Sarah Palin is in the unfortunate position of being the front runner for the GOP
nomination in 2012. As much as I agree with Mrs. Palin's political positions and as
much as I appreciate Sarah's rock star persona she will NOT be the GOP nominee
in four years. Apart from the obvious logistical difficulty of living in Alaska and the
difficult political reality of governing through her first term as governor, Mrs. Palin
has garnered enough personal and political negatives to last any other two
politicians a lifetime. As the lighting rod for the extreme media bias during the last
election cycle, when she had the distinct misfortune to be plunked out of the
Alaskan wilderness to be Granny McCain's token Conservative running mate,
Mrs. Palin has been the well documented whipping girl of the media elite to the
point that Mrs. Palin has been damaged past the point of no return in the eyes of
the general unwashed and uninformed public.
While this is certainly unfortunate for Mrs. Palin, it may well be a boon for another
GOP candidate in waiting who is slip streaming behind Palin and her high profile
windscreen. Whether it be Jindal or Stanford, or even Barbour the yet unannoited
candidate will benefit from the lack of exposure to themselves by the media and
when the media does go into attack mode the yet to be named GOP nominee will
also benefit greatly by the self inflicted damage that the media has sustained upon
it's own questionable reputation. It should prove to be an interesting four years to
come, but isn't it always. - Stephen Guy Hardin
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