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If Sarah Palin runs it will be to dilute the voting pool. She will definitely pull votes away from Bachmann and Ron Paul. She will also pull votes away from Rick Perry to some extent as far as the fundamentalit religious right. I don't see her pulling many from Mitt Romney. I have given you the basics, y'all figure it out from here.
If Sarah Palin runs it will be to dilute the voting pool. She will definitely pull votes away from Bachmann and Ron Paul. She will also pull votes away from Rick Perry to some extent as far as the fundamentalit religious right. I don't see her pulling many from Mitt Romney. I have given you the basics, y'all figure it out from here.
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If Sarah Palin runs it will be to dilute the voting pool. She will definitely pull votes away from Bachmann and Ron Paul. She will also pull votes away from Rick Perry to some extent as far as the fundamentalit religious right. I don't see her pulling many from Mitt Romney. I have given you the basics, y'all figure it out from here.
I can see Palin pulling votes from Romney, Perry or Bachman (traditional neocons no matter how you paint them) - I don't see them pulling from Paul though.
Sarah may be the enamored of the "new" Tea Party but since the Tea Party was co-opted by Fox I don't think they have much to do with the original movement or Dr. Paul.
I could be wrong though, after all the political season is officially started and all bets are off!
It's what they did last time to get McCain nominated. Thompson and Guilianni didn't even try, they just diluted to voting. Then they kept Huckabee in to pull the votes from Romney. McCain could never have gotten nominated without the careful orchestration of the GOP. He was a sacrifice nominee at that.
I can see Palin pulling votes from Romney, Perry or Bachman (traditional neocons no matter how you paint them) - I don't see them pulling from Paul though.
Sarah may be the enamored of the "new" Tea Party but since the Tea Party was co-opted by Fox I don't think they have much to do with the original movement or Dr. Paul.
I could be wrong though, after all the political season is officially started and all bets are off!
I wouldn't have thought so either, but at anothe site I post on, there are a lot of Ron Paul supporters and many of them also support Palin as a second choice.
I wouldn't have thought so either, but at anothe site I post on, there are a lot of Ron Paul supporters and many of them also support Palin as a second choice.
Here's what many of you don't seem to grasp. Sarah Palin strikes a moral cord with many grassroot Americans....who have been looking for a God fearing man or woman to return to the White House....since the departure of Ronald W. Reagan. - Say what you will...mock. ridicule, etc., but millions of Americans just finally felt a strong sense of trust...and confidence in our country...when Reagan was President. And Sarah Palin reminds a lot of folks of those days. There has seemed to be a genuine zeal for rebuilding a broken America.... in Palin....like was in Reagan, that none of the other candidates exude.
I can see Palin pulling votes from Romney, Perry or Bachman (traditional neocons no matter how you paint them) - I don't see them pulling from Paul though.
Sarah may be the enamored of the "new" Tea Party but since the Tea Party was co-opted by Fox I don't think they have much to do with the original movement or Dr. Paul.
I could be wrong though, after all the political season is officially started and all bets are off!
I happen to agree she will pull votes from Bachmann and probably Perry, maybe Romney but not Paul. Now I ask, is it necessary to throw the comment in about the Tea Party and Fox? BTW, in case you don't watch FOX< Pawlenty was their guy (at least for some of them that made in obvious)
It's what they did last time to get McCain nominated. Thompson and Guilianni didn't even try, they just diluted to voting. Then they kept Huckabee in to pull the votes from Romney. McCain could never have gotten nominated without the careful orchestration of the GOP. He was a sacrifice nominee at that.
I somewhat agree wtih you, but if they are doing this (well Rove anyway) why are they attempting to get Paul Ryan, Chirstie or someone else to run and why do they want to delete the pool? What is the advanatage? As for 2008 and Thompson; that was simple and he didn't pull many votes from anyone as he never made any showing to speak of, he simply got roped into running and never wanted it to begin with.
Just curious, but how can Palin pull votes away from anyone? There will be only ONE GOP candidate in the election so no one is pulling any votes away from anyone else unless they run as an Independent which would ensure that neither they or the GOP candidate stands a chance of winning. The GOP will descide who that candidate will be, you can show support for one over the others but it will comes down to th GOP leadership making the choice in the end.
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Here's what many of you don't seem to grasp. Sarah Palin strikes a moral cord with many grassroot Americans....who have been looking for a God fearing man or woman to return to the White House....since the departure of Ronald W. Reagan. - Say what you will...mock. ridicule, etc., but millions of Americans just finally felt a strong sense of trust...and confidence in our country...when Reagan was President. And Sarah Palin reminds a lot of folks of those days. There has seemed to be a genuine zeal for rebuilding a broken America.... in Palin....like was in Reagan, that none of the other candidates exude.
I understand it, I don't really feel the same way but I understand it.
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