Sarah Palin is only 45 years old. She can run for President as late as 2024.

[cherokeeprogressive]

She's not running in 2012. We need to accept that. I think she quit the governorship because someone in the rethuglican party has promised her that she'll be put on the ticket in 2016, 2020, and 2024, IF she can learn things like where Russia is, and whether Africa is a country or a continent.

We (The Democratic Party) need a LONG RANGE Sarah Palin strategy. It's folly for us to focus on 2012 in the context of a Sarah Palin run for the presidency.

I plan on living into the 2040's, maybe longer. I hate to think that I'd have to live during a Sarah Palin administration.

Long term planning is what's needed in reference to Sarah Palin. MUCH longer than the next three years.

[Historic NY]

1. ah, but does she have a certificate of live birth?

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. Yeah, that furthers the movement. Thanks. n/t

[Historic NY]

4. Well what next office will she run for and then quit from...she offered no

valid reasons for qutting the office of Governor.

[Aristus]

35. Election campaigns are filled with damaging slogans. It will only take one to derail hers:

"She couldn't even govern Alaska without quitting halfway through. Do you really believe she can handle being President?"

Alaska is the second-least populous state in the Union. She doesn't have what it takes to lead any political entity where actual people live.

[Confusious]

3. Unless she gets a brain transplant

I don't think there's anything to worry about.

If only 6% of republicans think shes pres material, well shes got a mountain to run up on peg legs.

[MADem]

7. +1. nt

[Bicoastal]

5. Oh come on--2016 is 7 YEARS from now.

In 2002, Barack Obama was a complete unknown, and Bush's popularity ratings were still riding high.

A lot can happen in 7 years. Many things are worth worrying about so far in advance, but I don't think a Palin Presidency is one of them.

[Mojambo]

6. Unless she can wait until every person who saw that Couric interview dies

She'll NEVER be president.

[sarah FAILIN]

8. re-runs... they will save us all one day

She'll do more lame brained stuff between now and then too, we just have to watch

[tinrobot]

9. She'll quit long before then...

She's quite everything else.

[T Wolf]

10. It seems to me at this hour that you are lamenting that SP will NOT be around to drag down

the rethugs far enough into the future.

She is great for us - may she maintain her interest and brilliance at politics for decades to come.

And it is ageist (and sexist) to think that she could not run for something as a feisty 80-year old fightin' granny.

[cherokeeprogressive]

11. You might wanna check your math.

She's a granny already. She won't be 80 until 2044. We flogged McCain for runnng at 72. I don't understand your point.

I don't support her, and never did. Ageism and sexism aside, I'm only saying that to pin our hopes on a 2012 run is folly. I've not read a post preparing for anything other than a Palin run in 2012.

[T Wolf]

24. My math is OK - it's just the expression at 3am that is off. Never meant to imply that you support

that thing.

I think it would be great if she were the repuke nominee until she dies - the Democrats could not have a better (weaker) moran to run against.

I also do not think that even the rethugs are so completely brain-dead that they will hitch their wagon of hate to her - I only wish they were.

And in 16 years, she will become a great-grandmother (if her family history plays out with the newest offspring). So, in 2044, or even earlier, she could be the first great-great-grandmother to run for office. Come on GOPers, go for it.

[Naturyl]

12. In 10 or more years, she will no longer have Barbie appeal.

I disagree about 2012. She needs to run soon, while she still has Caribou Barbie appeal.

Since she has nothing upstairs, looks are not an advantage she can afford to be without.

[mwb970]

22. Maybe she could take voice training while she's at it.

I find that nasal whining sound she makes to be extremely annoying, especially combined with the winks and weird finger-pointing gestures.

The woman is a clown.

[JTFrog]

13. Yeah, I'm just as scared as I was last election.

NOT.

Ooooo Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin.... booogey boooogey booooooogey.

:eyes:

[lapfog_1]

14. If she doesn't run in 2012, she will be irrelevant.

She is only relevant now because the wingnut base loves her and wants her to run. She is being used by the repuke party leaders for her fund raising. She becomes much less interesting to the wingnuts if she sits on the sidelines.

[Starry Messenger]

15. Do people really stress out about her?

Wow. I think she's just a distracting sideshow. But that explains a lot about this forum if people really consider her a viable threat.

[POAS]

19. +1

[LiberalAndProud]

16. Can we require that candidates pass a minimum mental

competency test? I refuse to vote for that woman. Women would lose any chance at the office for another 40 years. The woman is uninformed. I assume that could be remedied, but is seems that Ms. Palin believes she already knows everything of any merit.

She is an incurious, self-absorbed, attention seeking female. And her celebrity terrifies me.

[swaroop]

17. She is Republican's poison. n/t

[POAS]

18. We don't need a "Sarah Palin strategy" or

for that matter a long range "INSERT NAME HERE" strategy.

What democrats need is a strategy of governing which accomplishes good things for the American people. Things like a revamped health care system that doesn't bankrupt people and employers. Things like a foreign policy that doesn't drag us into protecting the interests of international corporations. Things like an oversight system of the economy that protects the average citizen rather than corporations.

If the Democratic party governs effectively Sarah Palin (perhaps even the current version of Republican conservatism) will be a footnote in history.

[BlueMTexpat]

30. +1!! n/t

[Orsino]

20. Her qualifications consist of being pretty.

I don't think that's going to sustain her through many more election cycles. I suspect that her career will follow the Kathrine Harris trajectory.

[teachableseconds]

40. Never misunderestimate...well, you know where I am going with this...

Seriously, I am blown away by how many DUers post about HER. They seem concerned, for some odd reason. Perhaps even strangely smitten by her? I haven't a clue. I groan every time I go on Yahoo! and see yet ANOTHER story about Levi's latest comments. I put him in the same category as Joe the Faux plumber's assistant.

[cleveramerican]

21. by 2024

she won't be able to get elected as dog-catcher.

right wing radio is where she'll end up, I'd say

[davidpdx]

23. We can only hope that wolves will learn to fly helicopters and shoot by then

If so, she's toast....

[Arugula Latte]

42. Amen. I support the right of wolves to bear arms against that evil @#$% Palin.

[Jennicut]

25. She is getting stupider by the day...by 2024 she won't be able to put complete sentences together

Besides, that was year I was gonna run. LOL.

[livetohike]

26. Strategy? Let her do herself in

She doesn't have the desire to learn about complex issues to be able to speak competently about it. No amount of cramming will give her the basic knowledge of history, world events, geo-politics, etc to sound credible (let alone intelligent).

And too, also there is Tina Fey. Who will perpetuate the cartoon image America has of Palin. I'm not worried about her.

[BeyondGeography]

27. Will she still be soooooo HAWT in 2024?

Super sexy at 60 as a campaign tagline? Free viagra for her aging male fanboys?

[karynnj]

28. Her number one asset is her looks - a winking 58 year old will not be the same

She has no official position and it will be hard for her to appear serious - now the threat is she has a pretty large group of people allied with her.

[cherokeeprogressive]

33. When my 59 y/o fiance winks at me, my toes shiver and my liver quivers

my heart goes pitter-patter and I think you know the rest... and I'm only 48.

Plenty of 58 year old HOTTIES out there, and plenty more who are older than that.

[Fire1]

29. Totally agree and have said as much many times. Girlfriend

is going back to school or paying for some indepth tutoring. Hope she gets some lessons in communication, as well.

[invictus]

31. Palin could never win the nomination. McCain picked Palin because he didn't feel threatened by her.

McCain did feel threatened by Romney.

[blue_onyx]

32. Yes, she does have plenty of time to run

That's why she should have stayed on as governor and worked hard for her state. If she had been re-elected, she would have had 8 years of being governor on her resume. Then in 2014, she could have run for the Senate against Mark Begich. Being a Senator would have provided her with national experience. Then she could have made a legitimate run for the Presidency in 2020.

The problem is I don't think she wants to do the hard work required to get to the Presidency. She expects she celebrity status to carry her there.

[rocktivity]

34. And she'll run for president on what?

Her ability to finish any job she signs up for? Being married to a successionist? If your theory is right, she got suckered by the Rethug leadership BIG time, because all the Dems would have to do is dredge up those memories.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[kestrel91316]

36. She will have to produce her long form ORIGINAL birth certificate,

and I know for a fact that she was born in France, so she doesn't have one, lol. And her REAL parents were Commies.

[hileeopnyn8d]

37. I feel like you're trying to distract us

from what's really important.

We don't need a "long range" plan to deal with Sarah Palin, we'd hardly need a short range plan if she were running in 2012.

I honestly don't see her ever being on a republican ticket again. I believe her focus will be to keep the right-wing extremist faction stoked throughout Obama's presidency. If we are to concentrate on anything, it should be figuring out why Rove, Cheney, Beck, Hannity, and other pundits and politicians feel that inciting hatred, racists, etc. is a beneficial strategy. And make no mistake, this is a strategy coming from higher up, regardless of whether the followers are characterized as the lunatic fringe.

That's the ball we need to keep our eye on, but we should not let it hijack our agenda.

[havocmom]

38. But, by then, she won't have 'cute' as an asset

Since she has no other assets....

[zulchzulu]

39. Maybe by 2024, quitting and abandoning your responsibilities you swore to will seem "cool"

She's toast. Burnt toast.

[Zynx]

41. Bad. Analysis.

Her shelf life is short. We will not see here again as a political threat.

[sledgehammer]

43. She will be torn to shreds by fellow repugs.

It was all fun and games to support her when she was selected. There was no competition, so everyone through their support behind her.

But when it comes to being elected to candidacy, each repug will try to destroy the other by all means necessary. The primaries would be the show of a lifetime if Palin was involved.

There's enough ammo to go after her for the remainder of her political window.

And quitting the Governorship is the final straw.