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Gov. Sarah Palin, who did not see eye to eye with John McCain or his campaign strategist Steve Schmidt during the 2008 election campaign, looks forward to 2012, when she expects to be the GOP's presidential candidate.

Palin Plans for 2012: Delivers Rousing Speech to Supporters, Attacks Obama

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The Scene: Yet another soulless room in a small town, this time Cape Girardeau, Missouri (birthplace of Rush Limbaugh). Sarah Palin is seated at a plastic, foldaway table sipping a bottle of water; it's an hour or so until she goes on stage to deliver the same stump speech she's given dozens of times before. Even she is bored with it.

Back in August and September, the McCain-Palin campaign was on a high. Now, with just a week to election day, defeat is staring Palin in the face. She and her closest advisors, Tucker Eskew and Tracey Shmitt, are working on her official concession speech. 

But there are also ideas for an unofficial thank-you speech.  She jokes about this with Eskew and Schmitt while makeup artist Amy Strozzi buzzes in the background. There's an underlying seriousness to the conversation.

"Tuck," she says, "there's so much I can't say in this concession speech, it's like, y'know, I gotta be gracious to people I don't like, I gotta thank a bunch of losers who deserve no thanks, I gotta congratulate Nobama and I don't wanna do it. He didn't fight fair." [continues below]

Palin in tears

Sarah Palin speaks privately to her closest supporters, including Bill Bristol, Tucker Eskew, Sean Hannity, Tito the Builder, and Joe the Plumber. She looks forward to 2012, when she expects to be the Republican Party candidate in the presidential election.

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"I know, I know it sucks," says Eskew. "This could have been real close but Bulldog [Steve Schmidt, McCain campaign coordinator] screwed us over. He thought it was Bush-Kerry all over again. Obama is not John Kerry."

"Right," says Palin, "What was all that about, keeping me quiet those first weeks, like I didn't know what I wanted to say? Just made me look stupid. We all know that experience wasn't my strong point. We didn't need to hide the fact. Mavericks aren't supposed to know all that insider stuff. I'm so furious."

Tracy Schmitt interjects, "There're rules that have to be obeyed in any campaign, Sarah, you know that. We knew you had the skills to lead from day one, but Bulldog wanted to protect you, make sure the MSM didn't go after you."

"Man, I wanted that fight," says Palin. "Most of America hates the liberal media. I needed to take 'em on, expose their agenda and bias, expose Couric and her friends to the American people. There was, like, one rule for Nobama and another for me. They trashed my God, my kids, my outfits, my knowledge of the issues ... that Couric witch, man, if I ever get my hands on her... If they think I'm gonna run back to Wasilla with my tail between my legs, they got another thing coming. America loves me, Americans love Sarah Palin." [continues below]

Palin thanks her closest supporters, tells them she will fight again in four years.

"Yes they do," says Eskew, " so ... big picture ... we gotta work on this speech, get the tone right. You gotta thank John for the privilege of picking you blah, blah, blah, you gotta thank your supporters yada yada, you gotta shout 

out to small town America, you gotta -- I know you don't want to -- but you gotta thank Obama and Biden for a good campaign. Then you gotta look forward, say how you'll always be ready to serve, kinda look forward to 2012 and beyond, like you're the future of the party... we gotta forget Bush, John, Romney all those old guys, put them behind us. We gotta focus on the future now, Sarah."

"That's right. I am the future of this party," says Palin, "but know what,  I'd like a private gathering, an unofficial speech to all you guys, the team, a zinger, you know, all the guys that helped me, Rush, Billy [Kristol], Seanie [Hannity], Hughie [Hugh Hewitt], Dobson, no forget Dobson, he tried to lecture me about Bristol... We need Tito [the builder], Joe [the plumber], those guys we met in Philly, the guys in Colorado, those military dudes, get 'em all together, we'll give 'em the real speech, know what I mean?"

"Brilliant idea, Sarah," says Schmitt. "I'll get started right away." 

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