mathieson said about 2 years ago or at 4:26PM on Wednesday, November 3 2010 in competitions
Now that the mid-terms are over, the focus turns to the 2012 U.S. Presidential election. It's insane how the process, with all the primaries, basically takes two years and is bizarrely intricate. I don't think anyone will run against Obama, so it's all about the Republicans coming up with a candidate that can appease the party's Tea Party extremist wing and the centrist establishment. Good luck with that.
I am hoping this woman runs, because it will be a car crash of mammoth proportions.
President Palin
hmmm, not so certain..but if they've saved the senate, you're probably correct.
also the possible car crash of the republicans in the house (or more specifically the tea party) may be a big influence.
all may come down to who the public blames the next 2 years of inaction on, and what the Palin/O'Donnell 2012 ticket ends up looking like.
Sarah Palin's glasses always remind me of this
Wasn't it Nixon who said to get elected (as a GOP candidate) you had to scurry to the right to get nomination, then dash back to the centre to get elected? A Tea Party candidate will have major difficulty finding any middle ground.
Not mammoth in comparison to the car crash that America will become if she actually wins. Which seems insane until you remember that McCain/Palin got 46% of the popular vote in 2008.
There's a world of difference between parachuting in as a VP candidate 12 weeks out and having to spend 18 months fighting for the nomination. Self-destruct moments will be numerous and the other Republicans, like Romney, will tear at her.
I disagree. While I know plenty of smart Americans, there's a boatload of crazy in those landlocked red states. Prez Palin in 2012, Global nuclear war in 2013.
Fixed.
Interesting poll figures from a variety of states relating to the forthcoming Republican primaries. Right now it's down to Palin, Romney, Huckabee and Newt Gingrich.
Can someone please explain to me why the USA has mid-term elections? Why don't they let their elected representatives just govern for the full four years? Or are these the equivalent of senate elections in Australia? I don't understand.
Unless you have an hour or so, this will do.
Or, just watch more Jon Stewart- you'll be amazed how much real stuff you can learn from him.
Hmm... I do already watch quite a lot of JS. Shall have to do some extra-credit reading.
Ratings for the second episode of her reality show, Sarah Palin's Alaska, fell 40% from the first, while daughter Bristol did not win the American edition of Dancing With the Stars.
interesting that palin is 4th behind romney, gingrich and huckabee in alaska, surely thats not a good sign for her
From the Washignton Post:
Sarah Palin losing more ground among Republicans, Post-ABC poll finds
Sarah Palin’s ratings within the Republican Party are slumping, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll, a potentially troubling sign for the former Alaska governor as she weighs whether to enter the 2012 presidential race.
For the first time in Post-ABC News polling, fewer than six in 10 Republicans and GOP-leaning independents see Palin in a favorable light, down from a stratospheric 88 percent in the days after the 2008 Republican National Convention and 70 percent as recently as October.
In one sense, the poll still finds Palin near the top of a list of eight potential contenders for the GOP nomination. The former vice presidential candidate scores a 58 percent favorable rating, close to the 61 percent for former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee and 60 percent for former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, and better than the 55 percent that onetime House speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.) received.
But Palin’s unfavorable numbers are significantly higher than they are for any of these possible competitors. Fully 37 percent of all Republicans and GOP-leaning independents now hold a negative view of her, a new high.
In another first, fewer than 50 percent of Republican-leaning independents — 47 percent — hold favorable views of Palin.
She has given almost no indication of how seriously she is considering a 2012 bid.
Some have suggested that Palin and Huckabee, both of whom work for Fox News Channel, might need to decide before a May 5 presidential debate in South Carolina, which is being sponsored by the network.
It has long been clear that Palin is a polarizing figure amid the overall electorate — she typically receives negative reviews from Democrats — but this poll indicates that she may have a similar effect among some of the voters she would need to win the nomination.
Overall, 17 percent in this sample have “strongly unfavorable” opinions of her (among GOP-leaning independents, the number rises to 28 percent). At the same time, the percentage of Republicans and leaners with “strongly favorable” views is at a new low, 26 percent.
In contrast to Palin’s dip, Romney has solidified his standing in this group.
At the beginning of voting in the 2008 primaries, 36 percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents held unfavorable views of him; now that number has dipped to 21 percent. Three years ago, as many held strongly unfavorable as strongly favorable views of Romney. In the new poll, he has a 3-to-1 advantage on intensity.
Others frequently mentioned as possible candidates remain largely unknown to broad swaths of the Republican electorate.
Large numbers of those polled offered no opinion about Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour (57 percent no opinion), former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty (58 percent), Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (66 percent) and former Utah governor Jon Huntsman Jr. (68 percent), who is wrapping up his service as the Obama administration’s ambassador to China.
Donald Trump will win. Since Dubya first came in through to Obama it hasn't mattered who'll win anyway, the country's a basket case with democracy eroding and big government control taking over everything, inevitably Wall Street is calling the shots. Just ask Willie Nelson. Palin might as well be President, get it the fall over and done with quicker.
US secretary of state Hillary Clinton says she has no desire to continue in the job if president Barack Obama wins a second term in 2012.
When Ms Clinton was asked in a CNN interview during a trip to Cairo if she wanted a second stint as America's top diplomat, she was clear.
''No,'' she answered and then moved on to rule out future jobs as defence secretary, vice president or even president of the United States.
Former governor of Minnesota, Jesse Ventura, might be running for President.
He sounds like Kevin from the US office.
Here on Piers Morgan
He is a former pro wrestler.
He fought against the Predator and died.
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Just reading a article that posed the question, will Romney/Ryan be the last white male nomination ever?
In addition to Wolf Blitzer, Grover Norquist is also an excellent name.
looks like @CalledFelicity (above) has abandoned that username already.
a good lesson on the outcomes of attempting to 'own' a meme.
she was wrong on the guns and pro-choice stuff anyway.
Can't go past Charles Krauthammer.
I'm still trying to figure out if this post is a sincere nutcase with an irony bypass or a brilliant satirical troll.
#RomneyDeathRally - more election coverage should be handled in the style of pulp-fiction gothic horror!
Epic youtube dummy-spit from disgruntled Republican
White people mourning Romney
Bill O'Reilly somehow manages every time he opens his mouth to sink to new lows. The look of devastation on his face in that video above is priceless.
Joe Biden celebrating with appearance on Parks & Recreation.
I love this. Daily Show does it again.
''Fox News: Math You Do As A Republican To Make You Feel Better''
White People Mourning Romney bringing the lolz
Glad to see Ted read my post.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/11/08/15024793-the-last-days-of-romneyland?lite
What a prick thing to do.
Check it!
Michelle Bachmann is in trooooouuuuble: http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/03/25/exclusive-congressional-ethics-probe-adds-to-bachmann-s-political-woes.html