Anyone else wonder if Palin's planning to jump in, to save the party from Romney?

[pnwmom]

I can't believe that Newt will be successful, in the long run.

[teddy51]

1. I'm not sure she would be a serious candidate at this time, but I do see someone

such as Jeb Bush jumping in, with a Rove brain again. This has always been my fear, cause the current list of candidates on the right, suck big time.

[TheCowsCameHome]

2. I was thinking that myself......

Romney just can't seem to get the loonies interested in him.

[SomethingFishy]

6. Interesting isn't it... you have to wonder what the Republican

strategy is here. THey cannot win with a loony candidate. They need someone independents can vote for and Romney is that guy, if he stops pandering to the loonyasfuckistan folks. The Republicans are
going to bury themselves using every freak they can find as a leader.

[teddy51]

8. But Romney has already put a major hole in his boat with his ongoing

flip/flopping. He can't be taken serious as a candidate either.

[TheCowsCameHome]

9. He's been waving and yelling "pick me, pick me" for ages, yet

he still can't seem to lock it up.

Of course his notorious flip-flopping has everyone on that side dissing him.

There's nothing more enjoyable than a food fight in a dysfunctional family's kitchen.

[neverforget]

3. It's way too late for CaribouBarbie to jump in. Jan 3 is Iowa and Jan 10

is New Hampshire. There is no savior for the Republicans. They dealt their own hand and have to chose from the Jokers.

[pnwmom]

10. Haven't people ever jumped in at this point before?

[neverforget]

20. I don't know but the money and logistics of getting a ground game in these early

states would be the biggest hurdle. I just don't see how it could be done in the time left.

[tblue37]

27. Maybe they're still counting on Fred Thompson. nt

[Arctic Dave]

4. I hope so. If your enemy is drowning, throw them an anchor.

:D

[former9thward]

5. Filing deadlines have passed already in some states.

Too late for Palin or anyone else to get in. I don't think she would take the paycut anyway.

[pnwmom]

11. Isn't it possible to win without being in all the primaries?

[former9thward]

21. Sure it is.

But if someone dominates the early primaries they will probably have the momentum for the nomination. Now it is possible that no one will have the required delegates by the time of the convention. That has not happened since TV started televising conventions. The parties don't like their fights to be shown on tv. But if that happens the delegates could choose anyone -- even someone who had not announced to that point.

[Iggo]

7. Oh man, I wish!

[tritsofme]

12. She could only do so in the context of a brokered convention.

Filing deadlines have already passed in many states. She has no campaign infrastructure.

This is not going to happen.

[The Genealogist]

13. I think it will be a very interesting primary season

Republicans everywhere will be trying to decide if they want the candidate who endorses the return of child labor, or the one who wants people to suffer in the best Christian tradition, someone who seems to have built a career on flip-flopping...the list goes on. There is going to be some serious nose-holding during the first few months of next year. I honestly don't think this birther crap is going to help the GOPers, since the people who buy into it are already going to vote for the republican. It'll be interesting to see what they will lay at President Obama's doorstep, once that party finally gets behind one of the clowns.

[Aerows]

16. It's like they are all competing

to see which one can be the craziest. Newt for child labor, Romney is tepid and nobody likes him, and Cain with enough sexual harassment incidents to forever tarnish his campaign.

They might as well just flip a coin, because no one they have is electable. Hard core Republicans will end up voting for whichever clown gets the nomination, but they are going to end up with a serious enthusiasm problem in one way or another.

[The Straight Story]

14. Donald trump is considering getting back in according to news/book pimping today (nt)

[Aerows]

15. They don't have anyone

Palin won't run. She's not taken seriously anymore by the vast majority of Republicans, and Independents never took her seriously to begin with. They essentially have nothing but a bunch of clowns. I doubt seriously that Romney even comes close to getting the nomination.

It's probably going to come down to Cain and Newt. It makes me laugh my butt off every time I imagine how this is going to turn out. Both of these guys have so many skeletons in their closets I'm surprised they have a place for their clothes. Nobody has had to do anything to sabotage any of the Republican candidates - they've all sabotaged themselves one way or the other. It's hilarious.

[procon]

17. A Brokered Republican National Convention?

Neither the Republican leaders or their voters are thrilled with the 2012 smörgåsbord of rejects. It would be the ultimate piece GOP stage craft if they could pull it off and nominate some dream candidate from the wings.

It would probably turn the 2012 Republican National Convention into a theater of the absurd with a mysterious dark-horse candidate, betrayals, threats, fighting camps -- dare I hope for a duel? -- of delegates, back door deals, high drama... everything you need for great entertainment television.

[Brother Buzz]

23. That mysterious dark-horse candidate could be Jeb ridding in on a white horse

I've seen nothing but stalking horses so far.

A brokered convention is certainly a possibility

Nothing shocks me anymore

[Warren DeMontague]

18. I think she crunched the numbers, and decided her current path is more lucrative.

That's the bottom line.

[Old Troop]

19. I don't think the Presidency pays as much as she hopes to get from

staying on the outside.

[H2O Man]

22. I think that there

is a 60-40 chance that she'll run 3rd party if Willard Romney is nominated by the republican party.

[Blue_In_AK]

24. I agree with you.

I've always thought that if she was going to run, it would be as a third-party candidate. Maybe it's why she was trying to sound more reasonable in that latest editorial that's been posted here a couple of times.

[H2O Man]

25. She demands attention.

She might do it simply to increase her ability to sell books & tour. She might be attempting to take the republican establishment hostage. But she isn't going to go gently into that insignificant night.

[jmowreader]

26. There's also a 60-40 chance one of the Koch brothers has her shot if she tries it

The last thing the Republicans need is Sarah Palin siphoning off teabaggers, which is what'll happen if she runs a third-party campaign.

If Palin runs a third-party campaign against Romney there's a very real possibility Obama will take Idaho. The various teabagger groups will go for Palin, the Mormons (the lower half of this state is North Utah and there's no shortage of them in North Idaho either) will go for Romney, the "independents" who are pissed that the state GOP excluded them from voting Republican in the primary will stay home, and the rest of us will put Idaho's four EV into the Democratic tally for the first time since...well, forever.

Which, of course, will make editing Letters to the Editor especially fun for the first six months of 2013.