Posted on 04/15/2010 8:35:19 AM PDT by Publius772000
After his straw poll win at the SRLC, Mitt Romney appears poised to take his shot at buying a much more important vote.
The Boston Herald reported the possible merger in an article titled, "Mitt Romney-Sarah Palin in 2012? You betcha!" According to the story, Republican strategists were "licking their chops" at the prospect of such a telegenic duo running against Barack Obama.
Truly, the ticket would be intriguing to some GOP voters.
“They both have a lot they can offer a campaign,” said Douglas Lorenz, a California-based GOP consultant. “Romney has the experience as a governor and experience as a candidate for president, and when you combine that with Sarah Palin’s ability to get people motivated, that could definitely be a formidable ticket.”
Unfortunately, it is Romney's experience as governor and his experience as a candidate that would make him a poor choice. Romney's signature achievement as governor of Massachusetts was to sign into law a health care reform bill for that state that has since been a complete fiscal disaster. The costs have snowballed, the insurance companies--non-profit insurance companies--have had price controls imposed on them by the state, and care is suffering.
The former governor has tried to justify his support of the plan in much the same way that more moderate Democrats are now justifying their support of Obamacare: something had to be done. And when Obamacare balloons in "unexpected" costs and the government adds and tweaks the plan to point us to a single-payer system, those moderates will undoubtedly use Romney's excuses as well, such as, "The bill I voted for didn't call for all this. It was added on later..."
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LOL! I agree. I don't think she really had to say anything about this. I have been very uneasy with what seems to be her reconciliation with the RINO wing. Actually, Romney goes beyond RINO - he's in the Dem wing. A slick statist who loves power.
Best way to ensure an Obama victory next election ....
What could possibly go wrong with this thread?
She’s going to have fewer supporters if she keeps saying things like this!
“Sounds pretty good,” Palin declared at yesterday’s Tea Party Express rally on the Common when asked about pairing up with the former Bay State governor - giving the idea a big thumbs-up as she left the stage after her headline speech.So, it is clear Palin was serious about a Palin/Romney ticket, and that she has a lot of respect for Romney (unless you are one of those weird Palin supporters who believes she is a liar).Last night, as Palin stopped for cannoli at Mike’s Pastry in the North End, she said she was “serious” about the idea.
“I have a lot of respect for Mitt,” she told the Herald.
Asked who would be on top of the ticket, Palin roared, “Ha! I haven’t even thought that far ahead yet.”
But she did NOT say she would be Romney's VP
Maybe not a commie, exactly, but the (MA) government takeover of healthcare didn’t bother him at all. That means he had no internal principle that reacted to the loss of freedom under such a bill, no instinctive love for freedom. If he really was the conservative he wants us all to believe he is, the underlying premise of Romneycare should have bothered him greatly. He’s faking it to get the win. I don’t trust him.
I wouldn’t vote for any such ticket, unless of course they win the Rep nomination. Wouldn’t mind seeing Sarah on the ticket, but NOT with Romney and NOT as the Presidential candidate - VP only.
No.
No thanks. Even if Palin were on top—where she belongs—I’d be worried something might happen to her and we’d have Juan McCain the Younger in the office!
This is meaningless.
Romney is a poison pill.
“Destructo Obama is better than stealth liberal Romney.”
You’ve GOT to be kidding, right? Obama is no socialist, he’s a communist. He’s only pushing socialism because he knows that’s as far as he can get...for now.
Palin/Christie sounds one hell of a lot better!!
Romney is SATAN. (here we go again, FR will go gaga over the new Fred Thompson and the new McCain will win the primary and lose in the fall)
Romney’s Massachusetts experiment makes him one of the worst possible people to take the fight to Obama. What we need is a contrast, not a blurring of the lines.
A Palin/Romney ticket might be.
How about Michele Bachmann? That would be interesting! An all-woman ticket! And Conservative women at that. That would drive the Liberals crazy.
She’s just being polite.
No way would she team up with Romney.
Better choices, me thinks.
I don't care what anybody says now. Palin is going to SMOKE all comers for the nom when the time comes. You wait and see.
Romney doesn’t have the backbone to put the Constitution above politics and expedience.
I don’t think Romney would make a good VP.
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