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To: Snowshoe who wrote (124882)	11/16/2009 6:26:30 PM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 542904

Palin has more than a year before she would have to make a serious declaration about running. She can make a ton of money in the meantime, try to build a political network and not risk a thing if she decides to blow it off at the last minute in 2011. I suspect she will keep her commentary and public appearances to a minimum, given her penchant for saying things off the cuff that make her sound stupid.

To: Snowshoe who wrote (124882)	11/17/2009 12:15:20 AM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (4) \| Respond to of 542904

If the Republicans actually nominate her I think she has the possibility to be their version of William Jennings Bryan. Well, I had to look up WJB, it was just a vaguely familiar name to me. Which leads me to an odd compare and contrast. From Wikipedia: In a typical day he gave four hourlong speeches and shorter talks that added up to six hours of speaking. At an average rate of 175 words a minute, he turned out 63,000 words, enough to fill 52 columns of a newspaper. In Wisconsin, he once made 12 speeches in 15 hours.[12] From Sarah on Oprah via NYT: When Ms. Winfrey asked about her daughter’s ex-boyfriend, Levi Johnston, who has been saying unflattering things about Ms. Palin and may be shopping a book of his own, Ms. Palin tried, and failed, to stay on message. She began by saying that “national television is not the place” to air grievances against the father of her first grandchild, then proceeded to call him “Ricky Hollywood” and say that his plans to pose for Playgirl magazine amounted to “aspiring porn.” When Ms. Winfrey asked if she would invite Mr. Johnston to Thanksgiving, Ms. Palin gave one of her trademark wandering answers. “You know, that’s a great question,” Ms. Palin said. “And it’s lovely to think that he would ever even consider such a thing.” She added: “He is a part of the family, and you want to bring him in the fold and kind of under your wing. And he needs that too, Oprah.” There was more: “I think he needs to know that he is loved, and he has the most beautiful child, and this can all work out for good. It really can. We don’t have to keep going down this road of controversy and drama all the time. We’re not really into the drama. We don’t really like that.” Finally Ms. Winfrey cut to the chase, asking, “Does that mean yes, he is coming, or no, he is not?” (Pressed, Ms. Palin said she would extend the invitation.) ( from nytimes.com ) Well then there. I don't think anybody's going to be accusing Sarah of being a silver tongued orator any time soon. The pros still seem to be in awe of Palin. As a pretty much straight party ticket yellow dog Democrat, I'd say please don't nominate Sarah, in pretty much the way that of Br'er Rabbit begged not to be thrown in the briar patch.