Reply #6: He'd have that fire in his belly if he thought there was any way he could win

[jmowreader]

I think the Republicans are looking for a throwaway candidate for 2012. They're up against three problems:

They know--they HAVE to know--the tea party economic deform package of spending cuts, tax cuts and social-program elimination hasn't got a chance in hell of working. If the Republicans lose the 2012 election they can sit there and obstruct like they do, but the second they put a Republican in the White House they have to deliver--and they can't.

They have to beat Barack Obama. They know that's going to be a very difficult task--say what you will about him, but he can campaign his ass off.

And there isn't one Republican out there who's interested in being president who's capable of handling the job, with the possible exception of the unelectable Mitt Romney. (The man's signature is on a piece of legislation that contains a health insurance mandate. There is no fucking way he'd get elected with that on his resume.)

So, basically, I think they'll run Palin next year because not only will he beat her like a rug, her defeat will give mainstream Repukes license to ignore the teabag movement once and for all.