Democrats to Palin: Thanks but no Thanks

[Happyhippychick]

Palin campaigning for Democrats? Unlikely

Gov. Sarah Palin said last weekend that she’d be willing to campaign for some Democrats when she leaves office later this month.

She may not have many takers.

Interviews with a number of the most conservative Democrats in the House and Senate induced an awkward, stare-at-your-shoes unease when the prospect of appearing with Palin was posed.

Some of the members lunged for elevators, others moved to get into meetings (or at least behind closed doors), and a few just chuckled nervously and replied in a clipped fashion that reflected an immense desire to not discuss the topic at any length.

More at
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24943.html#ixzz0LKsu32ZI&D

[MineralMan]

1. She'll get a similar reaction from many Republicans, too.

The Palin Poison Pill will be avoided by many from both sides.

[LiberalAndProud]

2. Even my own senator...

Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson, perhaps the most conservative Democrat in the upper chamber, might as well have been asked if he wanted self-proclaimed socialist Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) to bring a bit of Burlington to North Platte.


“I don’t have very many of my colleagues campaign for me,” Nelson responded quickly. “I generally have been out on my own doing it: two terms as governor, now two terms in the Senate.”


So, no Palin appearances in Cornhusker Country?


“Well, I don’t think it’s necessary,” Nelson added. “I don’t look to do that. I’ve had a very limited number of people ever campaign for me, and I’ve never seen the need to expand it.” (One of them was a young, liberal-leaning senator by the name of Barack Obama, whom he asked to come to Omaha in 2006.)

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0709/24943.html#ixzz0LLLT8wRN&D


Truly, the woman's future in politics is dim.