tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post6158569438898539611..comments2023-10-29T06:41:23.910-07:00Comments on Halfway There: Familiarity breeds contemptZenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058127284297728552noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-34808237156051957182013-07-11T16:41:51.236-07:002013-07-11T16:41:51.236-07:00Hey, Kathie, why don't you let us know how you...Hey, Kathie, why don't you let us know how you feel about Palin? :-)<br /><br />Seriously, my first thought was "could she stay engaged that long?" and my second was "could she even win the primary?" It wasn't till my third that I figured the last thing she wants to do is run for something - and lose, again.The Ridger, FCDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01538111197270563075noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-1683239845967111962013-07-10T18:00:40.135-07:002013-07-10T18:00:40.135-07:00"The business of being Sarah Palin — and why ..."The business of being Sarah Palin — and why she isn’t running for Senate," by Chris Cillizza:<br />http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/07/10/the-business-of-being-sarah-palin-and-why-she-isnt-running-for-senate<br /><br />"...Then there is the fact that while Palin is a hero to some conservatives nationally, her numbers in Alaska aren’t all that stellar. A poll conducted by Harper Polling, a GOP-aligned auto-dial operation, showed Palin in a statistical dead heat with Lt. Gov. Mead Treadwell in a hypothetical Republican Senate primary in 2014. Then there is a survey from PPP, a Democratic auto-dial pollster, that showed Alaskans with a less than favorable view of their former governor. [...] Palin knows that the worst thing for that brand would be to return to the political arena as a candidate and lose. To run would be to risk the cachet and marketability she has built up in conservative circles."Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-47786639522851416302013-07-06T07:15:15.139-07:002013-07-06T07:15:15.139-07:00On the bright side, "Alaska Senate Race 2014:...On the bright side, "Alaska Senate Race 2014: Dems May Benefit From GOP Woes":<br />http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/05/alaska-senate-race-2014_n_3550217.html<br /><br />"...it seems highly unlikely that the state's most high-profile Republican, 2008 vice presidential candidate and former Gov. Sarah Palin, who resigned during her first term, will acquiesce to the demands of a NATIONAL [my emphasis] conservative group that wants her to run. She recently returned to Fox News as a paid commentator."Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-38491001296210528322013-07-06T05:37:39.618-07:002013-07-06T05:37:39.618-07:00Addendum: 2½ YEARS.Addendum: 2½ YEARS.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-66865206883191254792013-07-06T05:36:55.947-07:002013-07-06T05:36:55.947-07:00Perhaps Alaskans can't envision someone who on...Perhaps Alaskans can't envision someone who only lasted 2½ as Governor (including time off to campaign for VP) making it through a 6-year Senatorial term.<br /><br />Plus, Palin and Murkowski are political enemies (I believe this grudge dates back to Frank M.), so those who supported Lisa's successful write-in election against Palin's hand-picked GOP candidate (a particularly extreme tea-partier, of the Santorum stripe) would likely find a strong GOP primary opponent to run against Palin.Kathienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15868947.post-72265480722472821872013-07-05T19:43:47.145-07:002013-07-05T19:43:47.145-07:00"Over two-thirds of the respondents wanted Sa..."Over two-thirds of the respondents wanted Sarah to run [...] The responses were broken down by state."<br /><br />Sounds to me more as though they were broken down by the ravages of advanced syphilis.Kathienoreply@blogger.com