A Democrat’s views on the Republican race for president

Palin for President in 2012?

Posted on November 13, 2008. Filed under: Uncategorized |

After losing the election to Obama last week, Sarah Palin has been on over-haul with the media. Several people have even hinted at her running for President of the United States in 2012. She won’t be up for re-election until 2010 and she says she will see where her kids are at that point in their lives.

Palin’s first remarks after losing the election were that she “couldn’t even imagine” running for office. But after this week of inviting the media into her house and appearing on several shows, many political spectators say this may be a way of re-creating herself. Palin told CNN that at this point, she wouldn’t declare considering to run.

The NY Times discusses Palin trying to rehabilitate her image. A former Palin advisor says that perhaps she should call the media “jerks” just once, and then leave it alone. Another reporter even says that the media is responsible for “stoking” her run for office in 2012. Either way, the words are out there, and many people are excited to hear her name in the running. A new poll shows that 86 percent of Republicans hold a favorable view of Palin, while the opposite party, as you might guess, shows the opposite. 48 percent of Independents hold Palin in high regards and only 27 percent of Democrats hold Palin in a favorable view.

As much as people talked about the election before it even happened, I never thought they would continue to talk about both parties after it was over. It’s almost as if Palin couldn’t get enough of looking “mis-informed.” Obviously, as a Democrat, I am not one of the 27 percent that holds her in a favorable view. I think it’s time to move on in America. We elected a new President. He will be sworn into office in January 2009. Let’s leave 2012 alone…until we get there.

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