Palin could rise vampire-like from her political grave, especially if Fox gives her a TV show.
2012 depends on the economy. If the country's still in the toilet in 2 1/2 years, I'd put my money on Romney, who can look unscary enough to lead a Republican resurgence. If the economy is recovering, I'm betting on Huckabee, who is as ignorant as Palin, but much friendlier. Obama will win then in a landslide.
I doubt the Republicans would put up a sacrificial lamb, though if I were Pawlenty, I'd wait a long time to before jumping in for 2012. 2016 would definitely be a better opportunity for him. But that said, you never know what will happen in politics. Obama could get caught in bed with a dead white boy, or something as unpredictable as Clinton (well, I guess that wasn't wholly unpredictable), Spitzer, Sanford, etc, or there's another 9/11-style attack for which Barack HUSSEIN Obama is blamed. You gotta be in it to win it.
ProfRobert:
Palin could rise vampire-like from her political grave, especially if Fox gives her a TV show.
2012 depends on the economy. If the country's still in the toilet in 2 1/2 years, I'd put my money on Romney, who can look unscary enough to lead a Republican resurgence. If the economy is recovering, I'm betting on Huckabee, who is as ignorant as Palin, but much friendlier. Obama will win then in a landslide.
I doubt the Republicans would put up a sacrificial lamb, though if I were Pawlenty, I'd wait a long time to before jumping in for 2012. 2016 would definitely be a better opportunity for him. But that said, you never know what will happen in politics. Obama could get caught in bed with a dead white boy, or something as unpredictable as Clinton (well, I guess that wasn't wholly unpredictable), Spitzer, Sanford, etc, or there's another 9/11-style attack for which Barack HUSSEIN Obama is blamed. You gotta be in it to win it.
-- 16:07, 14 July 2009 (BST)