Palin for President in 2012?

We are only 10 days away from our country selecting the next President of the United States. It will be either the unknown senator from Illinois turned celebrity named Barack Obama or it will be the veteran of the U.S. Senate, John McCain.

So our attention right now should fully be on these two candidates, right? Eh, not so fast. There is already talk about who is going to run in 2012 and you might be surprised to find out who is the most likely person to represent the Republican Party. It’s not Mitt Romney. It’s not Rudy Guiliani. It’s not Mike Huckabee. It’s the Tina Fey look-a-like….Sarah Palin. (this is the time you get out all of your expletives).

Yes, you heard me right the first time. The governor of Alaska may be positioning herself for a run at the presidency in 2012 if Obama is to win on November 4th. It seems completely ridiculous at first, but it actually does make a little bit of sense…not much, but a little bit.

Just look at the campaign thus far. Palin has been getting in the news for disagreeing with McCain on several issues. The first issue came up about a month ago when McCain said he was giving up on Michigan, a key battleground state. Palin came out the very next day in the media to say that she completely disagreed with the move.

One of the most recent issues that Palin has disagreed with McCain on has been the robo-calls that are hitting battleground states across the country. Palin was asked what she thought about the robo-calls and she said she would reach the voters in a different way; she said the campaign would be better off going door-to-door and talking to the voters face-to-face.

Now on the surface, it seems pretty ludicrous for the running mate of John McCain to publicly dispute moves by the McCain campaign, but if you look deeper, it makes complete sense. By disagreeing with McCain on some issues, Palin will be able to come out after November 4th and say it wasn’t her fault that McCain lost.

As hard as it is for me to say this….I completely agree with Palin’s decision. Sarah Palin is not the reason why McCain is behind in the polls. McCain is behind in the polls because the economy is in complete shambles. Voters may not be going to the polls on election day to choose the person they think will be the best person to lead the country; instead, they will be pushing the pen onto the ballot to select the candidate that they feel is best suited to get the economy in better shape. Sarah Palin has nothing to do with the economy.

If it weren’t for Sarah Palin, the evangelical Christians and the hardcore Republicans would not be too thrilled with Senator McCain. McCain chose Palin so she could excite the base. Palin didn’t do a good job of this…she did a GREAT job.

So, while people may say that Palin was good for the Republican ticket in the short-term and bad in the long-term, to Sarah Palin all that matters is that she continues to keep her celebrity status, because look what’s happening to a senator from Illinois.


Until next time, goodnight from the press box.