Ann Coulter: Palin Has More Influence than a President
Sarah Palin said this week that she could potentially jump into the 2012 presidential race if no other good Republican candidate steps up. But conservative political commentator Ann Coulter said this morning that she doesn't think Palin will run and that her remarks were probably intended to influence other Republicans.
"It's kind of a threat to Republican presidential candidates: 'You better be saying the right things or maybe I will get in,'" Coulter said on the CBS "Early Show" this morning. "But to give up what she has now and run for president would be like Rush [Limbaugh] giving it up and running for president. She has more influence than a president does."
By keeping open the possibility of running for president, Palin can potentially persuade candidates to stay true to conservative values, Coulter said: "No more John McCains, no more Bob Doles."
While Coulter may think Palin has more influence than the president, Democratic strategist Maria Cardona told "Early Show" anchor Harry Smith that President Obama remains a "huge asset" for Democrats running for re-election this November. However, she added, Democrats would be wise to focus on their own districts and draw a distinction between the Democratic and Republican parties.
"It would behoove Democrats to make that distinction between what the Democrats would... continue to offer in terms of the change that everybody voted for, and everybody's frustration has been that that change has not come fast enough," she said. "If Republicans come into power, we are clearly seeing from this 'Pledge to America' they would put the insurance industry back in power, Wall Street back in power, and, frankly, middle-class families and working-class families would, once again, go to the back burner."
The "Pledge to America" is the legislative agenda unveiled by House Republicans yesterday. Coulter added that the "Pledge" is made up of "common-sense proposals" -- some that are so fundamental, "you can't believe this isn't already the case."
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I have a couple to add:
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Vanity Fair is a rag being run by loons. Count down.
God has seen and heard enough!
One person is good and more powerful than ever.
What did Palin do for Alaska? As governor she fought against earmarks and reduced those by 30 to 60%.
She sold assets of the previous democratic governor including a private jet and returned them to the people of Alaska. She slashed the budget for running the governors office.
She fought the corruption in her own party and saw to the breakup of the entrenched good old boy club.
She got Exxon to get off squatting on land leases and get on with oil production.
She introduced a plan and committment for Alaska to be powered by 50%
renewable energy by 2025 and led Alaska to it's current level of 25%.
What has she done for America? Even with her much-ridiculed "gosh and golly" mannerism, she also managed to put together a totally new approach to getting a natural gas pipeline built which will be the biggest private construction project in the history of North America.
This will provided much energy independance that we need in the lower 48. You can thank Sara Palin for that.
Ann Coulter actually helped President Obama win that election!
She should be wearing a t-shirt, along with Dr. Dobson, that says, "I'm with stupid!..."
Both of these two Conservatives were listened to by the Religious Right, who decided not to vote for Senator McCain, causing a 52%-47% win for President Obama.
You could be correct...but one thing I am pretty sure of...the Secretary of State, (with an occasional help from her husband), would have been a better choice than President Obama for President.
The United States is in worse shape than 1994, due to the fact that President Obama cannot relate at all with Republicans. He is too far Left, he is unable to negotiate with Republicans. Do other people besides me feel a certain arrogancy from President Obama, I mean worse than any President that I have ever known? President Clinton was able to realize that he needed to govern more as a Centrist and work with Republicans after the defeat in 1994. That's a huge difference.
The fact is that Sarah Palin resigned as Governor to get money for the 2012 Presidential Campaign. I think she would be an excellent choice as a Vice President candidate to someone like Governor Romney or even Congressman Ron Paul, (though he is too Libertarian for my taste).
...but who cares what I think? LOL!
...but it would be better to have an experienced person at the top of the ticket rather than an inexperienced person...that was the problem with Freshman Senator Obama.
You Democrats were nuts to choose President Obama over Secretary of State Clinton!
Now that was a joke!
The partisan blindness is stunning! You probably think the UN food for oil program was an act of compassion.