Palin For Senate?

• November 13, 2008

Matt Lauer asks Sarah if she’s considered running for Ted Stevens’ seat which will be vacant once the crook is rightfully ejected from the Senate, and she gives a pretty interesting non-answer.

Is the Senate right for Sarah? Well, outside of John McCain, she'd probably be the only other name in the chamber that's recognizable to most Americans. Meaning plenty of opportunity for her to solidify her base of support and win over those who are skeptical about her now.
Alaska state law requires there to be an election to replace a Senator within 90 days after the previous Senator's resignation. Sarah's approval ratings took a bit of a hit after the election, but they're still well over 60% in Alaska. I say she should run.
And if she gets in the Senate, here's a bit of advice: The path to victory lays with fiscal conservatism and a limited government agenda, not pandering to social conservatives. Which isn't to say that certain social issues like abortion aren't important, but at this point conservatives need to win elections and making abortion and gay marriage a campaign platform just isn't a sound strategy right now.

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http://Array anon

False dichotomy. There are many other possibilities.

Such as? You’re one of the people who does it.
dave

Well, outside of John McCain, she’d probably be the only other name in the chamber that’s recognizable to most Americans.

Hillary Clinton and John Kerry say hi.
anon

Not really. I hear a lot of people call Obama just “Barrack”. But the reason people refer to them by their first names is probably because they are recognizable by just their first names. If I say “John”, who am I referring to? There are many politicians with that name.

No one on here calls Obama “Barrack”. It’s Obama or “Barry”. No one calls Romney anything other than that… how many “Mitt”s are out there to talk about? How many “Nancy”s are prominent in politics, yet the Speaker of the House is never referred to by anything other than her last name. Aside from Hillary, which I’d put down to having more than one Clinton you could be talking about, Palin is the only person cited consistently with her first name, again, either a sexist, demurring attitude, or evidence of some weird delusion of a personal connection.

Personally, I think that if you treat her differently, even more respectfully, there’s some little bit of you tucked away that’s saying “I love her, I love her politics, but I sure wish she wasn’t a girl.” Politics is politics, a person’s sex shouldn’t make any difference in how you treat them, even when you DO agree with them.
anon

Why does everyone around here refer to politicos by their last names, except Sarah Palin, who is “Sarah”, across the board? Doesn’t that seem a little condescending or, I don’t know, kind of sexist? Does she need to be treated friendlier (“Sarah” sounding more friendly than “McCain” or “Bush”) or is this some weird delusion that you have a more personal relationship with her?
Socks

I think that Gov. Palin should stay on as governor of Alaska, for much the same reasons as have already been expressed on here. Unless of course she is all that stands between a democrat getting the seat. Each seat that the Democrat party gets is one seat closer to a filibuster proof Congress.
http://www.bikebubba.blogspot.com/ Bike Bubba

What 108 says, and keep in mind as well that her dear children don’t need the corruption of DC. :^)
Ken

and keep in mind as well that her dear children don’t need the corruption of DC.

Yeah, one of them may even get pregnant out of wedlock.

I don’t think it matters if she stays on as Gov or goes to the senate. Her Presidential aspirations should be crushed by now. She already has the taint of McCain all over her. On the bright-side though, at least there isn’t much new dirt the left could dig up on her, should she choose to run in 2012. OTOH, if they can’t find dirt, they’ll just make it up.
Ken

Why does everyone around here refer to politicos by their last names, except Sarah Palin, who is “Sarah”, across the board?

Not really. I hear a lot of people call Obama just “Barrack”. But the reason people refer to them by their first names is probably because they are recognizable by just their first names. If I say “John”, who am I referring to? There are many politicians with that name.
Oswaldo

As governor, she will get even more valuable executive experience than she already has, and will have an actual record of accomplishments on which to run in 2012.

Absolutely. She will also have time to mature in the public eye, becoming increasingly understood and welcome as an established player in politics. She already comes across as straightforward and exudes a pleasant air of calm and sincerity, which she may have been somewhat compelled to depart from while campaigning. Books have already been published about her. But she should author her own work in order to lay out her views and values first hand, and to dispel those dumb myths about her lack of intelligence.
She da man!
robert108

Does she need to be treated friendlier (“Sarah” sounding more friendly than “McCain” or “Bush”) or is this some weird delusion that you have a more personal relationship with her?

False dichotomy. There are many other possibilities.
di butler

Anon,

Probably for the same reason that most people refer to Sen. Clinton as “Hillary.” Women tend to get this more often than men, but it just depends on the person. Most lefties say “Barack,” and “Michelle,” so I guess it depends on how you relate to them. John McCain is an older statesman, so he tends to get treated with a deference, as most of us have been taught to refer to our elders.

As for SP, she should stay right where she is. She is an intelligent woman, but I think being thrown in this whole national political race with all these people who obviously didn’t have her best interests at heart, telling her what to say, what not to say, she froze and didn’t handle herself as well as she should. She needs to get more experience in the media and dealing with reporters. If she can’t get tough enough and sharpen up her comebacks with them by 2012, then she can forget the top of the ticket, and try for the bottom. I actually would prefer her not being on the top myself. She can do that later if she wants if she stays relevent and gets more political savy. I still think putting her on a ticket with say Michael Steele would shake them all up.
robert108

Who are you, and what have you done with Os?
This comment actually makes sense.
She was the most accomplished of the four, and continuing her good work as governor of Alaska will only make it harder for the leftie liars to smear her in the future.
robert108

Big mistake for Sarah to run for the Senate. Very few Senators have made it to the Oval Office, but many governors have. As governor, she will get even more valuable executive experience than she already has, and will have an actual record of accomplishments on which to run in 2012.

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