Palin resigns

Jfool · 07-07-2009, 09:35 AM

Or should she have continued drawing pay as governor while campaigning (assuming she wants to run for another office). I dare say Arizona, New York, and Illinois had weak representation in the senate for the better part of two years recently.

tlj009 · 07-07-2009, 10:17 AM

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Or should she have continued drawing pay as governor while campaigning (assuming she wants to run for another office). I dare say Arizona, New York, and Illinois had weak representation in the senate for the better part of two years recently.

I found some charts on this. I was actually a little surprised. I thought they would miss 60-70%. Instead, I found that it was closer to 90%.

Barack Obama - Voting Record - GovTrack.us

Sen. Hillary Clinton [D-NY] - Voting Record - GovTrack.us

Sen. John McCain [R-AZ] - Voting Record - GovTrack.us

In light of this, I think that it is probably far better to resign then to try to hold office and campaign.

Bryan · 07-07-2009, 10:41 AM

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Originally Posted by S.B.Nichols

Not really....no one thought that Bob Dole was a quitter when he resigned from the senate to run for President. Granted, she resigned earlier than we'd think is necessary, but lets not lie to ourselves: she wants to be President, she has a lot of PR work to do before she can be, and she can't do it from Alaska.

if she was announcing her candidacy for president today and the election was about 18 months away, then i'd be fine with that. But campaigns for 2012 won't start until mid 2011, that's 2 years away.

**Epaphras** · 07-07-2009, 10:46 AM

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if she was announcing her candidacy for president today and the election was about 18 months away, then i'd be fine with that. But campaigns for 2012 won't start until mid 2011, that's 2 years away.

It's only an extra six months from when candidates "normally" shift their focus to a presidential run.

As someone else said, she has a lot of PR work to do, and needs that extra time to get experience in Washington. Not that I believe she can actually pull it off...but I understand why she's doing it.

AlphaSigma · 07-07-2009, 11:33 AM

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So would she do the same as President? Hand over the reigns halfway through one term and quit?

That's what I was wondering. How many Republicans are confident in the GOP now? The former Vice-Presidential candidate couldn't handle the politcal pressure cooker of governor's office. How much more would she have been able to handle the presidency if needed?

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**meatfinger** · 07-07-2009, 02:18 PM

Does she really think she can win? I've certainly got my doubts.

**Epaphras** · 07-07-2009, 02:21 PM

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Does she really think she can win? I've certainly got my doubts.

Some people really love her. Some people really hate her. Most people didn't know what to think of her during the '08 election.

Overall it's safe to say she was certainly a liability for McCain's campaign. It was obvious to all that she was included only to bring in the extreme right-wingers, since McCain is truly a moderate.

I think she could win a Senate seat, especially in Alaska after that old Senator got in big trouble. I don't think she could win as a presidential candidate in '12.

JerryLove · 07-07-2009, 04:32 PM

She didn't quit when actually running for VP, why quit so early for Pres?

Of course, to assume this assumes that she's lying when she says why. So she's dishonest.

S.B.Nichols · 07-07-2009, 05:21 PM

Partisan chatter at best. From her speech (an example among several others) :"I am taking my fight for what's right - for Alaska - in a new direction." Her focus is shifting nationally. Seems perfectly honest to me.

Also from her speech: "Don't explain: your friends don't need it and your enemies won't believe you anyway."

Honestly, even if she is lying, it's too bad we'd have to wait 3 and a half years to replace one liar with another.

**mulletman** · 07-07-2009, 05:51 PM

Yeesh.... the idea of Palin running for president scares me. Someone with her educational credentials shouldn't be let anywhere near an office of that magnitude. However, since it seems to be a popularity contest rather than a job interview, it's likely that the American public will again, not care.

JerryLove · 07-07-2009, 06:17 PM

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Partisan chatter at best. From her speech (an example among several others).

And *that* is rhetoric

Sarah Palin addressing her resignation: "Rather, we know we can effect positive change outside government," she continued, and "actually make a difference."

So, if her intent is to run for governmental office, then the claim that she's leaving because she can effect positive change outside the government is false.

Of course I have no idea what she wants to do; but the claim of a presidential run is contrary to her own comments.

**slap_j** · 07-07-2009, 06:28 PM

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Of course I have no idea what she wants to do; but the claim of a presidential run is contrary to her own comments.

Right. In a TV interview with ABC she responded to a comment that people are confused at her motives by saying, "You know why they're confused? I guess they can't take something nowadays at face value."

S.B.Nichols · 07-07-2009, 07:02 PM

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And *that* is rhetoric

No...that's her, in her own words, saying what she's going to do. She'll have to affect any change from outside the government because she won't be in the government after her resignation is official. Instead of adding context, just use the actual context.

Napoleon17 · 07-07-2009, 07:38 PM

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So would she do the same as President? Hand over the reigns halfway through one term and quit?

It is precisely this question that will be asked of her over and over again if she ever did run. I would not vote for her simply because she has shown that she cannot be trusted to handle a tough leadership situation without quitting (well that, and her interviews with Katie Couric, which showed how intellectually dishonest she really is).

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Does she really think she can win? I've certainly got my doubts.

The democrats would like nothing more than to see Palin run and get the nomination. They would destroy her, IMO.