Neither one of them will be the nominee.
You just do not pop your head up in 2011 and expect to get the nomination. there really is no such thing as a dark horse esp in the GOP. Now the dems are more willing to give no names a shot. Mostly because the known names are already outed as marxists/socialists by the time they get to national politics.
the GOP voter just does not do hail Marys very often. name one person that got the GOP nod in the last 60 years that was a dark horse and came for nowhere? (Ike, Nixon, ford, Reagan, bush, dole, bush 2, McCain all were front runners and nationally known prior to running for the nomination) Dark horses just do not happen in the GOP.
Of course there is always a first time for something but I doubt 2012 will be that first time.
“Neither one of them(Palin nor Romney) will be the nominee.”
I don’t think you fully understand the advantages they have and the huge wall the others have to climb.
It reminds me of the movie, “dumb and dumber”...
“What are my chances”?
“one in a million”
“Yes. You’re tell’n me there’s a chance”
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It will be Romney or Palin...bank on it.