First, Rove disgraced himself over the ODonnell episode. I think he’s finished.
Secondly, I often asked the same question about Palin. I have always liked her, the main reason I voted for McCain was for her sake.
But I’ve questioned if she had the “gravitas” to be president. But here’s the deal. In the aftermath of O’s election, the GOP was so demoralized I think they were ready to throw in the towel; they were jumping through hoops trying to prove to Obama that they could be good partners in government. I said then that the field was wide open; anyone who wanted to be president, even if they had a spotty past, even if their conservative credentials were a bit weak in the past, whatever the baggage, they could easily put it behind them if they were willing to fight, to get into O’s face, and fight.
I kept waiting for the heavy-weights to step forward. Romney? AWOL. Gingrich? Made a good show, but then blew it over Scozzafava. Huck? Please. The one who has consistently fought from day one to stop the O, the one who has been most bold about confronting him, the one who has been all around the country supporting GOP candidates, has been Palin.
The one who has never been embarrassed of the Tea Party Repubs is Palin. There are a couple of others, and they are all on my short list; DeMint, Bachmann, Ryan, Pence, and thats pretty much it. She has reshaped the battle-space and if she stays on the offensive these next two years I have no doubt she will be in the White House.
Gravitas? Whatever. She fights. Find me someone with gravitas who fights, and I’ll support them too. The heavies all instinctively see her as their enemy while she has always seen O as the one she had to beat. Different mentality. This is why she will be president and they won’t.
In order to retain some relevance in the today's media, and continue to sell books/columns, Rove has to continually "stir the pot". He is just another "talking head" making a buck on you and me. Not much he says carries much weight...any more.
Somehow, moderating whatever show he did way back when didn’t seem to hurt Reagan.
Come on, Rove. Do you even know who's in the Oval Office right now?
Let’s see, hmmm...Karl Rove. He’s the same guy who advised George W. Bush to support Arlen Specter instead of Pat Toomey, right? We all know how that turned out.
Our soldiers respectfully disagree with Mr. Rove.
Does Rove really think that Obama has more "gravitas"?
With that said, there's still a lot of time between now and the next Pres. election so who knows what will happen, but I think his criticism is silly.
Mr. Rove, I wish you would just be quiet. You are wrong sometimes, you know!
There is MUCH that is wrong with Rove’s propaganda, but this is, at root, a sexist comment.
Americans don’t fear that.Carl Rove fears that.
Why is he so determined to destroy conservative candidates?
Gee Karl, I don’t know. She seems to have bigger ones than all you RINOS put together. She’s taken everything that’s been thrown at her (by the left AND By the likes of you) and she just keeps getting better and stronger, and is still not only standing, but taking the fight directly to the “enemy”.
If that’s not gravitas, I don’t know what is.
And apparently Karl, you don’t know what gravitas is to begin with.
... No major figure in the party has yet to come out in support of Mrs Palin, including Mr McCain, who refused to endorse her yesterday.
... She could face further attacks from within the party's hierarchy in the coming months as the competition for the nomination heats up.
Well, those "major figures in the party" and "within the party's hierachy" have surely been keeping a low profile for the past two years.
Can't wait to see which ones stick their heads out first to claim credit for getting all these new conservatives elected.
As of today, he is absolutely correct. (He was 100% correct about O’Donnell — although he should have shut his mouth — she has been a disaster and will get trounced next Tuesday.)
Palin may be adored by a large block of Republicans, but some Republicans don’t like her, and she does not appeal to enough independents. One can call the disapproving Republicans RINOs, but it doesn’t change the high likelihood that she isn’t electable today. The Republican ticket needs the RINO vote to win the election...it also needs the independent vote.
Those feelings can change...I vividly remember when establishment Republicans scoffed at the idea of a Hollywood actor — B-rated at that — should ever be president...that was even true in 1980...sort of the George H. W. Bush voters in that primary season.
Sarah hurt her standing in the broad middle of the electorate — although not among the conservative/tea party wing of the party — by resigning the governership. I know there were reasons — MoveOn and Soros were on a personal mission to bankrupt her with daily false accusations — but nevertheless it painted a picture of a ‘quiter’ in some people’s minds. It also deprived her of experience on her resume.
I firmly believe that a HUGE (or make that HUGH) issue in the 2012 election will be experience. The country elected a person who’s never done anything or run anything, and we’re paying dearly as a consequence. The country will want to turn things over to an executive with proven leadership abilities, and 2 years as a mayor and an aborted term as governor present a weak resume.
Sarah would be in much better position if she runs for elected office again — too bad she didn’t run for Senate this year — and build up her experience. She’d be much more marketable to the general population. She’s young and she has the time.
Karl’s definition of courage is disparaging conservative women who can kick his @ass...
If there was ever any doubt this election is about RINOs vs. the Tea Party, it is now completely gone.
She's not 71 and hasn't been in the top tiers of the party for the last 30 years. Hence, she's not qualified, since after all the Republican party works on seniority sort of like a Union.
That's why they get awesome candidates like Dole, McCain........... they paid their dues, hence they have “gravitas.”/sarc
Yeah, compared to the “gravitas” of Zero: “I’m going home to scoop the poop.”
RINO Rove is an idiot.
By Alex Spillius (again) - in between the journ0list’s opinion and ROVE’s few quotes, ROVE has finally come out of his RINO CLOSET to “talk about” Sarah Palin!
PLEASE SAY THE SAME ON FOX NEWS CHANNEL!