Bannon, a former naval officer and ex-Goldman Sachs banker, sees his documentary as the first step in Palins effort to rebuild her image in the eyes of voters who may have soured on her, yet might reconsider if old caricatures begin to fade. The film will also appeal to staunch Palin supporters who have long celebrated her biting rhetoric and conservative populism yet know little about her record in Alaska and have perhaps written her off as presidential material.
“This film is a call to action for a campaign like 1976: Reagan vs. the establishment,” Bannon told RealClearPolitics. “Lets have a good old-fashioned brouhaha.”
via RealClearPolitics – Palins Secret Weapon: New Film to Premiere in June.
Note the Reagan reference.
This is very interesting, and right in line with the sort of advice I gave Palin in my “Open Letter” after the 2008 election. Sounds like she wants to run.
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackAnd, like Reagan, the left (and the MSM) continues to believe that she is a dumb, ignorant hick (and, more importantly, they continue to behave as if that belief is reality.)
Yeah. She’s got the “fire in the belly.”
If Palin runs, it WILL be a campaign like 1976. I guess we all remember how that one turned out.
She will not win the nomination. Now, certainly things are different now than in ’76. There is no sitting President to challenge in the Primaries, etc. But, Reagan had even more support within the Party than Palin will be able to generate.
I know that Drax is a Palin fan and all. And, maybe others here are, too. But facts are stubborn things. And, the fact is that she’s not all that well liked in the party. And the fact is that people vote their gut. They vote for who they “like.”
She needs to save her time, lots of money, and energy. Use it on more productive pursuits.
Andy, I don’t think 1976 is a good comparison because the entire country was down on the Republican party that year in a big, big way. If anything, the reverse is true today.
Palin’s negatives are high, but so are Obama’s. Obama’s negatives today would be seen as crippling for a primary candidate if he weren’t already the sitting President. And I expect those negatives to grow in the next 18 months as the Republican party starts to finally hammer him with valid criticisms that will resonate with the public. In fact I predict a significant Democrat party challenge against Obama next year in the primaries. I see this shaping up more and more like 1980 on the Democrat side, for the same reasons as 1980 went the way it did.
But in 1980 we had Reagan. Do we have any candidate who can pull the votes available from disaffected Obama 2008 fanbois? I share your concern that Palin will just drive them back to Obama again.
But it’s still early. I keep reminding people that at this time in 2007 Hillary was still being described as the “presumptive Democratic nominee” for President. Lots can change. Can Palin overcome her negatives? Stranger things have happened. I would put 2008 in that category of “stranger things” that happened.
Cosmic, I think you’re right about this season being more like ’80.
As far as reviewing political history, 2008 is about as “strangerer” as it gets, for sure.
It’s not that I don’t think Palin can beat Obama…even though I have serious doubts that she could. I just don’t think she could win the Republican nomination. If Gallup can be believed, this morning they had her at 15% among Republicans, and Republican leaning Independents.
We’re talking about the last VP nominee…the one that injected enthusiasm…the one that probably kept McCain from being even more thoroughly trounced from shore to shore.
In fact, many millions were screaming that she should be at the top of the ticket, etc. You remember all that.
That was then. This is now. 15%? Had there been a Reaganesque quality there, she’d have risen to a shoe-in, like Ronnie did in ’80 after he lit a fire in the Party in ’76. 15% is not much of a fire.
Don’t get me wrong. I like her just fine. I’m sure she’s a fine person, with solid convictions. I just believe that she would be wasting her time, and efforts. Next Summer, I’ll likely be eating these words (because I am almost always wrong), but if she runs, she will not get the nomination. I think she’s smart enough to know that. Maybe she will run for the platform…to preach her gospel…and that’s all good. Politicians are an odd lot. Maybe that’s good enough for her.
Heck, I don’t know, Cosmic. A while back our Police Juror resigned his seat when he was elected to another office. The Police Jury had to appoint a resident to fill the office until the next election. I was approached by a Police Juror, asking if I’d like to fill in until the next election cycle. I told him, “Hell NO! I don’t want a political office! Heck, I don’t even like to vote!”
It is impossible for me to wrap my pea brain around the politician’s thinking.
Regardless, I believe that if Sarah runs for Prez, she’ll be very disappointed, perhaps turn “victim” again, and possibly transfer enough hurt feelings to her supporters to keep them at home in Nov. 2012. That is something that would be tragic for our nation.
If she runs, she wins.
No other candidate has her ability to do, well, just about everything which is important regarding getting nominated – getting money – getting out the vote – energizing her base – social media – name recognition.
And, when it comes to her “negatives,” they are almost completely, fabricated. She has no “flip-flops” on abortion, no “Romneycare” draped around her neck, no personal life skeletons like Rudi and Newt for the social conservatives, etc.
She has a solid conservative record, a solid social conservative life, and has the personal charisma in an almost equal measure as that which each of the other viable candidates have in negative personal charisma. She not only is charming – her putative opponents are the opposite of charming. (And, not a one of them is capable of delivering a speech with the power and conviction (and humor) that she can.)
No. If she runs, she’ll win the nomination. Whether she wins the election is another question. That depends on how much the Democrat/liberal vote is suppressed (through dissolutionment/disgust) and how energized the Republicans are (especially those who detest Obama but, somehow, can’t seem to get off their butts and vote for WHOMEVER wins the Republican nomination. Frappping idiots.)
I completely agree with you Drax! She will win the nomination. She is true to her word and I believe without a doubt she can beat Obama.
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