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Palin declines RNC draft effort
CNN's Political Ticker ^ | December 6, 2010 | Peter Hamby, CNN Political Producer

Posted on 12/06/2010 1:30:46 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

Sarah Palin is turning down a Tea Party request to seek the chairmanship of the Republican National Committee.

"I respect the desire to have someone in charge of the RNC who understands the wishes of the conservative grassroots and understands that power resides with the people and not the vested interests in D.C.," Palin said in a statement provided to CNN. "However, the primary role of the RNC chair seems be that of fundraiser-in-chief, and there are others who would probably be much more comfortable asking people for money than I would be, and they would definitely enjoy it more."

Palin was asked to serve as chairman in a letter from the group Tea Party Nation, which sponsored a national Tea Party Convention last February. She was the headline speaker at that event.

Despite sporadic online chatter about drafting her for the job, the prospect of Palin serving as RNC chairman - with its day-to-day rigors of managing the committee's 168 members - was never a workable one.

Though Palin has raised millions for her political action committee, most of it has come in through small donations via the internet. The job of the RNC's next chairman, meanwhile, will be to spend countless hours on the phone raising money from the kind of high-dollar donors who stopped giving to the committee under the leadership of Michael Steele....

(Excerpt) Read more at politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Parties; State and Local
KEYWORDS: 2012; freepressforpalin; fundraising; gop; palin; republicans; rnc; romneybotsfail; romneydirtytrick; romneyfailure; sarahpalin; teaparty
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Is someone trying to sideline her?
1 posted on 12/06/2010 1:30:50 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Sarah is going for brass ring!

ineluctable

2 posted on 12/06/2010 1:32:08 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (DEFCON I ALERT: The federal cancer has metastasized. All personnel report to their battle stations.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

No surprise.


3 posted on 12/06/2010 1:33:34 PM PST by napscoordinator
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

LET’S DO IT ANYWAY!!!!!!!!!!


4 posted on 12/06/2010 1:34:53 PM PST by Mr. K ('Profiling' you would be worse than grabbing your balls!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

RNCPalin


5 posted on 12/06/2010 1:36:13 PM PST by FrankR (Don't let the bastards wear you down!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

she wants the real deal, not a support role.....and I want her as President.


6 posted on 12/06/2010 1:36:20 PM PST by The Wizard (Madam President is my President now and in the future)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good for Sarah. I’ve seen over the last number of months posters here at FR suggest she should seek that job, but I think it would be one “H” of a waste of her talents, and makes me wonder about those FReepers.


7 posted on 12/06/2010 1:37:37 PM PST by rockinqsranch (Dems, Libs, Socialists, call 'em what you will, they ALL have fairies livin' in their trees.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
... with its day-to-day rigors of managing the committee's 168 members - was never a workable one.

CNN still gets their snide jab in.

I'm absolutely certain Sarah could handle those "day-to-day rigors", but she has much bigger fish to fry.

8 posted on 12/06/2010 1:37:37 PM PST by meadsjn (Sarah 2012, or sooner)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good making her a powerless figurehead of the RINO National Committee will just destroy her credibility with the base.


9 posted on 12/06/2010 1:38:30 PM PST by GeronL
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Tea Party request

That has got to be the same wing of the Tea Party that endorsed the rat in my Congressional district.

10 posted on 12/06/2010 1:41:32 PM PST by kbennkc (For those who have fought for it freedom has a flavor the protected will never know .F Trp 8th Cav)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

This would be the worst job of them all for her.


11 posted on 12/06/2010 1:41:58 PM PST by stevem
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

The next head of the RNC will have to do more than fund raise, although the fund raising will be very important for 2012. He or she will have to build up the GOP’s GOTV operations and recruit good candidates early in the process.


12 posted on 12/06/2010 1:44:04 PM PST by FTJM
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** ...and makes me wonder about those FReepers.**

I’ve noticed that a lot lately.. they seem to dislike all the women conservatives and only pop in to trash them..
I call them...

RINO TROLLS!!!


13 posted on 12/06/2010 1:53:14 PM PST by gwilhelm56 (Mr. Obama ... Orwell's 1984 was a WARNING.. NOT a TEXBOOK!)
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To: sybilll; jessduntno; LibertyRocks; Nepeta; PowerPro; Irish Eyes; jennings2004; trillabodilla; ...

(((((((((Ping))))))))


14 posted on 12/06/2010 1:54:32 PM PST by Clyde5445 (Gov. Sarah Palin: :"You have to sacrifice to win. That's my philosophy in 6 words.")
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To: aphid; Clyde5445; 2ndDivisionVet

Sarah told ABC “NO” to RNC

But in an exclusive written statement to ABC News, Palin says:

“I respect the desire to have someone in charge of the RNC who understands the wishes of the conservative grassroots and understands that power resides with the people and not the vested interests in DC. However, the primary role of the RNC chair seems be that of fundraiser-in-chief, and there are others who would probably be much more comfortable asking people for money than I would be, and they would definitely enjoy it more.”

http://blogs.abcnews.com/thenote/2010/12/sarah-palin-passes-on-rnc-.html

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LOL. Excellent find, aphid!


15 posted on 12/06/2010 1:59:22 PM PST by onyx (If you truly support Sarah Palin and want on her busy ping list, let me know!)
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Good! Waste of her time and abilities. Draft Mitt for the job.


16 posted on 12/06/2010 2:05:00 PM PST by sarah fan UK
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To: onyx; aphid

Good! Waste of her time and abilities. Draft Mitt for the job.


17 posted on 12/06/2010 2:05:23 PM PST by sarah fan UK
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Good. This was among the dumber ideas from her detractors. And that’s saying a lot.


18 posted on 12/06/2010 2:07:48 PM PST by perfect_rovian_storm (The worst is behind us. Unfortunately it is really well endowed.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m glad Sarah put an end to all this ‘Sarah should RNC’ garbage once and for all. On to the White House!!!


19 posted on 12/06/2010 2:07:48 PM PST by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: America's last, best hope for survival.)
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To: rockinqsranch
but I think it would be one “H” of a waste of her talents, and makes me wonder about those FReepers.

It would get her out of the way of Mitt and Huckster. That's what I think.

And it would be a total misdirection of her talents.

20 posted on 12/06/2010 2:09:37 PM PST by Ole Okie (American.)
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