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Originally Posted by 12clicks
think about how a debate between palin and gingrich would look. take a breath, and then get back to me.  |
It would look a lot like the debate between Palin and Biden. It would be a seasoned leader going against a woman who comes off as if she just got elected to her local PTA. And that is exactly what her supporters love about her. They love that she is supposedly just like them. Her shucks and gosh-gollies resonate with a certain group.
Chances are she wouldn't debate Gingrich one on one. For the primaries they tend to have those big panel debates where they are basically allowed to just spout her talking points.
The thing that could go strongly against her is that she will be under some serious fire. McCain, once he realized what he had done, protected her to a certain degree. Her fellow republicans who don't like her to begin with and many of them blame her as one of the reasons they didn't recapture the Senate will savage her. Someone like Gingrich could easily pull her into a game where she ends up always on the defensive.
I'm not saying she will win. I'm just saying that there is a scenario out there where she could win. And all of this goes back to the original argument and point which is that republicans do fear her. If for no other reason they fear her because in the last two elections they lost control of the religious right base and she is one of the few visible big names out there who has a strong influence with them.