Good recap of the reaction to Palinresignsgate

By Jason Wright, Editor

Filed Under Race for White House 2012, Scandals on Jul 5 

http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/07/05/palin.reaction/index.html

Now that everyone has burned their fingers on sparklers and fountains, what PD’s post mortem on Palin’s resignation?

Comments

  • Rick Hendrix

    Back to Palin.

    I think her only hope (for 2012, at least) is to come up with some kind of “wow factor” new thing she does to keep her in the hunt. For the life of me, I can’t think of what that would be.

    • JE

      I agree. There are things i personally like about palin but after 4 years of obama i think america will have learned a lesson about voting for amateur hour and learn on the job candidates so i don’t see her bringing anything to outweigh the drawbacks. In 2012 people are going to be looking for stability/experience as opposed to outsider/novelty.

  • Brian H

    Just for clarification purposes…

    I am not suggesting because I named some possible entries into the Derby that I support them as candidates. Just happen to be some names I have heard as possible players.

    Except for Paul Ryan. He would be my late entry into the derby if I could put him there.

  • RickyD

    For what it’s worth, these are the best comments in a long time!!! But ofcourse anytime Whodat from Texas makes his voice heard the comments are upgraded!!! :)

    • Gary Russell

      Let’s see…

      Nope, not gonna go there.

  • Whodat

    P.S. Who the heck is Paul Ryan? Sounds too much like Ron Paul backwards.

    Jeb Bush? Not in this century. Not for president, Not for dog-catcher. No mo Bush!

    Haley Barber. Oh yeah! From the state that is just about dead last by any measure, comes the marble mouth who gonna fix it all? Listen, I be Southern folk, too, but that grit won’t fill a phone booth in Iowa or New Hampshire.

    Me, believe it or not, I like that New Yorker Rep. King. Just a good, hard woking politician who stays to the right but fights for his people. (When a Texan would vote for a New Yorker many times over another Texan, that must mean the candidate Texan is really bad (cause there are no New Yorkers really THAT good…)

    • Gil Rice

      If this is the same King that called MJ a pervert and a pedofile yesterday and tho’t all the hoopla was just that, this ole Texan might just vote for him just for beinf honest enough to tell it like it has been the last 4 days.

  • Brian H

    The Snapshot makes it fun and is not a stretch to begin it at this point. These people (candidates) are doing the exact same thing as we speak.

    Any potential late entries you guys see entering the 2012 Presidential Derby Stakes?

    Rick Perry (Texas)
    Jeb Bush…great horse…bad name.
    Paul Ryan…like this guy.
    Haley Barber

    • David Kaiser, Editor

      At least one of those names will be on the list Brian.

      I don’t know enough about Paul Ryan to have formed a clear opinion of him, though I do know he positions himself as a fiscal conservative, and he won easily in a district that went for Obama.

    • Alaina

      Not Perry! I would vote Democrat, but I couldn’t bring myself to vote for Obama either so I would probably just stay home if it came down to those two.

      • Whodat

        Alaina, my soul mate!!! We are one.
        Rick Perry is the worst governor in my lifetime, the biggest spender, the land-grabingest (Trans-Texas Corridor) pretty face in an empty suit. I did vote for an awful Democrat over Perry and that wasn’t Kinky.

        Whodat has an attitude ’bout l’il Ricky

        • Alaina

          He’s super shady… he tried to sell our lottery to the private sector and use our teacher’s retirement fund to help start up businesses. Either he’s a complete moron or he made some deals to get something under the table. I vote the latter.

      • http://deleted JE

        Find a third party candidate for president. It happened to many of us the last time around and will happen to many more the next time at the rate things are moving. At least you need to go to the polls for the other elections (local, state, etc) as these are actually more important in the long run. To quote the last conservative president, “If we take care of the courthouse and the state house the white house will take care of itself.”

  • Rick B.

    Stick a fork in her, she’s done.

    She may run for the nomination, but I think it will be disastrous. And she was the only reason I bothered to vote for McCain in 2008.

  • http://scottslant.blogspot.com/ Scott A. Robinson

    Once the Sanford story broke, I thought Palin’s picture would be taking its rightful place as the GOP Horse. Now who is it? Williard Mitt?

    • David Kaiser, Editor

      Jason, Stephen and I worked on the rankings over the weekend, so I would expect them to go up today or tomorrow.

      Needless to say, the Palin announcement has had a significant impact on the rankings, and she won’t be the top horse.

      • Whodat

        “Ranking” the GOP wanna-bees, at
        This point, like a golfer ranking
        Of those “nearly as good as Tiger”;
        D’”best” would still geta spanking.

        How do you rank apples in a pie?
        How do you rank eggs in a scramble?
        When all are at nearly the same low
        Level, ranking is a guess & gamble.

        I humbly suggest the picture be
        Empty, the name left blank and we
        Let the thoroughbreds race to win
        That coveted spot at Politcalderby.

        Whodat feelin’ his oats, but we know where oats end up…

        • David Kaiser, Editor

          I think if the rankings were predictions, I would agree with you Whodat. But we post the rankings as a “snapshot” of “if the race were held today, who do we think would win”.

          Of course we haven’t the foggiest who will win at this point, but we make a guess anyway :)

          • Rusty Shackleford

            David,

            I’m just worried that a power ranking on Political Derby will become the Sports Illustrated curse. Sanford, then Palin, just for grins, put up Huckabee and let’s just see what happens.

            • David Kaiser, Editor

              Ha!

            • Alaina

              Or Romeny…

              • Gary Russell

                If that is the case, PLEASE put up Obama as the GOP frontrunner!

                • Alaina

                  I’ll second that!!!

  • Brian H

    I am going to go out on a limb and assume Palin’s resignation might actually be for the reasons she stated. There is so much speculation about her political future without anyone knowing if she wants a political future. I am not a working mom who has young children and a severely diabled baby to raise. I am not the one who has to wach my children get ridiculed and mocked because I served at the request of a Presidential contender. I am not the one who has to pay my attorneys to defend myself against endless accuasations and investigations.

    Maybe, just maybe, Sarah Palin is a good woman who has chosen to put her family, her life, and her happiness ahead of any political aspirations. I like this woman and I pray that whatever her future holds she will be happy and continue to be the leader of what I consider to be an exceptional young family.

    • David Kaiser, Editor

      Brian, as much as would like to believe this, I just don’t. The language of her announcement leads me to believe she quit to run for President.

      Why quit?

      There are plenty of reasons. Sure, she’ll take a short-term hit in credibility, but in the long term, I believe being unfettered from Juneau will let her speak and raise money at will. She has plenty of time to rebuild her rep.

      Think back to Barack Obama opting out of the federal matching funds. It created a short-term furor, which quickly vanished, and allowed Obama to raise millions of dollars more than McCain.

      Secondly, she won’t have to spend time and money on a campaign to be reelected governor of Alaska, a race she would have a tough fight to win. She loses that race, and she becomes George Allen circa 2006.

      Right now, Palin needs to stay connected to the conservatives who embraced her selection by McCain. She faces a tough battle if she is to run in 2012, because it appears there will be several strongly-credentialed conservatives (Huckabee and Gingrich) who are also going to run. Many, including myself, feel that Huckabee’s remaining in the race may have cost Romney a chance at beating John McCain in Florida, which was the state that basically ended any chance Romney had at the nomination.

      Splitting the conservative vote can open the door for someone like Romney, who could chose to run more on his business cred, as opposed to constantly answering questions about being a flip-flopper on social issues.

      And you thought the 2008 election cycle was long.

      Wait ’til you get a load of ’12!

      • Brian H

        You may be right, David. Good points.

        Quite an interseting turn of events. I think she is a longshot regardless of her resignation.

        Romney seesm to benefit the most.
        Jindal seems to be laying low.
        Pawlenty may be a sleeper.
        Husckabee is a likeable loser.
        Gingrich is not a fresh face.
        Palin still lacks gravitas
        Sanford is on his way to the Argentina glue farm.

      • Red State Eddio

        See, Kaiser, that side gig as her envoy to help Republican moderates is paying off already! ;-)

        I agree with you (this is getting to be a habit). It’s a risky gamble, but one that has the potential of leaving her in a stronger and freer stage about 18 months down the road, around the end of 2010-beginning of 2011. That is prime ramp up time for the early runners to build up organizations and ground forces. If she is broke from all the investigations, and faitgued from all the Alaskan nonsense, she’s in no position to undertake a long-haul process like a pres. election.

        Bottom Line: It’s very risky, but it has more dividends than sitting in Juneau fighting legal crap and being painted as tainted even if all charges turn out to be false.

        • David Kaiser, Editor

          Didn’t you know? I turned down that position to remain moderate whipping boy for all you knuckleheads here.

    • David Kaiser, Editor

      Here’s a statement she made via facebook:

      “I am now looking ahead and how we can advance this country together with our values of less government intervention, greater energy independence, stronger national security, and much-needed fiscal restraint. I hope you will join me. Now is the time to rebuild and help our nation achieve greatness!”

      Hmm. Looks suspiciously like a speech a conservative candidate for President might make!

      • Rick Hendrix

        She should have said that in her announcement.

  • Alaina

    She done.

    She was going to have a hard enough time with the media anyway, then to label yourself a quitter? Doesn’t sound too smart to me.

  • Whodat

    Sarah, Sarah, I don’t care-ah
    How does your bank account grow?
    Goodness knows you like nice cloths
    And making speeches makes mo dough!

    Palin, Palin, you were failin’
    To gain traction among the party.
    Even unknown Sanford was ahead
    Till he got heat,and acted smarty.

    So, make a few hundred grand, do a
    Book tour, maybe a talk-show, too?
    Hey, you were not going anywhere at
    All,might as well make a buck or 2!

    Whodat still looking for a white knight, not a lady-in-waiting….

    • David Kaiser, Editor

      The best I could do on short notice.

      Whodat's White Knight

      • Whodat

        Nice…

        It reminds me of certain Senators who take a wide stance…