"Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008"
Mr. Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
"Mitt Romney...alienating America one group at a time."
Posted on 06/24/2009 8:23:54 AM PDT by GOPGuide
Until there’s a viable political apparatus elsewhere we can use, we have no choice but to use the GOP as the vehicle for the Conservative movement. Remember, even if we were to create a new party tomorrow, let’s say, the “New Federalist Party”, it wouldn’t take long before we’d have the same problems erupt with a statist establishment t. Think of it as having to clean up a room stocked with junk every so often. If you don’t do it, it’s all gonna come crashing down on you. Running away won’t fix the problem. Eternal vigilance will.
I think Palin has a lot of potential. She wasn’t ready for the big show last time around and the McCain people never were able to utilize her to her full potential, but there’s certainly something there.
She needs to spend the next few years boning up on foreign policy issues and getting a professional communications team around her to avoid the embarassing gaffes from last time (such as the turkey slaughter episode).
She speaks to a lot of people who are sick of the DC crowd talking down to them (and I say this as a DC resident with some involvement in politics). She does have an uphill battle when it comes to the media- they loathe her almost as much as they hated Bush.
The GOP nomination is her’s to lose at this point. But, if Obama screws up as much as I hope he will, she will be in a decent position in 2012, if she chooses to run.
Could not agree more.
I always love the Pew poll because the headlines are never what the poll reveals. Note that among Republicans Palin has 73% positive name recognition and Romney does not. Ha Ha Ha Ha
Why would she ever choose to run in 2012 with so much going on in her personal life - including a son back from Iraq and presumably in college, a daughter in college, another daughter at such an exciting time in her life, making plans, an 8-9 yr. old and a toddler! All this while being obviously happily married to a hot Toddy. I wish she would, but I think it would just be wishful thinking.
And before anyone says anything, this has nothing to do with Romney or any other Republican mentioned by Pew. I'm not calling him a RINO or a conservative for that matter. I would be saying the same thing if Pew put out a poll saying everyone loves Sarah Palin. I truly believe the SRM polls played a large part in making both McCain and Huckabee appear far more viable than they were.
Getting away from the polls AND doing away with open Republican primaries will go a long way toward avoiding another election disaster in 2012.
Agree. Palin is a real Conservative. But...she has a general perception among the public as not being the brightest bulb in the package and not having command of national defense issues and she made too many gaffes during the last election. So did Biden but Biden gets a break becase he’s a lib and a male. If Palin can master the issues and make less mistakes when being interviewed, she’ll be formidable.
The media is going to pull out all the stops for RINO Romney, just like they did for McCain. They’ll do anything they can to get the weakest, most liberal candidate nominated.
I doubt she will run in 2012. Despite Obama’s best efforts to the contrary, the economy should have recovered by then and you can bet he’ll be taking the credit for saving us.
It’s tough to beat a sitting President if the economy is good and there’s no unpopular ongoing war. 2016 is more likely for Palin, IMO.
I don’t think that will work. I think they will be distracted fawning over Obambi.
Yeah- I think all of her political problems can be fixed by hiring a more sophisticated and professional staff. That’s the usual problem for Governors trying to step up onto the national stage- they need to replace a lot of the people who did a good job helping them run a state but who are not qualified for the big show.
There’s also the problem that Alaska is a pretty small state outside of the mainstream of American life. But, Palin can transcend this by doing what Reagan did- giving speeches to various organizations in order to show that she has a grasp of national issues.
Time will tell, of course. The political landscape is littered with the smoking ruins of the careers of hot rookies.
Thats what I fear as well. As much as Obama is trying to destroy this economy, eventually it will show SOME signs of life and the state-run media will give him every ounce of credit.
The average American idiot will swallow it.
Our hope is that ‘10 will be a hardcore conservative backlash to reign him in, while purging more RINO’s.
“Why would she ever choose to run in 2012 “
I think she’s a leader, leaders are born to lead. Not sit home.
Sarah Palin does not need to “bone up” on anything. She will decide to run or not. Fact is I don’t trust those who “bone up” on foreign policy issues -— it usually means that they have been coached into a position that has nothing to do with what is part of a core value
I do not care for Romney. I would not vote for him.
Obama will embrace Romneycare. Wait and see.
There. Fixed it for you.
Give credit where credit is due. Romney came up with government-sponsored socialized medicine long before Obama reached the White House.
The Pew Poll confirms what the RNC operatives say about Romney and Palin.
Having a 45% favorable / 44% unfavoroable is not good going into an election. The media has done its job on Palin. For Romney, the media will wait to attack him until he gets the nomination. So for the time being, expect good press for Romney from the MSM and talk radio.
Despite the gallup poll saying 40% of America is conservative, I am convinced that much of these conservatives get their news from the MSM and believe it. I have encountered many conservatives who repeat the MSM talking points perfectly:
Palin exploits Bristol and Levi for personal gain
Romney is brilliant and moral
Fred Thompson is lazy
Talk radio killed George Tiller
Until we find a way to counter the media, we won’t be winning another Presidential race again.
"Top 20 Recipients of AIG Contributions in 2008"
Mr. Romney "Disses" Amateur Radio In Televised Town Meeting
Romney is Obama in whiteface.
Without talking about who SHOULD be the nominee, I think who the GOP nominee is depends greatly on how bad things are in min 2011.
If things are portrayed as stagnant, but not horrific, Romney has the best chance. Romney might be able to overcome the Wall Street label and seem like a reasonable choice compared to Obama.
If things are labeled as a “depression” or similar to late Jimmy Carter, and the mood is desperation, Huckabee’s comforting minister will play a lot better with moderates and he is just conservative enough to get a lot of the base to come along if things are bad.
If the mood shifts to bloodless revolution, and people get ANGRY and ready to make a statement, Palin will be the beneficiary of that.
Romney represents a tweak of the status quo, Huckabee represents comfort, Palin represents sweeping change/bloodless revolution. Ron Paul is too old now, but his economic message would play very well as things break down.
Obviously if the media can spin a recovery, Obama will win.
This is also PERCEPTION...this doesn’t mean what the candidates say they are, are what they are.
In my view, winning the House is paramount. You can uplug a lot of the agenda with the House...IF the GOP shifts right. Big if.
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