Blitzer asked Bachmann 5 times if Romney was disqualified re: RomneyCare and she refused to answer.

Friday June 17, 2011

[trisham]

Has Sarah Palin said Mitt Romney is disqualified from being our nominee? Would she say it if asked? Or would she call it a ‘gotcha’ question after the fact on Fox News?

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I don't know, but then I'm not a mind-reader. Are you?

[tioga]

It’s her job to win the nomination......she can knock him off and perhaps watch someone else walk off with the nomination......I say it’s her job to win the nomination on her own...with her own ideas, platform and ability to knock off Obama. Not necessarily to knock off Mitt.....I am perfectly capable of seeing through him all on my own and telling him loud and clear.......NO WAY in HELL MITT!

[magritte]

Yes. Perhaps she does not believe that’s the way to do it. If you say Romney is disqualified, she loses switching any Romney voters to herself. She may try to attract them in a positive manner instead.

[jospehm20]

Thanks for your thoughts. This is only one interview but it does kind of sound that way to me too.

[The Cajun]

She did the same thing on Fox and Friends this morning to the exact same question by Steve Ducey. Awkwardly dodged the question and didn't answer. Befuddled expression on her face.
Ain't no accident two times in the row, Mitten's VP kitten on the prowl.

[Admin Moderator]

Lose the tagline.

[Palladin]

She observes Reagan’s Eleventh Commandment.

[hinckley buzzard]

Right. This question was an obvious trap and she was smart enough to perceive that the followup would be bad news. Just a typical effort by libs to get the gop to fighting within itself.

[LuvFreeRepublic]

Ok, let me be a bit more clear. This is very concerning to me. Michelle fans are more than welcome to think otherwise.

[Brilliant]

All of them are positioning for the VP nomination. They don’t want another sound byte like Bush had in 1980: “Voodoo economics.”

[MNJohnnie]

Curious why certain Freepers, like the Democrat directed News media, are so desperate to promote fighting between the Republican candidates?

Why this rabid determination to keep ALL focus off the complete failure of the 0 regime?

[Scotsman will be Free]

She’s trying to cover both possibilities. Let’s face it. She’s a congresscritter. They don’t get nominated very often and they win even less often. She’s not stupid so she’s banking on VP. She also knows that if Palin runs, Palin will not pick a female VP.

[HiTech RedNeck]

I’m a “conditional” Bachmann fan — she hasn’t shown enough in the way of policy ideas to get as clear a reading as from Sarah Palin. This is one of the beautiful issues that Americans will need to sort out heading into 2012. Do they want a president who will be a bit cagy when someone is trying to trap him/her, or one who tweets her mind damn the torpedoes? Reagan was more on the cagy side, if I recall correctly. Just saying.

[Artemis Webb]

If this same situation happened with Palin you would be applauding her for not playing by the MSN’s rules.

[saganite]

The real hole in my supposition is can she carry Minnesota for Romney and will he need that state? If you can answer both those questions in the affirmative then I think I might be on to something.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Palin might not want a female Veep, but she’ll have a cabinet. Secretary of the treasury? There are many influential roles she can fill, just as Barack Obama and his czars have filled the Fedguv with foolishness today.

[Lakeshark]

It's seeming more and more that she is in league with the Romney camp and the GOP "moderate" wing to divide conservative votes for Mitt to walk in.

I would never have said that a week ago, I'm not entirely convinced this is so, but her non answer on a deep negative of a supposed opponent is telling and another sign that this theory is true.