Much love to Sarah Palin for bringing an increase of web traffic my way. Ever since she made the announcement that she was resigning as governor of Alaska, my web traffic has been up. Most of it is to my post How Sarah Palin Can Win the 2012 Presidential Election from December.
In that post, I pointed out 6 things she could do to help her win in 2012. Today if I were to re-write that post, I could do it in two words: she can’t.
Sarah Palin can’t win the 2012 election. It’s impossible. She was inexperienced before, and now she’s resigned the only job that would give her experience she needs. The media is all over her, and no matter her reasons for resigning, the resignation makes her look like she’s running to hide because she can’t take the pressure.
So what should she do?
Palin needs to rally the Republican base around candidates who can actually win an election. She needs to find the Congressional districts where a Republican (preferably a non-RINO one) has a chance at taking a seat from a Democrat. She can show up, throw some parties, and get the Republicans elected. 2010 has a lot of opportunities for Republicans to pick up some seats, and Palin will draw crowds and attention.
So why would she do this? Why not run for office?
Primarily, this is what the Republican Party needs from her. Palin can do more to help the Party by helping get Republicans elected (or re-elected) than she can by running a (losing) Presidential campaign.
Plus, when the time comes that Americans wake up and sees that Obama’s massive expansion of government has done more to hurt our economy than it ever did to help it, and they elect a Republican, Sarah Palin would likely be rewarded with a cabinet position in the new administration.