Posted on 05/04/2012 2:04:50 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
She is the 12th in a series of possible Veep picks graded by CHQ Poll respondents.
We asked you: “If Mitt Romney becomes the Republican nominee, who would be his best choice as vice presidential running mate?
And we explained: “Each day we will offer you a different choice, and ask for your reaction. We are not asking you to vote for the best candidate. We are asking you to give your evaluation of each candidate. In this way we will see who is acceptable, and who is not acceptable, to conservatives and Tea Partiers.”
Here is how you responded on Sarah Palin, former Governor of Alaska:
69% Favorable. Would make me more likely to work and vote for the Republican ticket.
16% Unfavorable. Would make me less likely to work and vote for the Republican ticket.
13% Neutral. Would not change my likelihood of working and voting for the Republican ticket.
2% Undecided.
Picking Sarah would make Romney only marginably more paletable,
Picking Sarah at the brokered convention as the POTUS candidate would be the best.
After all, it worked so well the last time.
We could spend all day typing out Mitt’s bad points, however he’s not McCain. McCain was outright Doleish in his campaigning. Of course it remains to be seen if Romney is willing to fight his fellow liberals for the Presidency.
Tony J. Lee @TheTonyLee
“Sarah Palin goes to a very small segment, relatively speaking, of the Republican Party"...LOL, then why does person quoted want anonymity?
oh please, not again - stop dragging her around like a pet on a leash
...leave her alone
http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/main/2012/03/romney-holds-small-lead-nationally.html#more
She [Palin] is seen positively by Gingrich voters (85/7), Santorum supporters (80/10), and Romney ones (57/27) alike.
That’s a contrast to Romney who is disliked by both Santorum (38/48) and Gingrich (32/54) voters and..
Santorum who is disliked by Romney (38/48) voters and only seen narrowly favorably by Gingrich (46/42) backers.
Exactly his team is what did her in. She could have withstood the MSM/Democrat onslaught, but not the GOP-E assassination, which to start was Mitt’s guys’ doing.
It is a testament to her strength that she wasn’t done in by the MSM alone (she’s got more substance and populist style than Dan Quayle had) or even by the Mittkickers. Actually after the full GOP-E piled on the last three years, it’s not even clear that she couldn’t mount a comeback in the future.
But make no mistake, it was Romney’s Mittheads that pushed her out of viability for a 2012 run. They are to blame for our having two such bad choices this year.
Unfortunately, no. They did enough damage to keep her from running in an open GOP year, she almost certainly wouldn’t come back and run against her party’s incumbent.
Same here, Romney has realistically no chance on his own trying to bring in the conservative majority, if he had any brains he would grab Sarah Palin.
His odds of beating Obama will increase dramatically.
You follow your conscience, I'll follow mine. I will no longer play their game, ... nor yours.
Bachmann would be a good VP choice too.
Doesn’t matter who the VP is. If Mutt’s at the top, the ticket is a non-starter.
Despite Palin not being willing to run for the TOP spot on the ticket, some people still seem to think she’d settle for number two for two elections running.
I said some would find Romney slightly more acceptable if Palin was alongside, but speaking for myself its Sarah Palin up front dead center from a brokered convention or nothing.
Its not my judgement and its not about you. Its about the country and our childrens future.
BTW its not a game, its a matter of life and death.
Good lord. I hope the party is not that dumb.
Maybe it’s time for the GOP to die off and be replaced by the Tea Party. I’m fed up with RINOs forcing liberals down our throats.
My team lost so I'm taking my ball and calling the game over.
Spoiled brats, not conservative standard bearers, more closed minded than any left wing envirowhacko.
Mooks.
Why would she sacrifice herself for someone to the left of John McCain, who gleefully fed her to the wolves?
The thought of voting for Romney makes me seriously ill, but the alternative IS worse. Sarah would lose credibility with her conservative base, who would rather have hot bamboo shoots jammed under their fingernails than vote for Romney. Sarah wasn’t enough to save RINO Juan McCain, and might not be enough for Romney. It would make me feel better about voting for Romney, but unlike liberals, we aren’t led by feelings, but by truth. She has plenty of time to make a run.
My team lost so I’m taking my ball and calling the game over.
Spoiled brats, not conservative standard bearers, more closed minded than any left wing envirowhacko.
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Yup. Letting the perfect be the enemy of the good, so that the evil wins.
The SCOTUS choices alone of Obama would doom this country irreversibly. (Cue the lame arguments of Romney choices long ago in the most liberal state.)
That being said, I’m not convinced Palin would be a good choice.
1) She is too polarizing in that she would inflame the left. In a sports analogy, you don’t give the other team something to anger them and rally around.
2) If MR is to win, he HAS to sweep FL, NC, VA. He has to pick someone that would enhance his chances in those states.
He also to, IMO, pick someone who demographically balances the ticket.
I think his best shot will be with Allen West, Marco Rubio, or Nikki Haley, probably in that order.
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