Palin's scheme

It's political reporting like this, from the NY Times ... 

[Palin] aides have quietly pushed back against the conventional wisdom that she was considering endorsing Gov. Rick Perry of Texas,

or this, from Politico ...

In what could be seen subtly contrasting herself against the announced candidates in the Republican field — especially Texas Gov. Rick Perry and Rep. Michele Bachmann ... — she slung an attack at the Republican candidates who raise mammoth amounts of cash,"

that lends credence to the theory of parallel universes.

Palin aides are "quietly [pushing] back" the idea of endorsing Perry? -- and her speech "could be seen" as a subtle contrast with the guy? Are these some sort of sick, inside jokes? Or just otherworldly?

Although with characteristic scorn she uttered his name frequently, Palin wasn't attacking Obama. From beginning to end of her schoolyard screed she was attacking Perry. (One may dismiss Politico's reference to Bachmann, who's toast, and who knows it, as does Palin). Her slanders of "Obama" were only those against a proxy. Hell, Palin wants Obama to win reelection, so she can go on collecting Fox paychecks as an opposition "analyst" and pretend to be leading said opposition.

Ideal for Palin would be a Romney nomination. With both Perry and Bachmann humiliated in the primaries, Palin -- in 2013, still standing unscorched -- would be in a far better position to hoist a formalized Tea Party's standard in a 2014 midterm charge, to be followed by an equally disastrous, third-party Palin run at the White House.

All of which, says my and Jon Huntsman's crystal ball, will sober up the GOP establishment, drag it back to the center-right, and leave the former ambassador sitting pretty. The Tea Partiers will be no more; they will have vaporized in the ephemeral nothingness of third-party oblivion.

Comments

[Mark Tyson]

I'm not even sure she'd wait. If Romney is the nominee, I think Palin will toss in her hat for 2012 as the Tea Party candidate. All the oxygen gets sucked out of the room until Nov 4th, it being All Sarah, All the Time in the news. No one expects her to win so she won't be hurt when Obama romps to victory, but she nearly splits the conservative vote with Romney, instantly propelling her to frontrunner status for the next 4 years.

[You Don't Say]

Polls show Palin losing support at a rapid clip. Who's gonna vote for her?

[Robert lipscomb]

While I understand all third-party movement are eventually doomed, I am so so confident of PM's projected timeline.

This has considerable discussions of terms and concepts such as consertive, progressive, liberal and so forth. There is another social dichotomy that is rarely discussed anywhere. It is the duality of human nature in individuality versus community.

Some might argue that this first came to the fore during the New Deal, but it goes back to the very beginning of Jeffersonian democracy. That philosophy made individualism a fetish to the point of an antisocial psychosis that remains with us today.

Many of the left(socialists?)seize on bigoted manifestations because because it is so easy to identify and understand. People are somewhat hardwired to not like or trust those different from themselves - race, religion and so on - which is the substance forming "clans".

I submit that the Tea Party is primparily comprised of people suffering from varying levels of antisocial dysfunction. One of my friends is a well educated Tea Partier who continually makes te case that one day that Tea Partiers can just as easily be Democrats as Republicans. I suspect he is on to something.

While they might feel most at home in the Libertarian wing of the GOP, they really do not trust or like the GOP any more than we do. These are people who never feel comfortable in any organization. Which leads to PM's underlying premise that they destined to splinter and fall apart.

People should not fool themselves about Corporate Republicans. They love big government because they control it and manipulate it to their own ends.

Contrary to PM's thesis, i doubt that Perry, Bachman, Palin or anyone can ride this tiger. Nor do I think it is going away any time soon. Geez third parties have been substantial and significant in national politics beginning with the 1980 elections.

So, I think they have been and will continue to be an ifluence for some time, either by aligning with one party and being active in (and distorting)it or by withdrawing itself (and its votes) from it.

If I am correct, the GOP is in a quandry. Is basic governing principles have been rejected by tradiitional voters of both stripes. So, they are ccobbling together an obscene coalition usually seen in mddeastern parliments. If te GOP lets them go, they become a minority party for a while. if they hold on to the TP they might become a majority party for a short while, but one that is controlled by antisocial psychotic urges.

Apologies for being long-winded.

[priscianusjr]

That's pretty much how I see it.