Please nominate Palin! This way, President Obama can continue working on the country's many problems instead of worrying about getting re-elected. It's the Patriotic thing to do, Governor Palin: if you love your country, you must run for President.

Naw. Just an embarrassment.

I wonder what Fred Thompson's poll results would be?

Don't be surprised if you see the General up in the mix, come 2012. I guess it depends on the situation then, but if WWIII is going on then, I think he will be the new Prez.

By all means.

When has a years-in-advance frontrunner turned out the be the nominee? See Clinton, Hillary. So, while I was really looking forward to seeing Sarah Palin run her own campaign directly against Obama (can you imagine??), it looks like we're going to be deprived that particular comedy.

Palin/Jindal in 2012. Imagine the comedic possibilities!!

Didn't polls taken about this time in 2004 indicate the race would be between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani? What is the point?

Here's a more useful question: Who will be the next 30 Rock actor to portray a Republican presidential wanna-be? Alec Baldwin as Mitt Romney? Judah Friedlander as Haley Barbour?

Correction: change 2004 to 2005....

Where the dog is trying to lure the cat into the clothes dryer by using "cat fud" as bait. Replace "cat fud" with "Palin 2012" and turn the dog into a donkey and the cat into an elephant, and you've pretty much nailed this one.

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Yes, Republicans, please run Palin. Oh please, oh please!

It will truly be a cheesy spectacle of epic proportions. No normal Republican will run in 2012, why bother? Its a lost cause already, so the freaks will take center stage.

Once you've been turned into a joke there's no recovering....ask Dan Quayle. Sarah Palin has become one of the biggest public jokes in years, and to be honest, there's no way Jindal can recover from that cringe-inducing performance this week. If the Republicans want to field a slate of bad vaudeville, let them. sit back and enjoy the show.

Where do I send my money?

A Larry Craig-Mark Foley ticket.

That is quite a line-up they've got there. Imagine the primary repub debates.

Problem is, despite the election of President Obama, I'm not even close to trusting the American people. After eight years of the Bush/Cheney regime, and the pathetic campaign run by McCain (and his pick of Caribou Barbie), a significant number of Americans voted for them.

So while I guffaw at those repuke "favorites", it is also verrrry scary.

Would have to know more about his character and his economic views, but, granted he checks out, at first glance he'd probably be an Ike figure and very likely a moderate. That would probably be the most sensible thing Republicans could do, at this point. But Petraeus would only have a chance if Republicans were capable of doing the sensible thing, and if Obama's wild popularity utterly disappeared in the next four years (if, say, he did something really stupid--nominating Cabinet members who turn out to have tax problems is a minor misstep, but hardly the kind of stupidity I'm talking about--we're talking Spitzer-level or Bush-league stupidity here).

Frankly, I don't see either of those things happening, let alone both. Seriously.

same difference

Name recognition is all this is. Palin will get tore to pieces if she goes into a primary race for the nomination. No way the GOP is going to let her get by with the crap she did during the campaign for VP.

I'm not even sure why this is something anyone cares about right now.

Man, are they in a bad way or what?

by 2012. The Grand Old Perverts will abandon her in droves.

by 2012 La Palin will be far more polished and slicker than ever, and probably w/a fearsomely big war chest. The American voting public--the great, unwashed, illiterate masses of Joe the Plumber et al--just might resurrect the "Angry White Males" into enough of a lather to actually vote that bitch into place. And if they do, then we deserve her.

Never, ever underestimate your opponent--and remember that we should be ever vigilant against the "good old boys" like W and Palin (W in drag). He may have been the candidate to drink a beer w/--and precious little else. But hey, he DID win 2 terms, after all--even if it was w/out my vote.

maybe there is a god. a god that wants republicans to lose.

republicans will be out of power for a long time.

"Didn't polls taken about this time in 2004 indicate the race would be between Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani? What is the point?"

I think the author did a competent job (actually bent over backward) of explaining that it's just a moment-in-time data point and not likely to be a preview of 2012. I still think its interesting/valuable to get an idea of what GOPs are thinking now. Plus, in three years, if indeed the candidates are different, how can you make an appraisal of how the voters' minds have changed if you don't document how they feel now?

I'm actually a little surprised by Palin leading the poll. I thought a lot of her supporters were able to dismiss her lack of preparedness because she wasn't running for president but VP -- even though McCain's age probably convinced a lot of people she would eventually get promoted. I guess that's not the case though. I think it's a really healthy sign for the democrats though that support is divided so evenly.

Does God really love Democrats that much?

Oh please.

Does God really love Democrats that much?

-- OBC

Probably. He loves Obama a lot, that's for sure. The Republican nominee in 2012 is going to be good theater. I look forward to a comedy with Palin, Jindai, Joe the worthless fucking plumber, fat drug douche Rush Limburger, and a bunch of crazy Republican ladies calling Obama an Arab. (Anyone else part of the cast?) Republicans thought they have everything in the bag with Sarah Palin until she showed herself as completely, ignorant moron who shows no signs of self awareness (who owes the government tax money by the way). So with the GOP in exile (thank you Rachel Maddow) it's going to interesting to see who gets the nomination. Keep it coming Republicans.