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Periscope by Niall O'Dowd

Sarah Palin needs to get serious if she wants to challenge Mitt Romney and the big boys

Posted on Friday, June 03, 2011 at 01:28 PM

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Sarah Palin rained on Mitt Romney's parade yesterday by showing up in New Hampshire during his 2012 announcement speech but she will have to do more that just play a political gadfly if she wants to be president.

A prescient Wall Street Journal column on Friday outlines Palin's dilemma. A darling of the right, she has solidified her base by attacking all the other candidates who stray from Republican orthodoxy but she has failed to come up with any new policies herself.

It is easy in politics to play the attack dog and Palin has done that very successfully, but whether she can ever be a fully fledged candidate remains to be seen.

In terms of policies Romney is far ahead of the field. His announcement was a brisk and clear 'it's the economy stupid' speech going after Obama on his critical weakness.

Romney has the experience and ability to back up his attacks , his political machine is revved up and ready. This is his hour and he is the man the White House fears most.

Palin on the other hand would be their dream if she somehow came through the primaries.

Sound bites won't work in debates or long media interviews.

Neither do flaming attacks on opponents based on catch phrases and clever words.

Palin may never actually become a candidate and her gadfly syle of attack politics will always please her base and make her even richer no matter what.

But if she wants to get into the big leagues with Romey she will have to do better than a sneak attack on Romney while he is announcing his candidacy.

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SeamusMor | Jun 04, 2011, 02:05 PM EDT

Palin is the Democrat's "great white hope!" There is no one they would rather see as the Republican nominee!

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McNamara31 | Jun 04, 2011, 02:03 PM EDT

This person can't form a spontaneous thought into sentence form and she boarders on being out right illiterate when she does speak. Could you imagine her in negotiations with Pakistan over their 100 nukes, or discussing worldwide financial matters with the G8? God help us. She’s the world’s first reality show candidate, first created to do the dirty work for the GOP, but now she she’s doing it for herself and making a fortune along the way. Has anyone looked into the face of her little daughter being dragged around the country while her mother stages her last opportunistic bus tour mission? Palin will use all and anything for her own purposes; even her children as props.

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cillowen | Jun 04, 2011, 12:17 PM EDT

she's making out like a bandit - amazing the power of a zero.

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seagreen | Jun 04, 2011, 11:12 AM EDT

Its interesting watching all of these hen pecked men droolng ovr Palin like Hannity does over Ann Coulter. She is their sixth grade teacher, their fantasy wife, the queen that America never had! She knows what is out there, and is very good at playing it all to her advantage. One would have to be certifiably insane to imagine this woman in charge of American fleets roaming the world with nuclear weapons that could destroy the planet....Guys, please get your rocks off some other way!!!

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ellenfromcork | Jun 04, 2011, 10:25 AM EDT

Where's her youngest child and grandchild in that picture?

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Mairin67 | Jun 03, 2011, 07:21 PM EDT

She needs to do a lot more than just get serious. She needs to live her life over and learn quite few things, starting with how to be a decent, honest, intelligent person.

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IronMountainMovies | Jun 03, 2011, 01:34 PM EDT

Yes, Sarah Palin needs to get serious if she wants to win the republican nomination. She could also be helped with a large dose of sanity too, but come to think of it, given the history of previous Republican patriots in the White House, that may be more a hindrance than a help. 'A Tea Party? Oh I do love a tea party.' cried the Mad Hatter.... Ronan Gallagher

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