.11 @ 6:01PM
Somnolence- Your Palin is nothing more than a reality star politician, Ms Bauchman will show miss Palin to the door where she belongs.
Palin is a QUITTER! do you think Reagan would have ever quit a job he was elected to do? Your delusion as to who Palin is says it all. yes palin is able to tap into the illogical fears of some of the base, people who see themselves as victims like herself. Hiding behind Facebook post and Tweets is cowardly...she is playing you like she plays the media...for fools! Have you ever asked yourself why Margaret Thatchers people won't let Palin visit her for a photo-opt? In their words "Palin is nothing more than a carnival pigmy better suited for a reality show, what on earth could they have in common" that should tell you everything!
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:58AM
The Thatcher/Palin story has been proven a lie, moron. Slither back under your rock, wormboy.
Raymond| 6.17.11 @ 6:26PM
Team Toyota is for Sarah Palin on 2012!!!
Angelo| 6.17.11 @ 6:31PM
Team Toyota for Palin 2012?? Is this related to rumors that Toyota facility in California is planned to be relocated eventually in Wasilla, Alaska?? This means more revenues and surpluses for Alaska and California will file another bankcruptcy.. :)
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 6:41PM
The only fools are those who place trust in the John Zieglers of the world or look for dirt in 24,000 emails. They are not only fools, they are paranoid psychos, who see Palin popping up out of their toasters and under their television sets every morning. I'm overjoyed she gives you, and your like, fits every day. You had better get used to it. BTW stop lying about her quitting, her actions spared the good citizens of Alaska millions. The more you talk about her, the more we like it, since it betrays the fact she is effectively getting under your skin.
T D| 6.17.11 @ 6:46PM
Misinformed? Did the source claim that Gov. Palin said that? Unless your source is Todd, I wouldn't rely on his or her credibility any more.
Creative guessing isn't information.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 6:51PM
BTW Margaret Thatcher's people won't let her see hardly anyone these days for interviews, let alone Governor Palin. Lady Thatcher is not in the best of health, and may not feel like being conversant in most situations, and certainly her representatives would show more class than let ANYONE appear for possible political advantage. Nice try at fiction on your part.
gerald| 6.17.11 @ 6:53PM
nice try...try google...everyone knows that Thatcher is ill you fool. It's her people that said this..
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 2:59AM
Thatcher's people did NOT say this, moron. Stop lying.
gerald| 6.17.11 @ 6:52PM
Stop lying about her QUITTING??? boy you are delusional....she QUIT her job..PERIOD! you can't parse that any other way, sorry! I'm glad you like it that we talk about her...like I said in my 1st post...I WANT her to run! I want her to run so badly I cant sit still....RUN SISTER SARAH RUN!
as for you, you'll be weeping when she quits her run for the POTUS...in reality, she won't run...her brand will be diminished if she does and she won't let go of her "star" power.....she understands this! She's not as stupid as she looks/sounds.
Raymond| 6.17.11 @ 7:47PM
She quitted as Alaska Governor after she had balanced the budget and placed Alaska with 5 billion dollar surplus. She quitted as Alaska governor after she put corrupted Alaskans GOPs into jail and that included your families. She will become POTUS in 2013 and will resign after she restores back the glory of America and after she will successfully lower the unemployment in States.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 3:00AM
Geez, Gerald, got your panties in a pinch over Palin I see.
somnolence| 6.17.11 @ 7:07PM
Sister Sarah or anyone else has four years of Obamanation to expose in endless sound bites. Even with his advance team Obama will look disingenuous at best, oppressive at worst if he tries to lie his way out. As Wasserman Schultz said the other day, yes indeed, it is HIS economy and no one else's. Palin already marches in triumph day after day after day, and exposes the so-called liberal vanguards of freedom with the suppressive states of New York and California, regulated nearly as bad as Castro's Cuba, for the pathetic hypocrites that they are, while the agents of NOW have a different set of values.
MetalMarx | 6.17.11 @ 7:29PM
Uhm, she's not a governor: Palin quit that job. Remember?
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 3:00AM
It's an honorary title, moron.
Andrew Eather| 6.18.11 @ 5:21AM
No honor in quitting, NoLib.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 8:02PM
No honor in bankrupting your state, moron.
Raymond| 6.17.11 @ 7:53PM
Why does California got bankcrupted? The answer is very simple: Stupid Californians had elected the Governor Terminator who belongs to the GOP elite and a flip-flopper republican who is once married to a liberal democrat.
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 3:06AM
Sorry, Raymond. Governor S. didn't bankrupt Cali., the union-owned, liberal democrat legislature spent Cali into the ground. But you're right about stupid Californians--they keep voting the liberal losers in.
California is the poster child for an unfettered illegal-immigration, union owned and leftist politician failed state. Corrupt to the core.
Liberal democrats killed Cali.
Great! God Almighty| 6.17.11 @ 10:59PM
Sarah Palin and I spoke recently. I informed her that she should wait until the herd of candidates is thinned down to a manageable few. Then she should prepare to have defeated Obama and be sworn into office for two terms of economy prosperity, individual freedom, and national security.
Heidi | 6.18.11 @ 12:21AM
Somebody Q the pink unicorns
NoLib| 6.18.11 @ 3:07AM
We can only dream, especially with the current nightmare in the White House.
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Zvi| 6.18.11 @ 2:29PM
Mr Reporter, thank you for revealing your journalist kitchen. Isn't that any report should be based at least on two or three independent sources? From now on I will be reading your "reports" if I want to be amused.
Byron Keith| 6.18.11 @ 8:13PM
I doubt she'll run. Why should she? She tried her hand at politics, didn't like it, got out. Or maybe it's the slime that goes with life in politics that she didn't like. A lot of people criticize her for quitting the AK statehouse, but I don't. If her heart wasn't in it, then passing the reins was the right thing to do. And since returning to the private sector, she's found financial rewards beyond the dreams of any honest politician, and apparently a great deal of personal satisfaction as well. Seeing as how her life ain't broke, I rather doubt she feels an urge to fix it.
But let's say she does run. Everyone seems convinced that she'll run as a Republican. There's a big problem with this assumption. After McCain lost the '08 election, Palin was personally savaged from within the Republican Party in a manner that goes way past just needing a political scapegoat. For a refresher, see Michelle Malkin's article of 7 November 2008, "the Cowardly Character Assasination of Sarah Palin," which is still available in her Townhall archive. Since then, no one in the GOP has been dismissed or disciplined, and certainly no one has stepped up to apologize. So if the GOP came around pitching woo at her now, she'd be perfectly justified in saying "Up your trunk, Elephant - you owe me a lot more than I owe you."
So if she does run, as a Republican, there will have to be major air-clearing between Palin and the party. If she seeks the nomination without addressing the issue of how the party abused her before, it'll look like she's trading personal honor for political expediency. It won't be the same level of self-debasement as the way Hillary sells herself to Bill to get ahead in politics, but the analogy will be close enough to make one queasy. If she'll take that kind of c--p from the GOP, then who else will she take it from? The Chinese? The Taliban? We've already got a president doing that, thank you very much.
I think Palin has the makings of a good president: a clear-thinking mind guided by a good moral compass, and a courageous heart who's not afraid to be an SOB when the occasion demands it - a Harry Truman for the 21st century, if you please. BUT - she's got some issues to address before she can launch a serious run.
Jeremiah| 6.19.11 @ 1:37AM
No one on the political stage has the courage and integrity of Sarah Palin. Where were the other Republican contenders when Sarah was taking on Obama's leftist juggernaut of '09 and '10? They were hiding under their desks with the other RINO cowards.
Sarah will run and she will win in 2012.
PALIN 2012!