>>> I believe she would have won the nomination.
Not a chance.
By 72 percent to 24 percent, Republicans and Republican-leaning independents do not want Palin to run for president in 2012. Even among tea party supporters - a group that likes Palin - 68 percent do not want her to run.
http://www.miamiherald.com/2011/09/20/v-fullstory/2417008/poll-finds-obama-losing-ground.html
It is a formality now. It is not really worth debating. I will always until the day I die believe that most of those polls were media generated bullshit that would not have carried over to the ballot box if she entered the race.
So Romney and his minions are still afraid of her? Or is it just a reflex action?