John Nichols: Palin Heads to Iowa for 2012 Campaign Launch

[marmar]

from The Nation:



Palin Heads to Iowa for 2012 Campaign Launch
posted by John Nichols on 11/02/2008 @ 4:58pm



DUBUQUE – Sarah Palin will formally launch her campaign for the 2012 Republican presidential campaign with an afternoon rally Monday at this city's Grand River Center, a traditional meet-and-greet spot for contenders in Iowa's first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.

With caucus night barely three years away, it's not too early to get started. And Palin -- whose ambition is such that she claimed she "did not blink" when asked to join a national ticket after serving a mere twenty months as the governor of the relatively remote state of Alaska – is offering every indication that she is ready to run.

Officially, of course, Palin's Dubuque stop is supposed to finish off the difficult 2008 campaign of the Republican ticket on which the governor has run with Arizona Senator John McCain.

But why sweat minor details?

Palin certainly isn't.

The governor was asked during an ABC News interview whether she was thinking about running for president in 2012. Instead of dismissing the notion, she said, "I think that, if I were to give up and wave a white flag of surrender against some of the political shots that we've taken, that would bring this whole … I'm not doing this for naught." .......(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.thenation.com/blogs/campaignmatters/379345/palin_heads_to_iowa_for_2012_campaign_launch

[Telly Savalas]

1. I'd like to formally announce my candidacy for the 2016 election.

I'm ready to take the baton from Obama and run with it.

You betcha.

[StClone]

2. She Will not get the R Nomination

I think she will be an irritation to the Republicans more so than to the Dems. There is absolutely little precedence to be made for a losing ticket Vice President to return to take the W.H. let alone the nomination.

Lawrence O'Donnell makes that case with Maddow in vid: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x231026

[arcadian]

3. When I first saw this, I thought "Palin Heads" was new name for Palin supporters.

Palinheads, has a nice ring to it.

[marmar]

4. And fitting, given the level of intelligence and dignity she's brought to the campaign....

:dunce:

[Telly Savalas]

5. So this didn't wind up happening, did it?

Guess this means John Nichols goes on the list of untrustworthy political prognosticators next to the "Iran attack is imminent" club members.

[liberalhistorian]

6. That's strange. Nichols is usually

quite reliable and solid.

[Telly Savalas]

7. I'm just assuming it didn't happen.

I figure if Palin announced her candidacy for 2012 this afternoon, half the threads here would be about it.

[liberalhistorian]

8. Oh, I see what you mean, I guess I misunderstood.

Methinks he was being a bit sarcastic there, although with more than a touch of reality since she's already made her desires known in that regard.