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Firedoglake: Palin About to Hit the Iceberg?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed: Palin Resigning Could Be 'Shrewd Gamble': Bill Kristol
Lawyers, Guns and Money: She Made Me Look Ridiculous! And a Man in My Position Can't Afford to Look Ridiculous!
Bill Kristol Stands By Palin
TPM Election Central —
Here's Bill Kristol's analysis of Sarah Palin's resignation:
Kristol: A Contrarian Take If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today? It's an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd one. After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches, travel the country and the world, campaign for others, meet people, get more educated on the issues - and without being criticized for neglecting her duties in Alaska. I suppose she'll take a hit for leaving ...
Kristol's Take
The Corner on National Review Online —
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Palin About to Hit the Iceberg?
Firedoglake —
... Bill Kristol is kidding himself if he thinks this is a "shrewd move" on Palin's part. That press conference and everything about this make Mark Sanford look like a master of public relations. Nobody springs a "surprise resignation" as a way to guarantee an orderly transition just because you decide ...
Palin Resigning Could Be 'Shrewd Gamble': Bill Kristol
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
The shocking news that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will resign the governorship on July 26th has fueled speculation that she is preparing to run for president in 2012. Conventional wisdom has it that abandoning your state before your first (and only) term is up would not be the smartest strategy, but not everyone agrees with that assessment.
Bill Kristol thinks this could be a 'shrewd gamble':
After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches, travel the country and the world, ...
GOP Official Who Talked With Palin Moments Before Decision, Explains Her Move
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed —
... "Haven't conservatives been lamenting the lack of a national leader?" he asked, in a post on the Standard's site. "Well, now she'll try to be that." ...
She Made Me Look Ridiculous! And a Man in My Position Can't Afford to Look Ridiculous!
Lawyers, Guns and Money —
... His crowning achievement in Republican party politics was Sarah Palin. He's trying to make lemonade, but I don't think anyone is buying: ...
Jillian Bandes: "If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today?"
Townhall.com Blog's TownHall Blog —
From Bill Kristol , a guy I trust more than anyone else when it comes to Palinalysis: ...she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches, travel the country and the world, campaign for others, meet people, get more educated on the issues - and without being criticized for neglecting her duties in Alaska. I suppose she'll take a hit for leaving the governorship early - but how much of one? She's probably accomplished most of what she was going to get done as governor, and is leaving a sympatico lieutenant governor in charge. ...
Excited Words Are Drooling Forth
Whiskey Fire —
... I mean -- she's being
lectured on the need for more policy gravitas by Jonah Goldberg?
That's like Carrot Top giving you advice on your dissertation, or your
haircut. More broadly, nobody in Conservative Circles nowadays does
"policy"; there's just some of them who are better at pretending they
do on inane Sunday morning televised bullshit sessions. Does Newt
Gingrich make mush more sense than she does? Or, hell, John McCain? Or her svengali/fanboy, Bill Kristol? (Now pull the other one, Bill.) ...
#Palin Taking Steele's Gig?
Hoffmania! —
... "Haven't conservatives been lamenting the lack of a national leader?" he asked, in a post on the Standard's site. "Well, now she'll try to be that." ...
Like Everyone Else, We're Wondering WHY Palin Suddenly Resigned As Governor Of Alaska
DownWithTyranny! —
... could be expected to recover from, far right extremists David Diapers Vitter (R-LA), Mark Sanford (R-SC) and John Ensign (R-NV) have stuck with the GOP scandal mantra-- unless they catch you, and photograph you, with a live boy or a dead girl, just hang in there and the GOP base will forget. I think in Palin's case we can be sure it was neither a live boy nor a dead girl. So what made her resign? Bill Kristol-- along with other delusional wingnut true believers-- thinks it's to prepare for a presidential run in 2012. ...
Palin's Resignation
Winds of Change.NET —
Overall, I don't get it. I lean toward Ed Morrissey's take. But if there's a political angle, it's one of those political gambles, and hey, who knows?
I will say this. The 2 most common analytical mistakes people make when thinking about the GOP are (1) thinking in terms of the last election; or (2) thinking in terms of the 1980s. Both are common inside the party - and neither is really relevant. This next Presidential election is going to be strongly driven by events, and by the America we'll be looking over the next 2-3 years. Which could well be a rather ...
Palin's Resignation, the GOP & 2012
Winds of Change.NET —
... . But if there's a political angle, it's one of those political gambles, and hey, that's like calling Hollywood movie ideas in advance. People say they know, and they can, but nobody really knows. So, who knows? ...
Reactions to the Palin resignation
The Reaction —
... all of it, is premature, as speculation is wont to be. Still, everyone who is anyone, which is pretty much everyone, is weighing in. I checked Memeorandum a while ago, and the entirety of the "Top Items" section was given over to Palin's resignation, the first time I've ever seen such uniformity. So let's delve into it a bit. Bill Kristol, neocon extraordinaire and one of Palin's biggest boosters, is being predictably upbeat about it all: After all, she's ...
PALIN ABSOLUTELY DOMINATES THE NEWS CYCLE
THE ASTUTE BLOGGERS —
... Kristol: A Contrarian Take — If Palin wants to run in 2012, why not do exactly what she announced today? It's an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd one. — After all, she's freeing herself from the duties of the governorship. Now she can do her book, give speeches … ...
The Alacrity of Nope
The Moderate Voice —
... email, Last week, Alaska blogger Linda Kellen-Biegal successfully raised roughly $6,000 to pay the cost associated with a freedom of information request
Money & fame — Anchorage Rep. Hawker noted that Palin’s decision to quit “gives her unfettered ability to pursue her economic interests”… Larry Persily, a former aide to Palin “…she can just be a national star in front of adoring crowds.”
2012 — “It’s an enormous gamble - but it could be a shrewd ...
'Accomplishments'
Political Animal —
'ACCOMPLISHMENTS'.... Bill Kristol thinks Sarah Palin's bizarre resignation may be "shrewd," in part because she's "probably accomplished most of what she was going to get done as governor." Now, perhaps it's unfair to expect Palin to have "accomplished" much. She's only going to serve 30 of her 48 months in her one term, and a few of those 30 were spent traveling the country as a national candidate. Presumably, Palin could spend the next 18 pursuing more of her policy agenda, but by all appearances, she hasn't actually thought of one. But Kristol's argument -- Palin has ...
Palin Theories
TPMCafe —
... Either way, despite the hopes of Bill Kristol, the whole resignation speech didn't do her a bit of good. She just seems like one more nutty, impulsive Republican governor. Mitt Romney is enjoying his breakfast this morning. ...
Iceberg?
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... Max Blumenthal: Many political observers in Alaska are fixated on rumors that
federal investigators have been seizing paperwork from SBS in recent
months, searching for evidence that Palin and her husband Todd steered
lucrative contracts to the well-connected company in exchange for gifts
like the construction of their home on pristine Lake Lucille in 2002.
Kristol, disingenuous as ever: ...
The ‘Kristol Ball’ plots Palin’s long-shot path to the White House.
Think Progress —
... This morning on Fox News Sunday, Weekly Standard Editor Bill Kristol reaffirmed his “contrarian” take on Gov. Sarah Palin’s (R-AK) recent decision to quit. The “ ...
