Potential Palin Rival: "Let Her Be The Sacrificial Lamb For 2012"

[mollymongold]

A strategist for a rival potential presidential rival e-mails to express amusement with Gov. Sarah Palin's come one, come all PR strategy:

"Fine with us. Let her be the sacrificial lamb for 2012."

Which means: a lot of the folks who you'd think are angling to run in 2012 are certainly preparing to do so, but they're looking to and thinking about 2016....

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/11/14/potential-palin-rival-let_n_143829.html

[Thrill]

1. My guess is they will have a tough time finding someone to run against Obama

[AlCzervik]

2. That smells like Romney.

[bluestateguy]

3. Obama will raise over 1 billion for 2012.

Maybe 2 billion. He will get an early start on fundraising right after the 2010 midterms, while the Republic candidates duke it out.

We're going for a 49 state wipeout next time.

[mollymongold]

4. How do u figure he will raise so much? Do incumbent Presidents usually raise that much? nt

[bluestateguy]

5. He raised over 600 million this time

Incumbents can always raise more because they are, well, incumbents.

He'll be able to get an early start, and big donors love to give to the incumbent president (even if they don't plan to vote for him). The Obama campaign's donor list of 3 million plus donors is not going away and it will be tapped into early and often to raise money.

Obama is the all time champion fundraiser who should not be underestimated.

[JVS]

6. Huckabee has a good chance in 2012.