CNN: Sarah Palin Turned Down Invitation to Appear in Tonight’s Tea Party Debate
Posted on | September 12, 2011 | 33 Comments
TAMPA, Fla.
Didn’t expect to get actual news during the media walk-through of the debate hall here at the Florida State Fair, but CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Geist disclosed to reporters that Sarah Palin had been invited to participate in tonight’s event sponsored by the Tea Party Express.
Palin ranks third in the latest CNN poll:
Rick Perry …….. 30%
Mitt Romney ……. 18%
Sarah Palin ……. 15%
Ron Paul ………. 12%
Herman Cain …….. 5%
Newt Gingrich …… 5%
Michele Bachmann … 4%
Jon Huntsman ……. 2%
Rick Santorum 2%
UPDATE: A couple of photos from the walk-through:
I gotta run: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is about to hold a press conference.
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September 12th, 2011 @ 7:59 pm
My, my, my – they set the qualification limit at 2% in national polls, a level Huntsman achieved only once before in the last six weeks, and wonder of wonders, there’s good ol’ Jon sporting a whopping 2% in the new CNN poll. How VERY convenient!
The truth is, any poll finding less than the margin of error could be nothing but statistical noise, there is no “support” at such levels that any respectable statistician or pollster would term as such. But if you are desperate to promote a candidate . . .
One more reason the old media should have NO role in setting the rules for GOP nomination contest debates. They are the enemy, they are a player in the greater contest – on the other side.
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:10 pm
Two #NFL games vs #GOP debate? Are you ready for some FOOTBALL?
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:11 pm
SHE IS NOT RUNNING
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:13 pm
No need to shout.
But I think you’re wrong …
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:21 pm
To what extent are the Ron Paul votes transferrable to the eventual GOP nominee? To what extent are Paul supporters counted as likely voters?
To oversimplify: if CNN is currently polling Paul at 12-percent of the GOP vote, and approximately 43-percent of voters are Republicans, then 12-percent of 43-percent is roughly five percent.
If Paul runs as an independent, he could be problem; but it might also be worrisome if his supporters – who’ve been described as cult-like – sit out the general election.
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:28 pm
she’ s running and she will be the next president!!
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:34 pm
I’m going to keep repeating this until someone else takes up the hue and cry…The format of the Palmetto Freedom Forum is the way to go. The candidates are sequestered and come out one at a time to receive the same questions asked of their opponents. Plus, there were three Conservative panelists asking the questions.
I’m just sayin’.
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:35 pm
A bit of a SNAFU there at the last. Script malfunction? 😉
September 12th, 2011 @ 4:42 pm
[…] But the former Alaska Governor passed turned them down. Didn’t expect to get actual news during the media walk-through of the debate hall here at the Florida State Fair, but CNN Washington bureau chief Sam Geist disclosed to reporters that Sarah Palin had been invited to participate in tonight’s event sponsored by the Tea Party Express. […]
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:43 pm
NFL game = 60 percent commercial breaks.
In addition, although the individual players have never been more athletic (and, in theory, skilled), the teams are all equally mediocre, which is great for selling season tickets to the diehard fans of one specific team, but less interesting for fans who love football more generally.
If you don’t have money on a game, watching the NFL can be tiresome – like watching competitive coin tossing.
That’s why I watch copious amounts of college football games.
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:43 pm
That’s why I’d like to see the raw #s. There’s plenty room to add an extra column. Just curious what “rounding” up rule is that they employ.
September 12th, 2011 @ 8:50 pm
Stacy says: “I gotta run: Debbie Wasserman-Schultz is about to hold a press conference.”</i.
Does he have to run to the Wassermantoilette?
September 12th, 2011 @ 9:04 pm
As Larry O’Connor stated earlier, a tea party debate moderated by Wolf Blitzer, isn’t really a tea party debate.
tD
September 12th, 2011 @ 9:25 pm
Maybe because she’s not officially in the race, she declined the invitation.
September 12th, 2011 @ 10:07 pm
They sit out the election anyway. Do you think they voted for McCain? A small percent maybe, but most of Paul’s supporters would probably vote Libertarian, or some other third party. Frankly, I seriously doubt he would have an impact if he did run as an independent. He would probably draw as many of the anarchist Trotskyists who might ordinarily vote Democrat as he would from the ranks of actual Republican voters.
September 12th, 2011 @ 10:08 pm
Not unless somebody hauled his ass up on stage and dunked him in a boiling vat of it.
September 12th, 2011 @ 10:12 pm
How reliable is this CNN poll? Anybody want to speculate as to that? My feelings are, if this poll is accurate, Palin has got the nomination sewed up if she runs. Perry’s numbers would be halved, and Bachman and Cain might as well say nightey-nite. I can’t see her polling less than 34% if she was to declare right now. We’re ready for her. What worries me is, what trap was CNN hoping to lay for her, and how. That is a strange request for them to make.
September 12th, 2011 @ 10:20 pm
If it’s in all caps it must be true.
September 12th, 2011 @ 10:22 pm
Palin gets a cost effective seat at the demolition derby.
September 12th, 2011 @ 6:34 pm
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September 12th, 2011 @ 10:54 pm
I’m sure she eyeballed those steely saw-teeth from several states away.
Obviously a trap set for Sarah would have to be a bear trap.
September 12th, 2011 @ 11:05 pm
You are right!!! Sarah Palin’s strategy is taken from Sun Tzu’s ART OF WAR!! Wait and wait patiently under the target is one clear shot. Let your enemies fight among each other until they are being vetted. Clinton was wise to announce his bid till November, and he became the president.
September 12th, 2011 @ 11:07 pm
Forget Ron Paul and the rest of the lower fields. Concentrate on upper field. Sarah Palin has not announced yet, but she is always on top 3. Sarah Palin is the Secretariat of this GOP2012 horse competition!! I can bet my one year salary on this. Game on!
September 12th, 2011 @ 11:11 pm
Have faith in God and in Sarah Palin. She has the ability to unite the republicans, democrats and independents, just like in the good old days when she won the Alaska governorship. I used to be a Romney supporter, but because of her speech at Indianola and NH, I am leaning towards Sarah Palin. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH WITH CRONY CAPITALISM FROM WITHIN GOP AND DNC ESTABLISHMENT!
September 12th, 2011 @ 11:29 pm
It would be ungenerous for Palin to run against Bachmann, unless Bachmann falls down to the 2% range. Better to let Bachmann continue to fade while the boys pick on Perry before entering the race. Palin is not interested in third place, or second, only in finishing first.
September 13th, 2011 @ 1:44 am
I miss palin
September 13th, 2011 @ 3:14 am
She hasn’t left yet.
September 13th, 2011 @ 3:16 am
Crony capitalism should be one of THE issues of this campaign.
September 13th, 2011 @ 9:40 am
He did a good job of it, however, leopards don’t change their spots.
It’s been war-gamed to death & since Palin didn’t jump in, Wolf was to play it even handed so as earn some “fair & balanced” cred in the general.
That way, the GOP nom walks into a debate, obliviously trusting.As always, I smell a rat. It’s presidential politics.tD
September 13th, 2011 @ 9:44 am
I think Clinton was in October & Reagan was November, but don’t quote me on that.
September 13th, 2011 @ 10:02 am
that is correct.
September 13th, 2011 @ 10:06 am
I was fairly sure Gov. Palin was running but after she laid out a 5 point plan at the Iowa Tea Party on what she would do to get the economy rolling, I was convinced. The woman knows strategy. She’s letting the others kick each other in the shins. The woman polls 3rd without even announcing. She’s always very classy when asked questions about the other GOP candidates. And in speeches, she never criticizes them by naming them or singling them out. The crony capitalism and pay for play she talked about was a home run. She did it in Alaska, she’ll do it in the WH.
September 13th, 2011 @ 9:34 pm
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