Daniel Larison, citing poll results showing that Sarah Palin has become a pretty unpopular figure, safely predicts that if she has a political future, it's in Alaska. Which leaves who as the candidate for social conservatives in 2012?:
It seems to me that Huckabee now starts to look much better to the conservative elites who were ridiculing him as Huckleberry just half a year ago; he becomes the relatively safe governing choice who can also generate tremendous grassroots enthusiasm. Many of his former critics may come to recognize the missed opportunity of running with Huckabee's pseudo-populism on economics this year, and going forward he may be able to develop a policy agenda that is not limited to praising the wonders of the Fair Tax.
Libertarian John Schwenkler strokes his chin and thinks about it...
Jindal-Huckabee '12, say I!
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Cheers for Houghton's post at 10:38.
There's an interesting WSJ opinion bit on Palin.
Reflects some of my thoughts well.
More cheers for Houghton at 10:38.
The Big H needs a blog *right now.*
The wonderful post by Houghton being hailed as "blog-worthy":
"But none of us will care by that point. America will be a very different, far less kind, much more hostile place to live. The "plenty of rich people to tax" will be poor. The middle class, no longer quite so middle, will be boiling with resentment under various official and unofficial speech intimidation tactics they've been subjected to, as well as an increasingly onerous tax burden. The entitlements bomb will be exploding. Islamofascism will be muscularly resurgent."
I think Obama is doing so well because you are describing the general impression most Americans have RIGHT NOW after 8 years of Bush expanding government, cutting taxes on the wealthy while trying to conduct 2 wars (one of them illegal), shredding the Constitution, spying on citizens, intimidating dissenters, limiting rights -- how is it that a majority can see this, yet the hard right-wing remain so blind?
Doesn't matter. A vast swath of "anti-American" Americans are about to have their say after 8 years of oppression and deception. It must suck to be on the wrong side of this tidal wave.
Jindal doesn't look like Sarah Palin, like she loves to say. Jindal has no chance since most of Palin's supporter wouldn't vote for him.
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