Dec 19, 2008

Sarah Palin to-do list for 2012 Presidential run

The writer of an article at the link below seems to think he has knows what Sarah Palin (pictured) needs to do if she wants to run for President in 2012.

Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has some important political decisions to make.

Republican insiders say that if she wants to maintain her viability as a presidential contender in 2012—after making such a big splash as the GOP vice presidential candidate this year—she needs to bring aboard some savvy political operatives who can help her decide what kind of events she should do and which she should avoid.

She's still a hot property, but she needs to put a system together. She doesn't have much in the way of political infrastructure up there [in Alaska]. It will be interesting to see how she allocates her time.

Sarah Palin relates to middle-America -- the response to her campaign last fall proved that.

Her biggest obstacle will be the media. From the day she was introduced by John McCain, the media gave her unfavorable coverage.

It is common knowledge that the media swooned over Barack Obama and tried very hard to elect him (successfully as it turned out). The media knew that McCain was a weak opponent. It was Sarah Palin, however, that anyone trying to elect Obama, including the media, were afraid of.

Just to give one small example -- ABC News online still has links to the story they called Troopergate which is an early version that showed Palin in an unfavorable light.

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