Palin launches PAC

[Lemon law]

Come join me a vow to make a contribution to the SarahPac, and next month, double it, and just keep doubling it every month until 11/2012. That way, like me, you can end up spending nothing, because I am not sending her a single penny in the first month.

Will the Sarah bots outdo the Paul bots in claiming support?

 

[marincounty]

Originally posted by: HendrixFan

Originally posted by: marincounty


Let me guess-you were a GWB voter?
Four years is a long time, and you never know what Obama will get done. Not to mention the the airing of the dirty laundry of the Bush years may also have an impact.

Not at all, I didn't vote for him as governor here in Texas. I certainly didn't vote for him for President either time.

Bush's dirty laundry has already been aired out but nobody on the Democratic side had the balls to do anything about it. Obama has been vague (big surprise) but has seemed to indicate that his desire is to just move forward instead of going after the Bush Administration.

I'm not too pleased with Obama's ideas for fixing the economy so far, but he does have a crew that seems to be committed to doing something. I think they will tinker with their plans until things get better. Unfortunately, I think the only way the economy will get better is if we start to let home values fall back into the historical range of 3X annual household income. Then we have to work on producing tangible goods, this consumption based economy relies on us borrowing money from other countries, which is doomed to fail eventually. For the first time ever, we are now borrowing more than the interest on the national debt. Where I come from, if you are having to borrow money to make minimum (interest only) payments, you are pretty much screwed. I think the same applies to large countries. Taxes are at historical low levels (18% of GDP), yet debt is at historical high levels (over 80% now?). This imbalance cannot last. Obama needs to stick to his campaign ideas of slashing government spending and/or increasing taxes.

I don't know what good things Obama will do, but with the coming Alt A defaults and all the announced layoffs actually happening, things will get worse. Until those larger core problems get resolved then we will continue to struggle. Unlike the majority of the Bush years, where he could put everything on the national credit card and inflated housing bubble (responsible for nearly any real growth the past 5 years) and make believe that we were doing well; if Obama tries that same tact, and it appears thats what he is doing right now, then things won't collapse but we will be mired in a much worse state. Obama has to let things fall apart so they can be rebuilt properly this time. It will be a tough process but the country will be better for it. What that does is make him a punching bag because he will be seen as responsible for not getting us out of the recession, which is what the 2012 candidate will run on, and likely win on.

No, I believe your analysis is flawed. "Bush's dirty laundry has already been aired out but nobody on the Democratic side had the balls to do anything about it".

The secrecy of the Bush whitehouse is well known. Democrats have only been back in power for a short time, I'm sure many more misdeeds of the Bush admin will be uncovered.
Democrats were unable to do anything with the obstructionism of the Republicans. Now with control of the whitehouse and the congress they will be able to get some things done.

"I think she has a better shot than Obama in 2012 right now".
Ever heard of the power of the incumbent? Obama will be able to demonize the right-for causing the meltdown, much as GWB scared people about terrorist attacks to win reelection.

 

[Anubis]

WTF is a PAC?

Process Analysis Center? cause thats what it means here

 

[Moonbeam]

Emblematic, I should think, of the quality of candidate Republicans are able to field.

 

[nageov3t]

Originally posted by: Anubis
WTF is a PAC?

Process Analysis Center? cause thats what it means here

political action committee.

In the United States, a Political Action Committee, or PAC, is the name commonly given to a private group, regardless of size, organized to elect political candidates. Legally, what constitutes a "PAC" for purposes of regulation is a matter of state and federal law. Under the Federal Election Campaign Act, an organization becomes a "political committee" by receiving contributions or making expenditures in excess of $1,000 for the purpose of influencing a federal election.

When an interest group gets directly involved within the political process, a PAC is created. These PACs receive and raise money from the special group's constituents, and on behalf of the special interest, makes donations to political campaigns.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_action_committee

 

[dahunan]

Got to find a way to payback the RNC for those dresses and makeup artists

 

[HendrixFan]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
HendrixFan seems to totally ignore the best equivalent example in American history by saying, "Obama does have the ability to pee on people and tell them its raining, but after four years of a terrible economy it shouldn't take too much of a competitor to beat him. I think he is in an unenviable position where he can do a good job and people will say he sucked. He can do an amazing job and that may not even be enough for him to turn around the wreck we have for an economy. Poor timing for him, which translates into great timing for whoever the Republicans offer up in 2012."

I think its time to cite FDR, who held a total grip on the Presidency until his death in 4/1945, even though he failed to totally fix the economy Hoover left him. And a legacy of a democratic house majority that was not broken until 1994, and also Democratic Senate majorities for most of those 62 years. And given the total failure of the GOP under GWB&co, one has to wonder how long it will be before the American public ever trusts the GOP to have a single right answer when the GOP still fail to learn their lessons.

The Great Depression started in 29, FDR was elected in 32. We were three years in before he took office, making it clear to people that he was not the cause.

It should be clear that Obama was not the cause of this downturn, but it really started a few months before he took office, and the worst part has still yet to come. It will be much easier for the opponents to convince the people that Obama is responsible for turning a small downturn into something huge. Again, I'm not saying that it is Obama's fault, just that it will likely be successfully painted that way.