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Remember how in early 2010, before the Nevada primary election (a couple of weeks before), Senate candidateSharon Angle was polling less than 5%? Remember how according to beltway insiders Christine O’Donnell didn’t stand a chance against liberal Congressman Mike Castle?
Apparently Howard Dean remembers it will.
Howard Dean, the former Democratic National Committee chairman who helped Democrats capture the White House in 2008, warns that Sarah Palin could defeat President Obama in 2012.Dean says his fellow Democrats should beware of inside-the-Beltway conventional wisdom that Obama would crush Palin in a general-election contest next year.
I’ve said before that Sarah Palin, should she get in the race, would likely walk away with the GOP nomination. Her ability to command media at any time will put her under the spotlight while the rest of the field fights for scraps of attention. Her base is extremely energized and ready to campaign.
Add to that the fact the economy is tanking even further over the cliff and Democrats now have no one to blame but themselves and you’ve got a unique recipe. Howard Dean sees this.
Dean warns the sluggish economy could have more of a political impact than many Washington strategists and pundits assume.“Any time you have a contest — particularly when unemployment is as high as it is — nobody gets a walkover,” Dean said. “Whoever the Republicans nominate, including people like Sarah Palin, whom the inside-the-Beltway crowd dismisses — my view is if you get the nomination of a major party, you can win the presidency, I don’t care what people write about you inside the Beltway,” Dean said.
Palin says her decision is a 50/50 split. I on the other hand think it’s more in the 60/40 range. 60% she stays out, 40% she decides to run.
What do you think?
-Eric Odom
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