Apparently trouble is brewing within the McCain campaign over Sarah Palin’s strong rhetoric at recent campaign stops.
Could the vice presidential candidate be setting herself up for a run at the top seat in 2012?
It appears likely.
For the past several weeks the McCain camp has likely been seeing defeat in its sights. Since the economic mess came to light, the American public (whether right or wrong) has placed blame at the hands of President George Bush, and thus by partisan association, on McCain. As the senator from Arizona has dropped in the polls over the past month, his running mate has become the attack dog asked to do the slimy things needed to destroy Obama’s credentials as a viable candidate in a last ditch effort to reduce Obama’s lead. By keeping McCain’s hands clean, this would allow him to maintain his war hero / moderate status and to lose with dignity come November 4.
Palin’s attacks at first were considered to be the norm. She attacked Obama’s relationships with shady characters such as Bill Ayers, Jeremiah Wright, and Tony Rezko. However an interesting phenomenon began to occur during these campaign stops as Palin continuously attacked Obama’s credibility. The crowds took the bait a little too well.
Suddenly chants of “kill him” and “terrorist” were becoming more and more vocal as Palin droned on and on with regards to the same talking points about Obama. The very far right was working itself up into a dangerous frenzy about Senator Barack Obama, as Palin made references to his “palling around with terrorists” and whatnot. It now appears that McCain has grown weary of the behavior of crowds at these campaign stops, which has subsequently caused the internal strife within the campaign that is being reported. This has become much more evident as McCain has been forced to address potential voters as they have falsely slandered Obama to his face. McCain has taken the time to address such comments, only to be received with a round of boos.
But one must stop and ponder Palin’s true intentions, if she’s not doing right by her running mate in 2008. To an outsider looking in, it instead appears as if Palin is setting herself up for a presidential run in 2012. She obviously appeals to the far right much more than McCain ever did (thus warranting her selection onto the ticket).
At this point in time it appears that Palin and and Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana are the future of the GOP – and will be the top candidates for the Republicans in 2012. With Jindal having been in the national spotlight for much longer than Palin, she obviously has to use the platform she’s been given in the precious few weeks she has remaining (should McCain lose the election) to give herself a leg up.
What better way than to appeal to the far right – the group of people that have long fallen head-over-heels for Jindal – than representing herself as a fighter who would take any step necessary to win? With that attitude, her hardcore conservative beliefs, and her “aw shucks I’m just a hockey mom” persona – she just may be able to steal away Jindal’s thunder and thus make herself a frontrunner in 2012.
Thourgh her recent actions at campaign stops, and the infighting resultant of such, she can appease a faction of the GOP that has always been somewhat disappointed with the nomination of such a moderate conservative as McCain in 2008 (whether they will admit it or not) and also replace Jindal as the future of the Republicans – all in one foul swoop!
Palin 2012?
More likely than not.
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