Sarah Palin says she has "fire in the belly" to run

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0511/55370.html

Which indicates to some people that she might jump into the race, especially with Huckabee gone.

I still maintain that she's not likely to run because she is not building any kind of campaign infrastructure as far I know.

I'm more inclined to think that the statement is designed to fuel the speculation and to try to refocus the media attention on her. After all, it has been fading.

I think that when push comes to shove, she'll just say that "family reasons" made her decide against running.

Ugh...I hate that feeling.

worse than donald trump running

Oh god.

Don't retreat, reload!

I hope she runs. With Donald Trump out of the equation, 2012 looks like a boring election.

worse than donald trump running

Firebird-5

I also don't think she will run. She has to know she's going to do more harm than good if she does.

shes not going to win but it would make for an hilariously embarrassing campaign run. Fuhgeddabouditt

lol at the republican party.. Obama is going to win in 2012 guaranteed.imaps3fanboy

Only a single President has survived a re-election with high unemployment like we have.

This should be her campaign photo

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]lol at the republican party.. Obama is going to win in 2012 guaranteed.airshocker

Only a single President has survived a re-election with high unemployment like we have.

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]lol at the republican party.. Obama is going to win in 2012 guaranteed.airshocker

Only a single President has survived a re-election with high unemployment like we have.

It's gonna be two if the Republicans keep rolling out joke candidates like Palin and Gingrich.

(I think Romney has a shot though)

I also don't think she will run. She has to know she's going to do more harm than good if she does.

airshocker

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]lol at the republican party.. Obama is going to win in 2012 guaranteed.airshocker

Only a single President has survived a re-election with high unemployment like we have.

Obama's approval rating is at like 56% since Osama was killed.imaps3fanboy

What does approval rating have to do with unemployment? This election will be about the econony.

[QUOTE="Fuhgeddabouditt"]shes not going to win but it would make for an hilariously embarrassing campaign run. TommyWieseau81

That might be true, but 90% of the country is employed and I don't know how much unemployment is going to affect their vote.Commander-Gree

Our unemployment doesn't take into account those who have stopped looking for work. So unemployment is in the double digits in some places.

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Obama's approval rating is at like 56% since Osama was killed.airshocker

What does approval rating have to do with unemployment? This election will be about the econony.

[QUOTE="Commander-Gree"]That might be true, but 90% of the country is employed and I don't know how much unemployment is going to affect their vote.airshocker

Our unemployment doesn't take into account those who have stopped looking for work. So unemployment is in the double digits in some places.

This should be her campaign photo

Blue-Sky

Please tell me she's wearing clothes below the border of the picture.

This should be her campaign photo

Blue-Sky

Sounds like those Bush tax cuts sure are making the rich make more jobs for the normal people then.Ace6301

The stimulus was supposed to cap unemployment at 8%. We see how well that worked out.

Oh god. My eyes.

Please tell me she's wearing clothes below the border of the picture.

majoras_wrath

Really? I dislike Palin as much as anyone but I don't think she's awful to look at, especially when she was younger.

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]lol at the republican party.. Obama is going to win in 2012 guaranteed.airshocker

Only a single President has survived a re-election with high unemployment like we have.

This is what I think:

If unemployment goes down to about 8, it will be close, but Obama will probably squeek out a win.

If unemployment is higher than 8, Obama will lose if the Republicans nominate a competent candidate. A candidate likesarah Palin pretty much guarantees aRepublican loss.

If unemployment is anywhere near the mid-7s, Obama wins easily.

Unemployment has gone down a lot since he came into office, and it's still going down. It takes a few years to come out of a really bad recession.imaps3fanboy

No, it actually hasn't.

It went back up to 9% just recently.

This is what I think:

If unemployment goes down to about 8, it will be close, but Obama will probably squeek out a win.

If unemployment is higher than 8, Obama will lose if the Republicans nominate a competent candidate. A candidate likesarah Palin pretty much guarantees aRepublican loss.

If unemployment is anywhere near the mid-7s, Obama wins easily.

GreySeal9

Agreed.

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Sounds like those Bush tax cuts sure are making the rich make more jobs for the normal people then.airshocker

The stimulus was supposed to cap unemployment at 8%. We see how well that worked out.

Not like anyone else has done anything about the economy anyway. To just blame the president is pretty silly, it's the entire governments problem. They can't get their act together and act like adults.Ace6301

I agree to an extent, but he's the President at the end of the day.

good Palin run you will give Obama a bigger chance to win

Idiots like Hannity and Levin will support her and those that believe them will support Palin.

Palin helped tarnish the race in Maryland for governor and because of her we have Mr. New Americans having another term

I really dislike her as a former republican I can honestly say and I am not saying this about HER PERSONALLY but she is a hugh problem to the republican party that will only backfire on them like the tea party

[QUOTE="Ace6301"]Sounds like those Bush tax cuts sure are making the rich make more jobs for the normal people then.airshocker

The stimulus was supposed to cap unemployment at 8%. We see how well that worked out.

the problem is that the transfer went totally wrong. the fed should take a leaf out of mexico's book and learn what a conditional cash transfer (more like a conditional loan with an interest rate above zero, in this case) is, and force the banks to follow rules instead of recapitalising them (btw FDIC ran out of money LOL) with the goal of restarting lending. which was a goal of the actual stimulus but instead of lending we got executive severance packages (sounds cooler i guess)

affect on the presidency? not great for obama. but not great for the gop either since everyone is at fault, basically.

Hopefully that "fire in her belly" is stomach cancer and she wont be able to run.TommyWieseau81

That's a tad harsh.

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Unemployment has gone down a lot since he came into office, and it's still going down. It takes a few years to come out of a really bad recession.airshocker

No, it actually hasn't.

It went back up to 9% just recently.

facepalm

why not have Donald trump run?

all she used the 2008 race for was popularty... shes has Ad's, t.v shows, and everything else.

Second she gave up governer of Alaska. Why you want someone to be a president when they sign up for a job and quit...

If people would read the tea leaves, they would see she's running. And she's always said she would run an unconventional campaign.

[QUOTE="airshocker"]

[QUOTE="imaps3fanboy"]Unemployment has gone down a lot since he came into office, and it's still going down. It takes a few years to come out of a really bad recession.HoolaHoopMan

No, it actually hasn't.

It went back up to 9% just recently.

That's merely because a large group of people started looking for jobs again recently. Jobs have been added at an increasing rate of the last few months.

i find that unemployment rate is a complete joke. The rate is only based on the people on the unepoyment benfits.

so that excludes

~everyone who dose not wish to be on that because they believe they have enough to support their own selfs untill they find other job

~anyone who had the benifits but ran out before getting other job

~anyone one who has all given up sadly

[QUOTE="HoolaHoopMan"][QUOTE="airshocker"]

No, it actually hasn't.

It went back up to 9% just recently.

k2theswiss

That's merely because a large group of people started looking for jobs again recently. Jobs have been added at an increasing rate of the last few months.

i find that unemployment rate is a complete joke. The rate is only based on the people on the unepoyment benfits.

so that excludes

~everyone who dose not wish to be on that because they believe they have enough to support their own selfs untill they find other job

~anyone who had the benifits but ran out before getting other job

~anyone one who has all given up sadly

Ugh...I hate that feeling.

Necrifer