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The Sarah Palin Storm Begins: Will Her Book Bring Her Back?

Written By : Melissa Clouthier

The jealous ovary hater Andrew Sullivan froths again. Sarah Palin must be peeking her head out of Alaska and Facebook. How DARE she?!

Still, I can’t help but imagining the envy among fellow Republicans. Rick Perry spouting about Obama’s socialism won’t get the press that Sarah Palin’s discussion about anything will get. And still Sarah Palin faces trouble according to ABC. Overall, 52% of Americans view her unfavorably. She needs to overcome this.

Will her book do this? Will a genteel interview with Oprah and an emotional one with Barbara Walters push her into favorable territory?

Sarah Palin is supported by the Republican party base. From Rasmussen:

Fifty-nine percent (59%) of Republican voters say former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin shares the values of most GOP voters throughout the nation.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 21% of Republican voters disagree and think the 2008 vice presidential candidate does not share their values. Twenty percent (20%) are undecided.

By contrast, 74% of Republicans say their party’s representatives in Congress have lost touch with GOP voters nationwide over the past several years. Only 18% of Republican voters believe their elected officials have done a good job representing the base.

To win, though, Sarah Palin needs all Americans, particularly women. To win, though, Sarah Palin needs all Americans, particularly women. Are women ready for a woman in charge? I’m not sure about that.

Sarah just needs to keep plugging, I guess. She is driving the argument. Her Facebook posts push the news cycle, because she’s the only consistent voice calling the administration on their nefarious deeds. She is also going at the press. Dan Riehl has an interesting take:

Sarah Palin seems to be spoiling for a fight with the media in her latest Facebook posting. There are going to be people, assuming political consultants are people, that are going to call this foolish. They’ll rely on conventional, read old, wisdom that says you don’t pick fights with people who buy ink by the barrel. But does that alleged wisdom still apply?

Reagan didn’t fight with the media. The usual descriptor for what he did is, he went over the media’s head directly to the American people. Is Sarah Palin really doing anything different, except for having Facebook, blogs and a great many other New Media resources today to which Reagan didn’t have access? Just imagine how even more effective his communication strategy would have been if he had?

Because of media advances made in the last several years, Sarah Palin doesn’t have to go over the media’s head. She can go right through them. It appears to me that’s precisely what she intends to do. Don’t be surprised if it works, even as the media and some old-line politicos point how what a bad idea it is.

Well, time will tell if Sarah Palin’s strategy will work. She’s not going away and she’s not hiding. I’m wondering if she wins some good will and grudging respect through her book and softer interviews, if she’ll go on a Sunday talk show. That’s what many politicos seem to want. First, though, she needs to have a conversation with the people, win them and then they might be more interested in listening to a wonkier Sarah Palin.

Also, and this shouldn’t be underestimated, Barack Obama is doing more to make Sarah Palin viable than anyone else. Her Facebook posts are straight-forward, self-evident common sense. Meanwhile, President Obama is so “smart” and his impulses are exactly wrong. He seems ashamed of America and American principles. No doubt about Sarah Palin’s allegiance. That may well be enough, after it’s all said and done.

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Jack Schite

Back from the land of stupidity? Never.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

Posted by Jack Schite
2009-11-16 11:38:11

IS that where you’re staying Jack Auf? And you don’t want to leave? Feel free to stay, it suits you, the complete and utter ignoramus that you are.
http://www.superdickery.com mightysamurai

Posted by Jack Schite
2009-11-16 11:38:11

Shut up, troll. Nobody cares what you think.
BIG

I don’t think Palin will run in 2012. I think the candidate to watch is Gary “Veto” Johnson. He appears to be Ron Paul without the skinhead connection. He was a 2 term Governor of New Mexico.
gfchicago

“I think the candidate to watch is Gary “Veto” Johnson. He appears to be Ron Paul without the skinhead connection. He was a 2 term Governor of New Mexico.”

Posted by BIG
2009-11-16 12:34:35

Ok Big, that’s all fine and good, however I liked quite a few of Ron Paul’s policies, however his stance on foreign policy sucked.

So what is Gary “Veto” Johnson’s views on foreign policy?
D-Vega

Only a fool would think that Palin is not going to run for POTUS in 2012.

Of course she will. What are her alternatives? Who will be her competition in the Rep 2012 primary, except for proven losers and also-rans?
http://www.superdickery.com mightysamurai

Only a fool would think that Palin is not going to run for POTUS in 2012.

Really? I thought she was running for “leader of the conservative movement” or whatever nonsense you said last time.
smelvertising

Who will be her competition in the 2012 elections, except for proven losers and also-rans?

FIFY.
Jack_Schitty

Sarah Palin = always bad
Liberals = always good

Help me! This is the best I can do! I didn’t get my talking points email today and I’m lost without it!
BIG

So what is Gary “Veto” Johnson’s views on foreign policy?
Posted by gfchicago
2009-11-16 13:10:43

His positions on foreign policy are just as bad as Ron Pauls.

I didn’t say I liked him. I just said that he is someone to watch out for. His ideas might resonate with enough of the population to get him elected. His is anti foreign involvement, anti immigration, for small government, for pot smoking and prostitution. He is a mix of far left and far right that just might play to the middle.
gfchicago

Posted by BIG
2009-11-16 14:06:19

Thanks for the heads up Big. I will keep an eye out for him. This is something that we don’t need.
BIG

He endorsed Ron Paul in 2008. I believe he will be the Ron Paul of 2012. I actually agree with some of his ideas about smaller government and getting the government off the people’s backs. And if my choice in 2012 is Barack Obama and Gary Johnson in 2012, I have no doubt that I will vote for Johnson. I can NEVER vote for the CPUSA candidate Obama.

I am sure President Friedman can tell us more about him.
rmiller

Ms. Palin won’t run for POTUS…

These are her 15 minutes of fame.

She’s cashing in. As anyone in her position would do. She’ll be irrelevant in 2010 and 2012.

The ‘storm’ is a media frenzy…it will peter out…
D-Vega

Don’t you believe it, Mr. Miller.

Given the huge vacuum in the Rep party and the conservative base, its almost a certainty that she will run for POTUS.

The standard criteria is:

- name recognition – check

- base of supporters – check

- lack of any skeletons in the closet – pending, but most likely not

- ability to raise money – check

- lack of a current front-runner – check

The Iowa caucuses usually have huge base & christian-right voters. She could easily come in 1st or even 2nd place.
Mike_M

I’m not sure Palin is the best choice, but she will probably run and I hope she does. She will certainly pull the GOP field right in a way that Hunter or Thompson were unable to do in 2008.

If her influence gives us someone like Rick Perry or Bobby Jindal as opposed to Huckabee or Romney she’ll have done a great service to the party and the country.
CoolCzech

Ms. Palin won’t run for POTUS…

These are her 15 minutes of fame.

She’s cashing in. As anyone in her position would do. She’ll be irrelevant in 2010 and 2012.

The ‘storm’ is a media frenzy…it will peter out…
Posted by rmiller
2009-11-16 14:53:58

You know, after she resigned the governorship I would have bet you were right about that. Trouble is, her 15 Minutes became 60 minutes… and then it became a Day, days turned into weeks, months into a year.

And for all the Liberal dismissal of her as “irrelevant,” she put the kabosh on a RINO being congressman from NY23, didn’t she? For someone they consider a “joke,” liberals are spending an AWFUL lot of time obsessing over… aren’t they?
whats_up

Palin cant handle being a governor of a state of some 700,000 people before it became to tough for her. If she thought Alaska was tough how the hell would she handle Washington.
rmiller

And for all the Liberal dismissal of her as “irrelevant,” she put the kabosh on a RINO being congressman from NY23, didn’t she? For someone they consider a “joke,” liberals are spending an AWFUL lot of time obsessing over… aren’t they?
Posted by CoolCzech
2009-11-16 15:35:54

I don’t think you are wrong. Gov. Palin did hit some kind of stimulus.

I’m not sure that she is the correct expression of that idea.

But I do think she is doomed….to a more arcticulate expression of conservative principles.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

Palin cant handle being a governor of a state of some 700,000 people before it became to tough for her. If she thought Alaska was tough how the hell would she handle Washington.
Posted by whats_up
2009-11-16 15:47:36

Egads you’re stupid. Palin had no problem running AK, she had a problem fighting BOGUS ethics claims with her own money that were taking away from her ability to run the state. In DC the fed will pay to defend if her if some dumbass wants to sling false allegations. Geez are you getting your talking points from Sully?
BIG

And for all the Liberal dismissal of her as “irrelevant,” she put the kabosh on a RINO being congressman from NY23, didn’t she? For someone they consider a “joke,” liberals are spending an AWFUL lot of time obsessing over… aren’t they?
Posted by CoolCzech
2009-11-16 15:35:54

And speaking of NY23… Has the NY Sec of State certified the election yet? I know Pelosi seated Owens, but it appears she did it illegally. Don’t worry, Pelosi is a Democrat, so doing something Illegal bears no consequence whatsoever.

But I heard some stories that the vote was actually closer than the initial reporting and that Hoffman might actually win once all the votes are counted. But then again, he id not a Democrat, so he can’t win on a recount.
CoolCzech

Something interesting by Allahpundit, over at Hotair.com:

“Rasmussen, that the book might be helping her rebound: Among likely voters, her favorables are 51/43.”

Anyone wanna bet Palin is “unelectable”? Especially if we’re in for, say, 3 years of double digit unemployment and an economy perpetually mired in recession because no one in their right minds will invest a dime wondering if Obama is about to impose trillions of new carbon credit, “green,” and “healthcare” taxes??
richtermarc

The Left started on the “stupid” meme less than 24 hours after the nomination. It’s what they do. The truth is, you don’t win elections at that level when you’re a moron. And no, George Bush wasn’t stupid – he’s a bilingual MBA who was skilled enough to fly a fighter jet, that’s far more accomplishment than most people who post on this web site can claim.

If Sarah Palin is so stupid and has no chance to win, why does the Left froth over her every time her name is mentioned?

Could it be….fear?
nactx

I realize the thread is about Sarah Palin, but I have to comment that a year ago, I would not have given a wooden nickel for Rick Perry. But Obama and big government have brought out the better part of him. Forget about Kay Bailey, Texas. She is a rino and wants to play it safe. And Kinky is an idiot, but a fun idiot.
Huron_Serenity

The only thing that Sarah Palin is good for is MILF pornography.

“If Sarah Palin is so stupid and has no chance to win, why does the Left froth over her every time her name is mentioned?”

Because a significant portion of Americans are stupid, especially the soccer mom crowd. That group of twits will vote for any Republican woman. It makes them feel better for letting themselves go and proving the critics of feminism right: Some women are truly useless, except for their reproductive abilities.
http://conservativebootcamp.com martinhale

Because a significant portion of Americans are stupid, especially the soccer mom crowd. That group of twits will vote for any Republican woman. It makes them feel better for letting themselves go and proving the critics of feminism right: Some women are truly useless, except for their reproductive abilities.

God, I just love it when liberals put their intolerance (if not open hatred) for people who don’t agree with them on display. Name-calling, sexism – it’s all in a day’s work for the busy liberal who demands tolerance, diversity and acceptance from others and who couldn’t apply those principals to his/her own life on a bet.

Of course you know that at some point in the future, this self-important *sshat will undoubtedly snarl out a charge of “intolerance” when it’s convenient in an argument some time, oblivious to and in denial of his/her own glaring intolerance.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

Because a significant portion of Americans are stupid, especially the soccer mom crowd. That group of twits will vote for any Republican woman. It makes them feel better for letting themselves go and proving the critics of feminism right: Some women are truly useless, except for their reproductive abilities.
Posted by Huron_Serenity
2009-11-17 02:14:02

Well no the stupid Americans are hard-core liberals, and they are only about 5% of the population, that includes YOU. And in being that utterly isgnorant they live in racism, sexism, and fear of all things that don’t fit their mis-guided world view.
whats_up

And in being that utterly isgnorant they live in racism, sexism, and fear of all things that don’t fit their mis-guided world view.
Posted by bthewolf
2009-11-17 11:36:23

Sounds like many conservatives that I know.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

Sounds like many conservatives that I know.
Posted by whats_up
2009-11-17 13:20:48

Sounds like you’re as ingnorant and stupid as HS if that’s what you think you’ve gotten from any conservative.
Huron_Serenity

Sounds like you’re as ingnorant and stupid as HS if that’s what you think you’ve gotten from any conservative.

Posted by bthewolf
2009-11-17 13:32:01

Ingnorant? Making up words again, eh? I guess that is what the ignorant have to do.
whats_up

Posted by bthewolf
2009-11-17 13:32:01

You are the ideal candidate for that posting, your disconect from reality is mind boggling, I really never thought someone who claims to be intelligent could get it so wrong, but you have.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

Posted by Huron_Serenity
2009-11-17 13:46:36

It’s called a typo, numb nuts, an error, a mistake, kinda like you were.
http://PatriotPost.US bthewolf

You are the ideal candidate for that posting, your disconect from reality is mind boggling, I really never thought someone who claims to be intelligent could get it so wrong, but you have.
Posted by whats_up
2009-11-17 14:05:17

What disconnect from reality, what_a_tard? I defy you to provide examples of racism, sexism, self inflicted myopia, and the phobias of the left.

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