# Assuming Palin runs, how likely is it that she could win? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [June 11, 2011, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045 "2011-06-11T00:09:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/241 "2011-08-14T18:49:39Z")
> [@Crane](#): > > By today’s GOP standards, clowns are in! Tru dat! > [@](#): > > When Palin announces she will absorb all of the available oxygen. The current Republican wannabees have exhausted their audience. They’ve all been seen and heard. They’re all overexposed and boring. A real snoozathon! > > Palin will enter at the last minute and draw all the crowds and all of the media attention. She’ll be the new clown act on the midway. Nah, she’s already become more like the Spinal Tap farewell tour. Especially because, _contra_ your comments, there are a lot of Republicans who are quite excited about Bachmann and/or Perry. _They’re_ taking _her_ oxygen, rather than the other way around. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/242 "2011-08-14T18:57:27Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > The problem, RR, is that you don’t understand the reasons why people voted for Obama in 2008. So there’s a good chance you’re misunderstanding the reasons why people will vote in 2012. See how quickly he proved you were right. It does not take long. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2011, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/243 "2011-08-14T20:25:21Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Tru dat! > > Nah, she’s already become more like the Spinal Tap farewell tour. Especially because, _contra_ your comments, there are a lot of Republicans who are quite excited about Bachmann and/or Perry. _They’re_ taking _her_ oxygen, rather than the other way around. Yes, already Sara is Soooo Last Month! She showed up on a bus tour in Iowa a couple of days ago. I didn’t go hunting for it, but I didn’t see a single second of video on her on any of the networks. The only way I knew was a passing mention by Rachel Maddow. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/244 "2011-08-15T00:16:14Z")
> [@Boyo\_Jim](#): > > Yes, already Sara is Soooo Last Month! She showed up on a bus tour in Iowa a couple of days ago. I didn’t go hunting for it, but I didn’t see a single second of video on her on any of the networks. The only way I knew was a passing mention by Rachel Maddow. I saw her a couple times. She got off the bus and answered a question. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/245 "2011-08-15T00:49:58Z")
I think she has to run. Or at least make an attempt that will get her back in the money. Her brand is fading and she needs a Sarah stimulus package. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2011, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045/246 "2011-08-15T03:12:36Z")
She can do what everyone else does – buy a vibrator. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/assuming-palin-runs-how-likely-is-it-that-she-could-win/585045.md?page=12)