Some Repubs worried Palin will get the nomination in 2012.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

Hee hee...

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/14/palin-has-path-to-win-republican-warns/

[Chris_Texas]

1. We ALL need to be worried. Palin is the one to beat.

She is the chosen candidate of the VERY powerful social conservative religious block, and she has a fair number of neocons behind her as well. Her followers are fanatical Christians, and there is nothing she can say or do, no matter how batshit crazy, that will tempter their enthusiasm. Like Palin herself, they believe that she is God's annointed, she is St. Joan of Alaska, and God will work through her. (This is, of course, the main reason Palin never bothers to study or even speak intelligently -- why would she? She is God's Mouthpiece, and hence infallable.)

You can EXPECT that her followers will turn out in huge numbers. They are gonna be ringing bells harder than Jehova's Witnesses.

And I can tell you that the GOP is scared shitless of this lady. She is a bomb that they now have to disarm.

[a la izquierda]

5. There's 1 repuke in my family...

that would vote for her. Out of a large family of conservatives. I'm not really worried.

[Badfish]

6. " she has a fair number of neocons behind her as well"

Who ?

I don't see anybody behind her ....only against her.

[NYC Liberal]

8. No, Palin is the one candidate I am really hoping for.

We've already seen Palin in action on a campaign: it was a disaster (for McCain).

[NeedleCast]

9. I Agree

I think Palin has a chance to win the GOP primary if the conservatives have more than one traditional candidate like Mittens and they end up splitting the vote, allowing Palin to sneak in. I sure hope that happens.

[Lastactiongyro]

10. I dont care, about lunatic teabaggers. I want a democratic challenger.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Two words: Katherine Harris.

In November/December 2000, she was the GOP's Golden Girl. She was the original Queen Esther before Sarah Palin became Queen Esther. She was the girl who stood up and (in their feeble minds) stopped Gore from "stealing the election."

So despite numerous personality quirks and a Goddess complex, she rode that wave of popularity in 2002, was elected to Congress.

Then people--even staunch Republicans--slowly came to the realization that they had elected a complete moron, prone to gaffes and scandals. Their Golden Girl had feet of clay.

Yet she still had enough of the base in 2006 to win the GOP Primary for Florida Senate. But the hyper campaign season, Katherine Harris began to spin apart. Fellow Republicans (even Jeb) questioned her abilities. Her personality became overbearing. Her campaign staff quit left and right.

In the end, Katherine Harris lost the 2006 Florida Senate race to Bill Nelson in a landslide. She has not been heard from since, other than as an obscure footnote to the 2000 election drama.

My hope is that like Katherine Harris, Sarah Palin squeaks by and grabs the GOP nomination, and then like Harris, the wheels come off the cart.

[hatrack]

11. Note, this was after ordering citrus canker testing using magical water blessed by Kabbalic powers

I am not making this up. From MSNBC 2005:

Florida's citrus crop contributes billions of dollars to the state's economy, so when that industry is threatened, anything that might help is considered. Back in 2001, when citrus canker was blighting the crop and threatening to reduce that vital source of revenue, an interesting — if not quite scientific — alternative was considered.

Katherine Harris, then Florida's secretary of state — and now a member of the U.S. House of Representatives — ordered a study in which, according to an article by Jim Stratton in the Orlando Sentinel, "researchers worked with a rabbi and a cardiologist to test ‘Celestial Drops,' promoted as a canker inhibitor because of its ‘improved fractal design,' ‘infinite levels of order,' and ‘high energy and low entropy.'"

The study determined that the product tested was, basically, water that had apparently been blessed according to the principles of Kabbalic mysticism, "chang its molecular structure and imbu it with supernatural healing powers."

Citrus canker is a bacterial disease that affects all citrus trees. Caused by a bacterium, Xanthomonas axonopodis, citrus canker can be spread from tree to tree by windborne rain, the movements of birds and other animals, and human activity, such as improper disposal of infected trees and fruit. The bacterium causes brown, crusted lesions with yellow haloes to appear on the surfaces of leaves and the skin of fruit, reducing the leaves' photosynthetic capacity and stunting the growth and preventing the maturation of the fruit.

EDIT

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10054116/ns/technology_and_science-science/

[Tommy_Carcetti]

13. Wow, how did I miss that one? nt

[Angry Dragon]

3. She will never declare to run for president

[11 Bravo]

4. Snowdrift Snooki won't be willing to take the pay cut.

[calimary]

7. "Snowdrift Snooki" !!!!! I would have to say a big BRAVO!!! to 11 Bravo!

DAMN that's brilliant! Is that one of yours?

BRAVO!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Cheap_Trick]

12. She'll never make it out of the primaries.

The other repuglicans will dig up every dirty little secret of hers, and this time the media WILL pay attention.

[Chris_Texas]

15. This is true, but it is politically dangerous for them

[renate]

14. Palin support fading, says poll

A Washington Post/ABC News poll released Wednesday indicates 58 percent of Republicans and Republican-leaning independents give Palin high marks, a 30-point drop from her favorability rating among the same group in the weeks leading up to the 2008 presidential election. It also marks a 12-point drop from a Washington Post/ABC News poll last fall when the former Alaska governor traveled the country on behalf of a string of congressional candidates.

In what could be another ominous sign, Palin's unfavorable rating is at 37 percent in the new survey, an all time high in Washington Post/ABC News polling and a number that far surpasses that of other potential presidential candidates including Newt Gingrich (26 percent), Mitt Romney (21 percent), and Mike Huckabee (18 percent).

The former Alaska governor has said she has made no decision about a potential run for the White House and will mount a campaign if she sees a path to victory. But Palin has engaged in few behind-the-scenes maneuvers, traveled to virtually none of the key early-voting states, and has skipped high-profile conservative forums that some other potential 2012 candidates lined up to attend.

Meanwhile, a recent survey of likely Iowa caucus-goers suggested Palin's support is slipping in that key state as well: A Des Moines Register poll three weeks ago found the former Republican vice presidential nominee's favorables had slipped 6 points in the last year and a half, a number that may indicate the excitement around the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee is beginning to dissipate as other likely presidential candidates have spent significantly more time there.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/03/16/trending-palin-support-fading-says-poll/

[caty]

16. No matter who wins

the Republican primary, if that person is not "right" enough, I see the Tea Party running their own candidate. Bachmann wants to run. Whoever it is, they will be the rethugs version of Nadar. Just taking away votes from the GOP.