Palin 2012 Hits Granite Wall

Jonathan Capehart of The Washington Post has some good news:

One too many political tea-leaf readers say that Sarah Palin, with her rock-star personality, loyal following and outsized influence on the Republican Party, could jump into the 2012 presidential race at the last minute and run off with the GOP nomination for president. This is in defiance of consistent and plain evidence that Palin is going nowhere fast. ...

Now a new poll from the University of New Hampshire ...

Now, here's where the news is really bad for Palin. ...

Lots can change between now and when the New Hampshire primary actually happens early next year. ...

But this much is clear: At the rate she's going, Palin will get nowhere near the Oval Office, let alone the Republican nomination. She has had two years to show the American people that she is not only worthy of the office but also worthy to be considered for the nomination. Her actions during this time have showed us time and again that she is more interested in playing a leader on television than actually being one.

Capehart's link to the "new poll" is a bad link, so here is a link to the poll results at The LA Times.

And there is more good news. As I wrote here, the addition of a chief-of-staff at SarahPAC is an indication of management failure, not a presidential bid. New York magazine has the news of two new departures from the PAC. One step forward, two steps backward. Is anyone surprised?

Salon, too, has an article, today, about Palin's fading prospects, here.

Palin Family Circus News - Thursday, December 2, 2010

While they were on Dancing With the Stars, Brandy and Bristol worked together on their facial expressions.

Controlling the facial muscles is a useful ability and something that can be learned. Gary Faigin's The Artist's Complete Guide to Facial Expression and Edward Dwight Easty's On Method Acting are two interesting, relevant books.


This isn't something for the squeamish, easily outraged, or fans of Sarah Palin: New York magazine's Daily Intel column ran "Metal Concept Band Gwar Provides New Imagery for the Words Nailin’ Palin." Gwar is a bi-partisan band -- something I learned at NOISECREEP -- but there are more subtle -- figurative rather than literal -- ways to eviscerate a politician.


Jeb Bush is siding with his mom, former First Lady Barbara Bush. Barbara Bush let slip on Larry King's show that she thinks that Sarah should "stay in Alaska." Sarah retaliated by blaming the Bushes for wrecking the economy. Imagine that! Now, Bush and Reagan fans have it in for Sarah, because by blaming the Bushes she implicitly blamed Reagan.


Finally, Ted Casablanca writes in his column, The Awful Truth:

"Celebrities like to say they'll move to France if a conservative is elected, but with her lack of global policy experience, you'd have to move to Mars to get far enough away to be safe from the havoc she and whoever she appointed as Secretary of State would wreak."

—A very well connected D.C. insider told us about the capital's future if indeed Sarah Palin was ever elected President.

Looks like we aren't the only ones feeling a little iffy about this missy big-hair trying to get her foot in that oval office!

Tickets to Mars!


Update: Failed Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell has a book deal!