Palin vs. Romney: It's the Statism, Stupid

Texas for Sarah Palin ^ | Monday, February 22, 2010 at 11:05 AM CST | Josh Painter

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[Mengerian]

I want a Todd Palin vs. Mitt Romney arm-wrestling match. Like the Stallone movie, “Over The Top.”

[Lakeshark]

It's possible Sarah wouldn't need Todd.........

:-)

[Reagan Man]

If the choice boils down to a Rockefeller Republican like Romney or a more traditionalist-conservative like Palin, I'll take the latter.

Romney's liberal past and unprincipled nature hangs around his neck like an albatross. There is no upside to a Willard candidacy in 2012.

[Mengerian]

True. Sarah would dominate Romney in arm-wrestling, or anything else for that matter.

(Although the ever-seedy Mitt Romney might actually like that in some strange, kinky way.)

[Venturer]

Romney can say anything he likes , this is one Republican who refuses to vote for him.

[999replies]

Susan Page highlighted the contrasts between Romney, the choice of the Republican establishment, and Sarah Palin, favored by conservatives and anti-Washington activists such as those found in the Tea Party movement:

Didn't Romney get 3x more votes than Palin at CPAC, a conservative gathering? Not only did the CPAC people pick two losers (Ron Paul and Romney), but Palin was an afterthought. I know some people love Palin, but her lack of support is eliminating her frontrunner chances.

[bwc2221]

Since Sarah wasn't going to win the CPAC straw vote (RINO junior elitists and Paulists are not her constituency), I am glad Ron Paul won rather than Mittens. While we may not always agree with Paul, at least he stands for something other than himself.

Mitt Romney is a RINO’s ultimate wet dream.

[bwc2221]

I question how conservative CPAC is any more.

[FutureRocketMan]

even if it’s between he and Obama?

[Diogenesis]

Romney deserves the loyalty he gave Gov. Palin -- NONE.

[Josh Painter]

Nice try, but 75% of CPAC attendees didn’t even bother to vote in the straw poll, perhaps because of the Ronulan kids who showed up just to dominate the poll for their guy.

The straw poll is not scientific; the public opinion polls conducted by Rasmussen, etc. are. Mitt’s narrow lead in the Gallup poll was less than the survey’s margin of error, which means it was a statistical tie between Palin and Romney.

CPAC becomes more establishment Republican every year, despite the barnburner speeches by Rubio and Glenn Beck.

- JP

[DannyTN]

"Romney can say anything he likes , this is one Republican who refuses to vote for him."

I'm another who won't vote for him, regardless of what he says.

"Economy, Security and family" are not much better than "hope change and unity", until you come up with some specific plans to get out of the way and/or help each.

[999replies]

Nice try, but..

I wasn't trying anything. My point was if she cannot garner a substantial amount of support at CPAC, then she might not be the dynamic candidate that some people are making her out to be. Since it wasn't scientific, then perhaps she should have gotten even more votes. I question how 'conservative' CPAC is too. What a strange poll result

[999replies]

I question how conservative CPAC is any more.

You might have something there. I think I heard that if you paid for a sponsorship, you also got podium time. That is wrong.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Obama will not run, and Romney won’t either.

[Dead Corpse]

Given a choice between a gun grabber and a gun grabber, I’ll write in someone else.

[Dead Corpse]

Depends on who is chasing them.

[stephenjohnbanker]

RUH ROH...................