Alaska Governor Sarah Palin will take time off from her work of preparing the operating and general FY09 budgets for her state (due December 10) and travel to Georgia to campaign with Saxby Chambliss, according to the incumbent Senator.
Columbus, GA television station WRBL reports that Palin will make four campaign appearances with Chambliss December 1:
Governor Palin will join Saxby for four public rallies across the state on Monday, December 1st: 8:30 am in Augusta; 11:00 am in Savannah; 1:30 pm in Perry; and 4:00 pm in north metro Atlanta. More specific details on exact locations and how to obtain tickets will be available later this week.
Chambliss is in a close runoff election battle with Democrat Jim Martin. Georgia voters will go to the polls December 2 to determine the outcome. Sen. Chambliss says that he’s thankful for the help from the former vice presidential candidate:
“I was thrilled when I got the call that Governor Palin would be able to make the trip to Georgia to campaign with me the day before the runoff election,” Saxby said. “Julianne and I are honored that she would take the time to travel to Georgia to tell everyone how important this election is and I know that she will receive an enthusiastic welcome everywhere we go.”
Palin demonstrated her ability to turn out large, enthusiastic crowds at rallies on the campaign trail as John McCain’s running mate. If she can do the same in Georgia for Chambliss, it just might help the senator win re-election. A victory for Saxby with Sarah’s help will only enhance her own future political prospects.
UPDATE: Thanks to a heads-up from Erick, the exact times and addresses of the four venues where Palin and Chabliss will campaign together can be found here.
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yes!
davidingeorgia Tuesday, November 25th at 1:25PM EST (link)Perry is just up the road a bit…I’m there if I can wrangle a ticket…heh!
Excellent
youthgrunt (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 1:28PM EST (link)I am glad to hear that she is keeping engaged in national politics. Hopefully she will help make a difference in this race.
Go Sarah!
jchild314 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 1:57PM EST (link)Glad to see her staying involved. I know she will be a big help down south. I have found it a bit troubling that members of the Republican Party’s talking heads, namely Newt and the RNC Chairman seem to so suddenly find it difficult to utter her name but just gush BJindal’s and several other Gov’s. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jindal but, the spark that Sarah has put in the party and the “connection” she has with the voters is something the “In the know” of the party would be making a BIG MISTAKE to trivialize. I think the crowds will be enormous. Go Sarah!
Great news! - n/t
civil truth (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 2:02PM EST (link).
The greatest evil…is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded, carried, and minuted) in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voice. Hence, naturally enough, my symbol for Hell is something like the bureaucracy of a police state or the offices of a thoroughly nasty business concern. -C.S. Lewis
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Why Am I Not Surprised?
itsonlywords (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 2:04PM EST (link)That of the high profile Republican Governors, it’s Palin who steps up to bat for Saxby Chambliss? Where are those other backstabbing jerks when the party needs them? Calling each other on the phone whining about how Sarah’s getting all the attention?
Tu ne cede malis sed contra audientor ito. ~Virgil
Do not give in to evil, but proceed evermore boldly against it.
Jindal is good, but isn't ready yet.
conservativemusician Tuesday, November 25th at 2:28PM EST (link)In 2012, he’ll only be 41 years old and even though he already has more real life executive experience than Obama at this point, Jindal will still be 6 years younger than Obama is now and would be even younger than JFK was at his inauguration. The perception of his youth and lack of overall life experience might be too much for even someone as impressive as Jindal to overcome.
Jindal keeps saying he wants to serve 2 terms in LA and I hope he does because these folks really need his conservative leadership. Doing this will give him ample time to build on his already impressive resume and reform minded policies he’s putting in place in LA. I say let’s get Palin elected in 2012 and then have Jindal warming up in the bullpen. Wouldn’t that be great!
Regarding Newt (and I hope I’m wrong about this), I fear he may be slipping into the “conservative inside-the-beltway” intelligentsia influence…hence his hesitancy in talking more forcefully about Palin. To his credit, he has spoken favorably in several interviews with Greta and Hannity about Palin, so I hope he’ll prove me wrong and speak out more forcefully about her in the days to come. Palin will be the future of the GOP in presidential politics…regardless of whether the conservative talking heads approve of her or not.
Is this why we love her?
johninca Tuesday, November 25th at 2:28PM EST (link)You betcha! And from the final results, we’ll get to see how effective her efforts will have proven to be.
As for talking up Jindal, I have nothing against that; I like him too. We may even see a day when Palin/Jindal, or vice-versa, may be considered the dream ticket.
RNC take note
renegade Tuesday, November 25th at 2:36PM EST (link)This may put to rest the issue if Sarah helped or hurt McCain. If Chambliss pulls out a clear win, it may be the birth of the Palin juggernaut. All eyes will be watching on the 2010 congressional races and the candidates Sarah campaigns for. If those candidates pull stunning victroies, after Jan 2011, she may be an unstoppable force. If the RNC distance themselves from her, it will be at their own peril.
She has won our hearts...
johninca Tuesday, November 25th at 2:40PM EST (link)…and if she runs in 2012 she’d likely win the primaries too. The question is whether she could overcome media bias in the general election.
Even Reagan had to wait for his time to come; he lost in his first epic run in 1976.
The more executive experience she gets (ditto for Jindal), the stronger a contender she becomes.
Tickets
Scope (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 3:38PM EST (link)When we went to see her in Richmond, we just went to the local Republican office and got as many tickets as we wanted. They were doing the tickets only to gauge the size of the expected crowd. They had to move it to the Racetrack in Richmond where there were about 20,000.
She and the crowds were electrifing.
No McCain
Scope (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 3:44PM EST (link)And McCain wasn’t with her in Richmond.
Palin
indym (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 4:03PM EST (link)I think just the response on this and other sites speak for themselves. I saw Gov Sanford on FNC last night and he really disrepected Gov Palin by not mentioning her name as a leader of the republican party and then when prompted by the interviewer he giggled. I think there is a lot of envy at her success and the admirers she has around the country.
Palin's a fighter
VanishingNYRep (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 4:04PM EST (link)It is clear that Gov. Palin was mishandled by the McCain campaign. After briefing her, they should have let her give interviews with the local cable channels before subjecting her to the hostile and biased mainstream media. Her interviews since the campaign have been much better. She can handle the media and needs to prove that she is up to competing on the national stage. This can be the start. Go Gov. Palin!
how to shape this fight....
Jack (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 4:35PM EST (link)If the messiah is sending his minions from his campaign there as well as sending money and raising money and cutting ads then this is Sarh Palin versus him. Make that the fight afterwards if he wins. Sarah took on Obama and beat him.
Jack
“If at age 20 you are conservative you have no heart. It at age 30 you are liberal you have no brains.” Sir Winston Churchill
Go Sarah!
jchild314 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 5:10PM EST (link)Glad to see her staying involved. I know she will be a big help down south. I have found it a bit troubling that members of the Republican Party’s talking heads, namely Newt and the RNC Chairman seem to so suddenly find it difficult to utter her name but just gush BJindal’s and several other Gov’s. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jindal but, the spark that Sarah has put in the party and the “connection” she has with the voters is something the “In the know” of the party would be making a BIG MISTAKE to trivialize. I think the crowds will be enormous. Go Sarah!
All Candidates Will Have To Overcome Media Bias
Swamp_Yankee (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 5:20PM EST (link)Sarah has been targeted because she was on the national stage. The same will happen to Sanford, Jindal or whomever if the become the nominee. Sarah is tough.
The fact she has been tested and has shown that she take the heat on a naitional stage makes her a better candidate
Regarding Newt,
Grump642 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 7:13PM EST (link)He has already said, on the Hannity radio show, that he might run in 2012. So I do not expect him to say too much.
In all fairness
Grump642 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 7:29PM EST (link)none of the others have anything close to her name recognition. Especially right now.
Two edged sword
Grump642 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 7:38PM EST (link)If Saxby wins, expect the MSM to give NO credit to Gov Palin. If he loses, they will spend weeks blaming it all on her. She is taking a big chance personally. But from her, I would expect no less. Good thing I think he will win.
If Newt runs in '12...
mbecker908 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 7:42PM EST (link)he’ll get blown out, no matter who else is in the race.
Palin/Gingrich 2012 (n/t)
Finrod (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 8:23PM EST (link)Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?
uhhh
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 8:51PM EST (link)I hope that was a typo, because that would be like choosing Ernest/Einstein 2012. Maybe that comes of harsh, but I think the Palin mania will cool in time. I like her, but to lead a ticket with New Gingrich? Come on, let’s get serious.
Molon Labe!
Palin/Jindal
RupeyDupe Tuesday, November 25th at 9:09PM EST (link)A dream ticket? Yes. Able to be elected: No chance.
Funny - I'll Take Palin, But Not Newt
IJB Tuesday, November 25th at 9:12PM EST (link)Look, I’m not some dyed-in-the-wool Palin backer, but I like her much more than I like Gingrich. The guy’s basically a disaster. And, to answer someone else’s question, Gingrich does strike me as a someone with a bad case of beltway-itis.
Thanks, but no thanks.
If Newt wants to pontificate on policy, fine – sometimes I might even listen to him, often I won’t.
But he needs to stay far, far way from politics.
your problems with Newt are your own
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 9:33PM EST (link)I doubt you have met the man. My point is that Newt is much more intelligent and experienced than Palin. The chance of a Palin/Newt ticket are zero.
As I have said before, there is no magical two man team we can come up with and win an election. Our country has changed dramatically, and for many resons, the Republican brand is caustic. My thoughts on the populace at this point can only be described as “decadence”, the exact thing that brought down Rome.
If people want to come out and support two names for next time, that is fine with me. But names are not going to get the Repubicans in the White House any time soon. We need to start from scratch, we need to rebuild the party, and put a real plan together for a comeback.
I was serious when I told Republican activists they are better off joining the PTA than coming up with names for the next election. Our country right now in uneducated about itself, its history, and its place in this world.
The only way Republicans will win again is if we push at the local level for real civic education, if we get conservatives in the MSM, and if we find hundreds of people who can articulate the rightness of our message over a long period of time.
If Jindal, Palin, or anyone else ran against Obama now, they would still be crushed. We are trying to put new paint on a rotten barn here. It is time to face the hard work ahead, the sooner we get started the better.
Molon Labe!
Well said Doc...n/t
Attack Mode (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:06PM EST (link)n/t
“Land of the Free and Home of da Whopper” Peter Griffin…Family Guy
conform and celebrate diversity….or else!!!
Steel-Belted Radial Right Winger
“I’ll create 5 million jobs from out of unicorn farts and pixie dust” Justatron paraphrasing Obamessiah…yes I love it that much.
Problem with Newt??
jchild314 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:16PM EST (link)For those who claim the ultimate “knowledge” about our party, who suggest starting from ‘scratch’. I tend to disagree. Starting from scratch means ‘changing’ our core beliefs. No thanks. “Rotten Barn”??? I take issue with anyone that would describe conservatives in that broad way. We have to return to candidates who put distance between the liberal way of thinking and our own. Does this start at the grassroots….You betcha….Go Sarah
obviously you have no idea
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:28PM EST (link)to what I am reffering. I would guess you are representative of a minority here. I said nothing about changing conservative beliefs. This is a war sir, if you want to charge fixed positions with cavalry, then you will get what you asked for.
Our country is weakened by intellectual weakness. Diversity has become the new religion. We are moving left while our allies are moving right. You think saying “Go Sarah” will change that? Last I checked, she lost an election just a couple weeks ago.
Yes we have much work to do, and it will not be fun. Do you want to help us?
Molon Labe!
another annoying thing here at RS
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:30PM EST (link)is when one guy says something, is refuted, and then some hanger on responds for him and does not even respond to the point. If you want to query my posts, don’t say “problem with Newt”, and then say nothing about Newt.
Molon Labe!
Small quibble Doc...
mbecker908 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:39PM EST (link)McCain lost the election. Sarah was along for the ride. In the long run, the election results should have no effect on Sarah’s political future. What will have an impact is going to be how she deals with her responsibilities as Governor of AK over the next couple of years. She’s had, apparently, a fairly easy ride because of oil prices. Now that they are down significantly, and thus AK’s revenues are down significantly, let’s see how she does.
I hope she succeeds. I don’t know if I’ll support her even if she does, but it’s certainly too soon to haul out either the anointing oil or the fire and brimstone.
I saw that to indym and if Sanford and the rest think...
JadedByPolitics (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:41PM EST (link)they can just dismiss her they will find they will be dismissed…..whether they like it or now she has a base of people on Team Sarah at 60K people right now and they anticipate 100K by the end of the year…..they chat everynight and she comes on and chats sometimes with them…..so if they think she is going away they are the fools I believe them to be…..she is a force to be reckoned with.
I will wait until 2010 to see the field BUT if these MEN continue to dismiss this fine conservative woman they will pay a heavy price and that is not being sexist it is the reality.
I hope she brings out large groups for Saxby even though I don’t particulary care for him because of his illegal immigration stance BUT it again will show that she has some say and gravitas in the NEW Republican Party (same ideas) new packaging.
She is simply a conservative who has walked her talk and that is what WE are all looking for!
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Don't believe the spin on what Newt said
Finrod (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 10:46PM EST (link)Newt said she wouldn’t be the de facto leader, i.e. she doesn’t automatically assume leadership of the Republican Party. The media twisted it into Newt saying she wasn’t a leader at all.
Let’s get down to brass tacks here. How much for the ape?
agreed Mbecker
Doc Holliday (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 11:10PM EST (link)I have nothing against Palin. If Palin is the best we have in 2012, then so be it. What I was trying to get at with the other poster is that we as a party have a lot of work to do, we have NO ONE who will win by name recognition or charisma at this point.
Our electorate has been dumbed down. They have been innundated with the idea of “change” when they really have no clue what it means. They know little of their own history and the blood spilled so they can worry more about the next American Idol than the next Secretary of State.
We conservatives have the deck stacked against us. The MSM is 90 percent lefty, college faculty are 90 percent lefty, and most people care more about what Oprah says than Thomas Sowell.
In many ways we have been weakened by our own success. America is so rich, even our poor are rich by international standards. We bail out any minority interest group in need. There is no such thing as accountability, one can act foolishly, and still be saved. Obama only offers more of this safety net, those who act foolishly need more help, while those who act properly are to be punished.
I think we are going through a societal decay we have not seen in our history. We have a nation where those who win at Jeopardy makes thousands, but those who are “Smarter than a Fifth Grader” can make a million. We have a nation where those who are productive are now disdained, and those who are not are to be protected from the evils of capitalism.
I do think the Republican party must remake itself. We have too many in our party who pander and become entrenched in Washington as same as the Demonrats. Republicans and Democrats have given freedom and free markets a bad name. And now Americans are not only not afraid of losing a war, they WANT to lose a war.
I do think this party needs a “come to Jesus” moment, and none too quick. I am not impressed by the so called changes in leadership. I see no plan to make conservatism “cool again”. All I see is weakness and stupidity.
I admit I am a bit down at this point. Maybe it is because we face clear and present dangers but have not the will of those who came before: the WW2, Civil War,and American Revolution generation.
People are losing wealth, but they are looking everywhere for answers but in the mirror. Our party needs to infiltrate society again, from academia to the media. We need to get mad and soon. We know many conservative constiuents sat on their hands in 2006, and now 2008. We gave the ground campaign to the left, we knew it was happening but did not care.
I know you personally do not like McCain. But I also know that McCain is just one man. Washington DC will see thousands of Republicans leaving town and replaced by the left, that is how presidential elections work, as you know.
I stand by my statement that we have to rebuild this party from the ground up. We do not need to change our core beliefs, we need to clarify them and throw out the chaff. We need to figure out who is the real deal and who is just another politician. Then we have to win the battle of ideas, in all possible arenas.
Our only chance of changing the course soon is to change the culture. We need to start at the local level and the national leaders will rise from that work.
Molon Labe!
We're on the same page. nt
mbecker908 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 11:28PM EST (link)Problem with Newt??
jchild314 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 11:49PM EST (link)Feel free to read ALL the posts here before stepping in your own comments. If you read way above, at the beginning of this you will find my feelings on NEWT. Very smart man, great ideas, but he seems to be blowing in the wind lately. I personally will refrain from using meaningless words like “hanger on”, means nothing to most of us. We were talking of politics, not debating one persons view.
God Bless
Go Sarah
jchild314 (Diary) Tuesday, November 25th at 11:54PM EST (link)That part didn’t bother me at all Grump. One should have to earn their position, not on past performance. 2012 will be a different stage. My problem was that he, NEWT, would list Gov’s as up and comming and NOT list her. I found that, at the least, interesting, and at the most deliberate after hearing the same list from the new RNC Chairman. Thats all.
Karate Kid/Myagi 2012
Common_Cents (Diary) Wednesday, November 26th at 12:32AM EST (link)I think Newt is capable of overcoming any objections. Newt could beat the media to the punch and deal w/ his baggage early on. Newt is too tough to be one upped by the media.
People have short memories, heck they almost nominated a Clinton w/ plenty of baggage. He’d quickly win over voters IMHO. A couple Perot type infomercials and he’d be in the hunt.
In a debate? Forget it.
Obama=Golfer in Chief, Leading from,
behind, the Back Nine.Leaders don’t create movements. Movements create leaders. Get involved. Your future depends on it.
Govt “invests” YOUR tax money for POLITICAL return rather than economic return.
This IS a war!
Grump642 (Diary) Wednesday, November 26th at 6:31PM EST (link)You are right Doc. We just lost a big battle, with many casualties. We need to rebuild, starting with foot soldiers, non-coms, and a lot of our leaders do not seem to have the stomach for the war any more. They would rather “reach across the isle” and try to be bipartisan, then fight for what they used to believe in. The Dems have no such failings.