Where Are All the GOP 2012 Candidates? Blame Sarah PalinRead the entire article. You can follow David Corn's postings and media appearances via Twitter.
Why are there no GOP presidential candidates yet? There sure are plenty -- it seems like dozens -- of 2012 wannabes. But so far not one of the conventional possible contenders (probable or improbable) have officially tossed a hat (or checkbook) into ring....So why the slow (official) start-up....? I think I know who to blame: Sarah Palin.
She's the 800-pound grizzly. If she enters the race -- and don't ask me to wager one way or another on whether she will -- she will become the gravitational center of the contest. It's impossible to game anything out without knowing if she's a candidate.
And with her appeal to grassroots social conservatives, who dominate two of the three early primaries, she probably can get away with not joining the race until late in the process. (In fact, it might be to her advantage to sit out the initial debates and then proclaim, "I haven't heard anyone say what's needing to be said, so, heck, guess I gotta run for this thing myself.")....
(A) field that could well include 10 or more candidates, any designated front-runner will also be the designated pinata -- attacked from all directions.
Finally, why is Palin, who has turned her entire life into a reality show that earns millions, taking so long to decide? To ask the question that way is to answer it. But maybe it's also because she realizes that when it comes to the GOP presidential bus, she can sit anywhere she wants to.
- Michele Bachmann
- Huckabee
- John Bolton
- Newt Gingrich
- Mitch Daniels
- John Thune
- Haley Barbour
- Rick Santorum
- Tim Pawlenty
- Jon Huntsman
COMMENT: February 4, 2011 AD ~ Let us hope that these ten also-rans do not show up together on a debating stage. Next to Governor Palin, they are all political 97-pound weaklings.
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