Comments on: Does Palin have a future in national politics? http://donklephant.com/2008/11/09/does-palin-have-a-future-in-national-politics/ Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable. Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:59:03 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: mike mcEachran http://donklephant.com/2008/11/09/does-palin-have-a-future-in-national-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-424218 mike mcEachran Mon, 10 Nov 2008 17:43:35 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10796#comment-424218 Let the GOP keep her around, and lock in their reputation as the "party of the ignorant". My god. Let the GOP keep her around, and lock in their reputation as the “party of the ignorant”. My god.

]]> By: rjjrdq http://donklephant.com/2008/11/09/does-palin-have-a-future-in-national-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-424128 rjjrdq Sun, 09 Nov 2008 23:13:17 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10796#comment-424128 How in the hell did John McCain get the nomination? His campaign was on life support-he was done. I agree, Romney or even Huckabee would have been a better choice. Just didn't look right. And choosing Palin? Well, it may have been a landslide anyway. When continuing a very unpopular war is the centerpiece of you campaign, the vp pick probably doesn't have much impact. How in the hell did John McCain get the nomination? His campaign was on life support-he was done. I agree, Romney or even Huckabee would have been a better choice. Just didn’t look right. And choosing Palin? Well, it may have been a landslide anyway. When continuing a very unpopular war is the centerpiece of you campaign, the vp pick probably doesn’t have much impact.

]]> By: Joshua http://donklephant.com/2008/11/09/does-palin-have-a-future-in-national-politics/comment-page-1/#comment-424125 Joshua Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:46:02 +0000 http://donklephant.com/?p=10796#comment-424125 Volokh Conspiracy's Todd Zywicki suggested that <a href="http://www.volokh.com/posts/1226091562.shtml" rel="nofollow">Palin might not even want to run in 2012</a> simply because family demands will be too great: <blockquote><i>Let's face it--a person with 5 kids, including a special-needs child, can take off two months of her life and run for Vice-President. And let's further face it--Vice-President is not that hard of a job. But taking off two years away from home to trudge around Iowa and New Hampshire? Honestly, I don't know why anyone would want to do that[.]</i></blockquote> That she's not calling for Ted Stevens to resign his Senate seat could be another indicator that she's not interested in the national stage. It seems to me that the seat would be hers if she wanted it, and that it would be the best route to gaining national credibility. Volokh Conspiracy’s Todd Zywicki suggested that Palin might not even want to run in 2012 simply because family demands will be too great:

Let’s face it–a person with 5 kids, including a special-needs child, can take off two months of her life and run for Vice-President. And let’s further face it–Vice-President is not that hard of a job. But taking off two years away from home to trudge around Iowa and New Hampshire? Honestly, I don’t know why anyone would want to do that[.]

That she’s not calling for Ted Stevens to resign his Senate seat could be another indicator that she’s not interested in the national stage. It seems to me that the seat would be hers if she wanted it, and that it would be the best route to gaining national credibility.

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