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Analysis Of Lefty Reaction To Sarah On Leno

Posted on | March 6, 2010 | 12 Comments

by Smitty

Dan Riehl has Stewart’s analysis. Riehl on Stewart, emphasis mine:

Any grand conclusions are silly at this point. But as for the Palin versus Romney match up on TV he looks at, he’s spot on. These types of match ups just don’t work well for Romney. Unfortunately, that’s as much about Romney’s trouble connecting with audiences and crowds, as it is about any Palin charm. Someone with a more Romney-like resume and a dash of Palin’s looseness and grassroots appeal might give her a run for her money in the big picture that matters most, assuming she’s serious about running in 2012.

Only Governor Tim Pawlenty comes to mind.
The Recovering Liberal alludes to Stewart, and then shifts to analyzing Lee Seigel from The Daily Beast. Trying to get into the Lefty head, RL finishes:

Siegel concludes that Palin’s mastery will lead to “the joke being on us” (the left) as she ascends the podium at the 2012 Republican Convention” The only thing that might prevent this is others on the thinking left waking up to the very real threat Palin poses to them and instead of continuing down the same, aloof, strident, attack path recognise that they have, in no small part, created a rod for their own back and create a real opposition to her (which oddly has only come from the, condescending, intellectuals on the right). If they don’t, then they should sit back at enjoy her ascent from a purely social observer vantage and wonder at the blindness of their colleagues.

The Left is giving Sarah the stress test they never gave BHO, possibly out of guilt.
The “condescending intellectuals on the right”, fearing the loss of primacy and priesthood to an outsider, pile on.
All this is more ‘feature’ than ‘bug’. If the lady survives the napalm shower, then she’s answered the mail on whether she can become ‘the American Margaret Thatcher’. If she decides to hang out on the fringe, then fair enough. If she decides to run in 2012, then it’s all over but the get-well-soon cards for the opposition, on the left or right.
I commend her sticking to something she knows, energy policy, but think that hydrocarbons are peripheral to the #1 problem we face: the debt/deficit. It remains to be seen whether anything can be done by anyone about that, however.

Category: Jon Stewart, Sarah Palin

Comments

12 Responses to “Analysis Of Lefty Reaction To Sarah On Leno”

  1. Dan
    March 7th, 2010 @ 3:27 am

    Realisticly, getting the defict/debt under control will be next to impossible for the next POTUS as Obama leaves a legacy of debt that is just mathematically impossible to deal with.

    However, keeping more money in this counry instead of sending it overseas for OIL would be a big help as would spending cuts and vetoes of pork laden bills. Guess who has a history of exposing corrupt deals and cutting spending, even in her own party? SARAH PALIN!

  2. Dan
    March 6th, 2010 @ 10:27 pm

    Realisticly, getting the defict/debt under control will be next to impossible for the next POTUS as Obama leaves a legacy of debt that is just mathematically impossible to deal with.

    However, keeping more money in this counry instead of sending it overseas for OIL would be a big help as would spending cuts and vetoes of pork laden bills. Guess who has a history of exposing corrupt deals and cutting spending, even in her own party? SARAH PALIN!

  3. theCL
    March 7th, 2010 @ 5:12 am

    a more Romney-like resume

    Uh? RomneyCare Romney? He’s got less credibility than Stacy’s crazy cousin!

    I saw him on tv the other day, I think on Cavuto. He’s Keynesian through and through. If nobody can see that, we’re blanking doomed. This country can’t afford another 4 years of Obama or another 4 years of Bush.

    The money ain’t there! Keynesianism is a proven fraud. Well, unless track-records don’t mean anything.

    A vote for Romney is a vote for the destruction of our country. The times are that serious. Same goes for Pawlenty.

    People please … Start taking the economy and budget problems seriously! Worry about electoral politics until you have someone who will actually do what is needed. Again, it’s that serious.

    10 years ago I predicted the bubble would burst in 2012. It happened 5 years earlier, which means everything’s unravelling fast!

  4. theCL
    March 7th, 2010 @ 12:12 am

    a more Romney-like resume

    Uh? RomneyCare Romney? He’s got less credibility than Stacy’s crazy cousin!

    I saw him on tv the other day, I think on Cavuto. He’s Keynesian through and through. If nobody can see that, we’re blanking doomed. This country can’t afford another 4 years of Obama or another 4 years of Bush.

    The money ain’t there! Keynesianism is a proven fraud. Well, unless track-records don’t mean anything.

    A vote for Romney is a vote for the destruction of our country. The times are that serious. Same goes for Pawlenty.

    People please … Start taking the economy and budget problems seriously! Worry about electoral politics until you have someone who will actually do what is needed. Again, it’s that serious.

    10 years ago I predicted the bubble would burst in 2012. It happened 5 years earlier, which means everything’s unravelling fast!

  5. John
    March 7th, 2010 @ 1:37 pm

    I just saw her at a Right To Life fundraiser in Columbus. The speech was typically Sarah. She even shared the podium with a local girl who’d been denied a state oratory award because of the controversy (i.e., the girl’s pro-life). I can’t picture too many pols being comfortable enough to do that (but I could be wrong).

    In any case, that was my first exposure to Sarah live and unfiltered. She was great, and I’d like to sign up for a 4 year subscription, with an option to extend for 8.

  6. John
    March 7th, 2010 @ 8:37 am

    I just saw her at a Right To Life fundraiser in Columbus. The speech was typically Sarah. She even shared the podium with a local girl who’d been denied a state oratory award because of the controversy (i.e., the girl’s pro-life). I can’t picture too many pols being comfortable enough to do that (but I could be wrong).

    In any case, that was my first exposure to Sarah live and unfiltered. She was great, and I’d like to sign up for a 4 year subscription, with an option to extend for 8.

  7. Cakeman
    March 7th, 2010 @ 2:10 pm

    I am going to say it again and again. Lt. Col. Allen West. Listen to him. We don’t need touchy-feely folksy. We need a leader. And Romney hasn’t shown it. He can speak but he can’t lead.
    I will follow this guy. Let him win FL 22 then he can be drafted just like the usurper-in-chief was.
    Lt Col. Allen West. Look him up.

  8. Cakeman
    March 7th, 2010 @ 9:10 am

    I am going to say it again and again. Lt. Col. Allen West. Listen to him. We don’t need touchy-feely folksy. We need a leader. And Romney hasn’t shown it. He can speak but he can’t lead.
    I will follow this guy. Let him win FL 22 then he can be drafted just like the usurper-in-chief was.
    Lt Col. Allen West. Look him up.

  9. unseen
    March 8th, 2010 @ 5:44 am

    Palin is doing exactly what her supporters have said she was going to do because they studied the woman before they gave their support. Now others are starting to see what Palin is really made of and how natural she is as a leader and politican. Who’s in a cult again?

    I would say those that believe it is somebody’s turn irregardless of, you know, “achievment” are more cult like

  10. unseen
    March 8th, 2010 @ 12:44 am

    Palin is doing exactly what her supporters have said she was going to do because they studied the woman before they gave their support. Now others are starting to see what Palin is really made of and how natural she is as a leader and politican. Who’s in a cult again?

    I would say those that believe it is somebody’s turn irregardless of, you know, “achievment” are more cult like

  11. Raymond
    March 8th, 2010 @ 8:52 pm

    I totally agree with Dan’s positive comment about Sarah Palin and the current deficits that America has. However, I would simply advise Sarah Palin not to run POTUS on 2012 nor support any GOP candidates. If GOP inner circle nominates Romney, let them freely do it, anyway, these GOP elites will just learn how to eat their own medicine, as it will surely lead to Obama’s second term. Likewise, why not give a chance to Obama to prove his worth, the same eight years we have given to Bush? If Obama’s eighth term presidency will just lead to either success or failure, only then the liberals and independents can be able to feel and make conclusions whether or not they are correct in choosing Obama as POTUS. Let us give Obama the benefit of the doubt. Let us be fair to him.

  12. Raymond
    March 8th, 2010 @ 3:52 pm

    I totally agree with Dan’s positive comment about Sarah Palin and the current deficits that America has. However, I would simply advise Sarah Palin not to run POTUS on 2012 nor support any GOP candidates. If GOP inner circle nominates Romney, let them freely do it, anyway, these GOP elites will just learn how to eat their own medicine, as it will surely lead to Obama’s second term. Likewise, why not give a chance to Obama to prove his worth, the same eight years we have given to Bush? If Obama’s eighth term presidency will just lead to either success or failure, only then the liberals and independents can be able to feel and make conclusions whether or not they are correct in choosing Obama as POTUS. Let us give Obama the benefit of the doubt. Let us be fair to him.