Sarah Palin and Ron Paul Won’t Be Heading to the Altar Any Time Soon

Along with the request for Newt Gingrich’s Staff Quit – So What’s Changed? came a request for a Are Sarah Palin and Mitt Romney Getting Closer to Saying “I do” style analysis with Sarah Palin and Ron Paul. That analysis is provided here.

To recap: NextStage demonstrated the ability to determine who would partner with whom in 2004 (see Reading Virtual Minds), the question was moot in 2008 and we’re taking a look again here in 2011.

This time we’re using NextStage’s Compatibility Gauge (NSCG), a tool being used by clients to help them create online communities for testing purposes, populating work and study groups, determining who’ll be good incoming management for existing teams, etc. We’re hoping that tool will become public in a few months and are premiering it here because it’s nice to see who’ll get along with whom, don’t you think?

From the NSCG website, “This gauge indicates how compatible two things are …based on what you analyzed. Accuracy increases the more samples you test, so if you don’t like these results, send through a few more things. If the results stay low, maybe you should rethink your involvement. On the other hand, if the results improve, particularly if they improve over time, perhaps this is a match.

Final note: NSCG makes use of Rich Personae in its determinations. You can learn more about Rich Personae in The NextStage KnowledgeShop or at The NextStage PersonaScope.

How Compatible are Sarah Palin and Ron Paul today (13 June 2011, 4:32pmET)?

Ms. Palin and Representative Paul are 29.18% compatible. They won’t pick fights with each other on the playground but they definitely won’t run into each other’s arms, either.

Again we see (below) that they’ll get along intellectually but will get into a love/hate relationship emotionally that results in bad behaviors both early and down the road.

Another interesting note is that while one might assume Sarah Palin and Ron Paul would be close or on good terms based on the relative proximities of the RichPersonae, note that how their inner workings are demonstrated is what will probably keep them apart (that 29.18% mentioned earlier).

SarahPac.com (on 13 June 2011, 4:32pmET)’s RichPersona is V11, RonPaul2012.com‘s RichPersona is V10.

• Cognitive Factors
  • These two sources will understand each other on major discussion points
  • These two sources will probably get along quite well and be able to overcome any confusions with a laugh
  • These two sources will probably get along well socially and in small-talk
  • Given time, these two sources could become friends
  • Very good friends, in fact
• Emotive Factors
  • Stay back, there’s probably love in the air
  • Just give them boxing gloves and close the door
• Behavioral Factors
  • Dominance games will break out at some point in time, probably instigated by
    Ron Paul
  • It’s quite likely Sarah Palin will consider Ron Paul assertive to the point of being aggressive
  • There will be clash of wills or agendas at some point and probably early in the discussion/negotiation