"2012! 2012!"

[underpants]

Palin returns to Alaska to chants of '2012'
Do new, embarrassing reports overshadow her homecoming?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27568141/

When John McCain's 44-year-old running mate returned to Alaska on Wednesday night after he lost the presidential election, she was greeted at the Anchorage airport by chants of "2012! 2012!" Asked by reporters if she might run for president, Palin said, "We'll see what happens then."

Grover Norquist, a leading conservative and president of Americans for Tax Reform, called Palin "one of five or six people who is a plausible candidate for president in 2012," along with familiar names like Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

"She's in the top tier, but she's not next in line." Norquist said. Running as vice president "puts you in contention."

Obstacles remain
But any path toward 2012 is filled with obstacles, some of Palin's own making.

Virtually unknown outside Alaska before her nomination, Palin revealed strong — even polarizing — views on religion, abortion and gay marriage.

She became a favorite among some social conservatives, but her cringe-worthy performances in TV interviews raised questions about her competence and provided fodder for late-night comedians. Her charisma attracted tens of thousands to Republican rallies, but voter surveys found her presence tilted a majority of independents and moderates to Barack Obama.

[fishwax]

1. not exactly an exciting list of possibilities, is it?

Grover Norquist, a leading conservative and president of Americans for Tax Reform, called Palin "one of five or six people who is a plausible candidate for president in 2012," along with familiar names like Mitt Romney, Texas Gov. Rick Perry and former House Speaker Newt Gingrich.

:rofl:

[underpants]

4. Where have you gone Joe the Plumber? A nation turns its lonely eyes to you

George Allen?? They still LOVE him over there

How about a dynamic duo of Allen and Santorum??

[codjh9]

2. "2012" was a cool Rush (the BAND :^) song, but Palin ain't gonna run then, or if she does, she'll

get her butt kicked AGAIN... (and of course, that's not a bad thing :^)

[PretzelWarrior]

3. that's a day-after-election equivalent of "HELL NO" from Norquist

it will be fun to see that party disintegrate.

[underpants]

5. They are sending a lawyer to inventory and get the clothes back

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=7811819&mesg_id=7811819

Party’s over for Palin: GOP goes to collect leftovers from her shopping spree.+


After controversy erupted over Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) largely unauthorized spending spree, Palin announced that she would no longer be wearing the expensive clothing: “Those clothes, they are not my property. … I’m not taking them with me.” However, it seems that a few items did make it back to Alaska with her, and the GOP is coming to reclaim them:

Sarah Palin left the national stage Wednesday, but the controversy over her role on the ticket flared as aides to John McCain disclosed new details about her expensive wardrobe purchases and revealed that a Republican Party lawyer would be dispatched to Alaska to inventory and retrieve the clothes still in her possession.

http://thinkprogress.org/2008/11/06/palin-gop-clothing/

[codjh9]

6. Norquist needs to drown in a bathtub. (I forget the exact analogy he used against the Dem party)

[TheKentuckian]

7. Thanks Grover...Let's DU Rick Perry and make sure the Texas Statehouse is as far as he goes

sounds like another "compassionate conservative" from Texas to me.

[underpants]

8. Texas will be a swing state in 2012

according to Chuck Todd on MSNBC

He said this on Monday

take it as you will :shrug: