UPDATE: Hmmm. Maybe I had the wrong Cheney. New Cheney Taking Stage for the G.O.P.
Cheney Palin 2012
(Oderint dum metuant: ‘Let them hate, so long as they fear’)
Nov 12 2008
Sarah Palin 2012?
It was simply a matter of time before rumors started flying that Sarah Palin was seeking to run for President in 2012. In an interview with Greta Van Susteren, Gov Palin said,
VAN SUSTEREN: I would be remiss if I didn’t ask this — 2012, you know what’s going to happen. We’re going to have a 2012.
PALIN: We are going to have a 2012. I don’t know who is going to be a part of it.
You know, I have — faith is a very big part of my life. And putting my life in my creator’s hands — this is what I always do. I’m like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I’m like, don’t let me miss the open door.
Show me where the open door is. Even if it’s cracked up a little bit, maybe I’ll plow right on through that and maybe prematurely plow through it, but don’t let me miss an open door.
And if there is an open door in ’12 or four years later, and if it is something that is going to be good for my family, for my state, for my nation, an opportunity for me, then I’ll plow through that door.
But I can’t predict what’s going to happen. I can’t predict what’s going to happen a day from now, much less four years from now.
Refreshingly, Palin makes no bones about being a social conservative, something John McCain was definitely not. Looking back at election stats since the Reagan years, it’s clear that when Republicans run as conservatives, they win. When they move to the center, they don’t. And when they get in power and then spend like drunken sailors, they lose dramatically. (It’s also interesting to note that when Republicans put together a ticket, they take the big tent, all-things-to-all-people approach, whereas Democrats go for the as-liberal-as-humanly-possible approach.)
I sincerely hope Palin runs, and that she is able to create the grassroots and Republican National Committee support that she will need to put her over the top.
For now, I’ll give our president-elect some time and see whether he attempts to recreate this country as a repressive socialist welfare state. If he marches down that road, he’ll only make it easier for Gov Palin in the next election cycle.
