Don’t feel like the Lone Ranger. I’ve been trying to figure out how we got Mitt when it was clear that nobody wanted him, nobody knows what he stands for (if anything) and nobody knows what he will do if he’s elected — but it won’t be anything Conservatives want him to do... That much is a pretty safe bet.
And, you know what? I finally decided I liked it. A “Hail Sarah Pass?” Why not? Beats anything else we have showing right now.
Now, I was one of those most bitterly disappointed when Sarah decided not to run. Especially after her cutsie-cutsie, now-you-see-me-now-you-don’t, maybe-I-will-maybe-I-won’t bus tour. But what if this is/has been her plan all along?
Would it really have been a bad thing for her to decide not to subject herself to the bruising, grueling primary campaigns, knowing that at every opportunity not only would Liberal knives be pointed at her back, but that people who would normally be her supporters would find themselves in opposition to her due to prior commitments to other candidates in competition?
I’ll give her a pass on that. She’s endured enough media scrutiny already, and by aiming to become the eventual Vice Presidential nominee she’d be choosing a job she is confident she is ready for and would do well.
But what would a Sarah presence on the ticket actually mean?
Well for one thing, I can think of no one better than Sarah for making damn sure Mittens did not neglect Conservative values in his policies, and who would be damn willing to remind him of them if he gets too far out of line – in person, in full detail, loudly.
Can’t you just imagine an angry Sarah having a “discussion” with Romney in the Oval Office? “No, Mr. President, that position does not reflect the values we were elected to represent, and you and I will hold to those values.”
Maybe I just have a warped sense of humor, but I can’t see Mitt getting the best of Sarah in such a situation. She’d be his schoolmarm, and he’d know it. And don’t tell me he’d just ignore her in the way Vice Presidents are often shoved aside. Sarah wouldn’t stand for it.
The first time he tried to duck her on an issue, she’d march right down the hall, into the Oval Office and get right in his face. If you were a Secret Service agent would you try to stop her? Could you? You are talking about the Vice President of the United States. Plus she'd probably mention your shoe shine and tell you to wash better behind your ears.
And even if Mitt did manage to duck out a side door, do you think for one tiny moment she would not start whipping up her allies in the Tea Party wing of Congress? Calling Conservative pundits? Sarah plays hardball at that level. Any legislation Mitt wanted passed would have to have Sarah’s Good Political Housekeeping Seal of Approval — or it would go nowhere.
If we can't keep him from getting the nomination, putting a Mama-Grizzly watchbear on him might be the next best thing.