Romney would have lost by another 3-4 points if he had done so.
You have no concept how much Palin is despised out in swing-state land. I was talking to a guy a work yesterday - he's a nuclear physicist, in Virginia, voted Republican for President in every election since Reagan, with ONE exception - voted Obama in 2008 because McCain "picked that nut Palin" for VP.
Palin actually helped the ticket. From the time she came on the ticket until McCain suspended campaigning to go back to DC and vote for the bailouts, they were leading.
Both McCain and Romney were “moderates” (i.e., liberal RINOs.) And both got swamped. We need a good solid conservative who isn’t afraid to stand up to the Democrats.
And people hated the MSM’s definition of Palin. Again, you are correct. This election has nothing to do with your “”like””. It's all about how credibly you can position your offer.
Hispanics - Amnesty!
Blacks - Blacks and free stuff!
Women - Abortion!
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Besides black, Palin is the only one who can break the main base of Obama, especially if she was allowed to be given a high profile against Obama.
Let Obama hammered a Palin. All conservative women including the conservative democrats of PA will rally behind a battered woman!
As for other free stuff? Have you heard about Palin’s strategy of using the Government share from Oil finds in AK as the direct voucher to the AK people in accordance with their state laws, instead of using the same as funds to other inutil programs of the State?
As for Uterus Palin who didn't abort her son? THIS IS THE BIGGEST FAILURE OF ROMNEY AND THE GANG. Many of your approach here on GOPE’s primary-favorite Akin and Mourdoch’s gaffes are wrong.
Almost all of you, the so-called Pro-life Conservatives, don't even know how to defend your stance. Romney, Ryan and the 2 clowns senator wannabes also failed to explain their Pro-life positions. But the worst is the R&R ticket. Their strategy was to condemn GOPE’s own clowns instead of supporting them. The Dems already have the 40-45% of the women. But you still need to get the votes of the next 20% women not really voting Republicans because of their vajayjay. By not defending Akin and Murdouch, Romney accepted the fate of his team. But what did Romney lose? The socially-conservative democrats of PA and many parts of the swing states. Why? Because Romney just followed the MSM meme about Akin and Mourdouch without fighting back. Pro-lifers are still part of his base, which is the point of the above article. He must have a moral ascendancy of defending most loyal constituents. But to GOP/E wisemen, the strategy is to lie to the people instead of helping the expansion/promotion of the base. What did Romney do? He categorically promised that he would not sign any Anti-Abortion Law? Lame! Who would want that kind of law anyway? But wait! How do you get some votes from the seemingly solid women for Obama. Re-frame Rachel Maddow's attack by making the following points as viral as possible! (and there are many more examples!)
a) UNFPA Funds of Obama Administration funding the 9-month old babies being burned to death in China.
b) Women must have rights to sue abortionists for physical, mental, and psychological harm done to them.
If you can't defend the moral side of pro-abortion for risk of being labelled as Christian loon, at least defend the health aspects of the abortion and rape. In pro-life stance, you don't have to preach. You must show true mercy and care. Even women who went 100 times for abortion would have reconsider the above ideas. Instead of turning the tide in his favor, Romney and the GOP/E followed the MSM narratives on abortion. And how you treated your base? You maligned Palin, a representation of many ordinary conservative republicans, your base. THUS, YOU SEVERELY LOST THE WOMENS VOTE.
In addition, one (1) senate seat could have been saved by GOP/E. Replace Akin by runner-up, a woman candidate. But since Steelman was a Palin pick, that was ruled out.
We won 2010 by not sitting but by fighting. Gosh! You all forgot the passion of winning without fighting with your the easily electable candidate called flip-flopping Romney. Wow! By seeing how good-looking and methodological Romney was, you all forgot your winning lesson in 2010 Election. FIGHTING LIBERALISM IS THE ONLY WAY TO WIN. NOT PANDERING TO THEM AND HAVING A NICEY CHATS WITH THE MSM! GOP even won Wisconsin governorshi in 2010 and Walker even survived recall but funny, VP Ryan was so insignificant in WI. Of course, many of you and all the pundits have discredited Palin for Walker's win in 2010. You've all become revisionists of history, just like the liberals.
Ironically, Palin has an arsenal to become appealing to people if they only knew the truth about Palin.
Free Stuff you say? Let's admit it. Some of us need them too. We have become bought the Rich Republican meme of Bushites. Some of us could be really deserving of some assistance from the Government. But we need money right. SO USE YOUR IMAGINATION WHERE TO GET THE MONEY BESIDES INCOME TAX. Well SARAH PALIN has some controversial ideas that GOP/E especially the AK crony GOP disliked so much: Generate government share in oil and gas exploration and use the same to the people. Hey, guys. Socialism? NOPE. The money is yours. Not from the rich. From the share of the state. And it works well for the actual and original definition of the Republicanism, i.e., Government works for the people not the other way around.
Related to the above, saying that developing oil and gas resources inside America will yield job is not politically savvy anymore. Think something new. Fire old-time strategists of DC and make a concrete dialogue to the people on how to solve economic and social issues. And don't start with your convention platform document whatsoever.
Hispanics you say? We have so many Hispanic women leaders because of TP/Grizzly Mamas/Palin collaboration in 2010. The ones you are worshipping now are fruits of Palin’s labor. She paid that in the last couple of year when some of GOPE remained silent while MSM was accusing Palin as a murderer!
Hispanics are social conservatives. Hardworking Palin, with sufficient machinery to re-introduce herself to Hispanics would win even NM.
What about Obama’s immigration amnesty? You have to make tradeoffs and decide. But definitely, the usual anti-populist NO-TO-AMNESTY/PROTECT-THE-BOARDER as the non-alternative to Obamás offer will yield the same results as Romney's SILENCE TO THE ISSUE! There is the reason for your loss.
GOP ACTUALLY NEEDS A POPULIST CONSERVATIVE ... NOT A LIBERTARIAN CONSERVATIVE (admit it, the libertarians are locked up to their small party!)
Stop the unhealthy discrimination during the convention. That's not the essence of convening.
He can have degrees up the butt, the man is dumb as sh*t and has psychological problems. Nothing that obamacare won't cure./s Anyone who thought a commie is better for America than a known conservative Patriot deserves what he is in store for. He was thinking about himself, not AMERICA! Seems a lot are now going to reap what they sowed. He's just someone who is in 'learn the hard way column' with the rest of the aholes.
Exactamundo!
You're confusing a symptom with the problem. The media and their allies did a hatchet job on Romney worse than on Palin. We had wall-to-wall ads paid for by planned parenthood (your tax dollars at work) of women moaning about how evil and untrustworthy Romney is. Any kind of conservatism will be attacked no matter what who delivers the message or how. The problem is not the persons we nominate, the problem is the enemy using our tax money to attack us.
You were’nt talking to a conservative.You got played.