It has been little over a year since the first time we heard the name Sarah Palin. Sarah Palin was John McCain’s running mate and was the Governor of Alaska, but now after the election and her resignation from her job as Governor she has moved on and is now touring the country. I think that Sarah Palin’s story has been very interesting to watch over the last year, because there was this phenomenon that was created with the former Governor of Alaska.
Last year when John McCain named his running mate for the 2008 elections, he named a woman who most people have never heard of before. What was so significant was that it didn’t take long before people decided how they felt about her. Some people loved her and believed that she was the hockey mom from Alaska that was in touch with the American public, but others thought she was as dumb as a rock and believed she didn’t have the intelligence to run for vice president. From the very beginning we saw people choose sides on how they felt about Sarah Palin. Even the media got their fair share of jabs into the former vice presidential candidate. I think in some ways we can all agree that Sarah Palin was unfairly criticized and attack by the main stream media, but that doesn’t mean she created some problems of her own. One of her greatest problems was her interview with Katie Couric. I think after she gave that interview with Katie Couric, it only helped lead to our perception of her not having the intelligence to potentially lead the nation. Another snafu on the former Governor’s part was the whole “I can see Russia from my house” debacle. You would think after all that had occurred with Sarah Palin with the election and the resignation from her position as Governor that her political career would be over, but after the release of her widely popular book “Going Rogue” I don’t know we can assume that quite yet.
Sarah Palin wrote the book “Going Rogue” and interestingly enough, the book has become very popular. Within the first couple of days of its release, her book sold over 700,000 copies. Now that her book tour is under way, it’s interesting to see just how popular Sarah Palin really is. Another thing to be noted is her slowly rising approval ratings. Now, that may not mean much to a lot people, considering she hasn’t done anything, but I think her popularity is pushing her in the direction to potentially run in another national election. She has stated that she isn’t quite sure if she is done with politics, and has continued to hint at the possibility of running for president. With her popularity rising and her ambitions climbing even higher, could we assume that she will run for president in the near future? I don’t know. I think it would be very interesting to see with the former Governor in the next couple of years.
I don’t think the Republican Party will let her ambitions take her that far. I think the Republican Party feels that she is too conservative to take the Republican nomination, and I believe if they were smart, they would do everything they could to make sure that she didn’t get the presidential nomination. Don’t get me wrong, I personally kind of like Sarah Palin, but in all honesty the Republican Party cannot win the next presidential election if she is on the ticket. My question to you guys is, do you think Sarah Palin is bold enough to try and run for president?
Well, Sarah might be bold enough to try to run with her new found popularity from her book, but I highly doubt she would get elected. I think that if the Republican party wants to get someone elected, they are going to need a more moderate candidate. Democrats and Republicans really aren’t that different on the continuum of liberal and conservative and have been gradually moving towards the center. I think that since she is so conservative, she wouldn’t find the majority that she needs to win. As a side note, with her resignation from being the governor of Alaska, I think she is seen as a quitter by many. I know my aunt and uncle from Alaska see her as a quitter because she didn’t finish her term, and the perception is that she resigned in order to make big news so that people would buy her book. If she keeps doing things like this, I find it very hard to believe she would run for president, let alone get elected.